DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS; 29 



A collection of Newspapers published in the British 

 Colonies during the year 190.1, in continuation of the series 

 previously presented. Presented by the Royal Colonial 

 Institute. 



Maps. — The most important additions to the collection of 

 Maps have been : 



A View of Lisbon from the sea front, seven feet long by 

 two feet wide, with descriptive text in French, Dutch and 

 Latin, engraved and printed at Amsterdam, about 1650. 



" Zee Atlas tot het gebruik van de Vlooten des Konings 

 van Groot Britanje." An Atlas consisting of nine maps, 

 each with an ornamental cartouche, and with views of 

 the principal towns, engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe, at 

 Amsterdam, 1G94. 



Sixty-nine Census Maps of the divisions of Cape Colony, 

 in one hundred and eighty-five sheets, compiled from plans 

 and diagrams filed in the Surveyor-General's Office, Cape 

 Town. Presented by the Under Colonial Secretary, Cape 

 Town. 



Music. — The most important accessions to the collections 

 of Music have been : — 



Corteccia, Francesco, '' Responsoria omnia paribus vocibus 

 accommodata," Venice, 1570. 



Merulo, Claudio, " Toccate d'Intavolature," printed by 

 Simone Verovio, Rome, 1598-1604. An interesting book both 

 musically and typographically, since Claudio Merulo was one 

 of the first composers who wrote specially for the Organ, 

 w^hile Simone Verovio was the inventor of musical engraving. 



Ceccino, Thomaso, " Otto Messe brevi a quattro voci pari," 

 Venice, 1617. 



Grandi, Alessandro, " Cantate et Arie a voce sola.'' Milan, 

 1626. 



Vigoni, Francesco, " Sacre Armonie a voce sola." Milan, 

 1692. 



G. K. Fortescue. 



