24 A-CCOUiSTS, ETC., OF THE BIIITISH MUSEUM. 



((/) 3,887 articles not included in the foregoing paragraph,^ 

 have been received in the Department. These consist of 

 Broadsides, Parliamentary Papers, and other miscellaneous 

 items. The addition of this number to those already given 

 produces a total of 108,123 articles, exclusive of newspapers, 

 received in the Department in the course of the year. 



- Acquisitions of Special Interest. — Seventy -two English 

 books printed before the year 16i0, and ninety-seven foreign 

 Incunabula have been acquired by purchase during the year 

 1903. 



Among the English books the most interesting are : — 



The "Doctrinale" of Alexander Grammaticus, printed by 

 Richard Pynson in 1492. 



The only known copy of the first dated book printed 

 by Richard Pynson; perfect and in the original stamped 

 leather binding, which contains fragments of an edition of 

 the Chronicles of England printed by William de Machlinia,, 

 to whose business Pynson is believed to have succeeded. 



" The Crafte to live well," printed by Wynkyn de Worde 

 in January 1506. With numerous and interesting woodcuts^ 

 Only one other copy of this work is known to exist ; this is 

 preserved in the Cambridge University Library and, like the 

 present copy, is very imperfect. 



Ten grammatical works by Robert Whittington, printed' 

 by Wynkyn de Worde between the years 1525 and 1529. 



Morison, Sir Richard : " An Exhortation to styre all 

 Englyshe men to the defence of theyr countrye." Thomas 

 Berthelet, London, 1539. 



" A fruteful and a very Christen instructio for childre," 

 printed by Richard Kele for William Copland, London, 1547. 



" An Answere to a papystycall Exhortacyon pretendynge 

 to avoyde false doctryne." In verse, wdthout imprint or 

 date, but certainly printed in England during the reign of 

 Edward VI. 



" An honest godlie instruction for the tradynge and 

 bringinge up of Children. Set furth by the Bishoppe of 

 London," 1556. The other works issued by order of Bishop 

 Bonner, " A profitable and necessary Doctrine " and " Home- 

 lies," both printed in 1555, are well known, but the present 

 book has not hitherto been described. 



Gething, Richard : " Calligraphotechnica, or the Art of 

 faire writing sett forth." G. Humble, London, 1619. 



" The Merry Jest of the Fryer and the Boy," printed by 

 E. Allde, London, 1626. 



" A Handkercher for Parents wet eyes upon the death of 

 Children. A Consolatory Letter to a friend." Michael 

 Sparkes, London, 1630. 



