28 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Grafton, Servant and Printer to Edward, Prince and King. 

 A sequel to Poyntz and Grafton." Privately printed, 1901. 

 Presented by J. A. Kingdon, Esq., F.R.G.S. 



A Collection of Newspapers published in the British 

 Colonies during the year 1902, in continuation of the series 

 previously presented. Presented by the Royal Colonial 

 Institute, 



" The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland. By 

 J. Romilly Allen ; and an introduction, being the Rhind 

 Lectures for 1892, by Joseph Anderson." Edinburgh, 1903. 

 Presented by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 



" Bilderwerk schlesischer Kunstdenkmaler. Im Auftrage 

 des Provinzial-Ausschusses von Schlesien bearbeitet von 

 Hans Lutsch." 3 Bde. Breslau, ]903. Presented by 

 Freiherr von Richthofen. 



Maps. — The most important additions to the collection of 

 Maps during the year 1903, have been : — 



Twenty Maps engraved in colours by Hugo Allardt at 

 Amsterdam in 1664-65. Among these is one of the earliest 

 maps of New England with N. J. Visscher's View of New 

 Amsterdam. 



A series of five large Maps engraved by Gerard Valck, 

 Amsterdam, 1670-1690, w4th allegorical figures and pictorial 

 illustrations of the natives and animals of various countries. 

 Fine specimens of Dutch map engraving in the seventeenth 

 century. 



" Maps and Plans, showing the principal Movements, 

 Battles and Sieges, in which the British Army was engaged 

 during the War from 1808 to 1814 in the Spanish Peninsula 

 and the South of France," from drawings by Sir Thomas 

 Mitchell. James Wyld, London, 1840. 



Map of Siam from Government Surveys, under the direc- 

 tion of H.E.H. Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and H. E. Phya 

 -Surasakdi Moutri. Scale 1 : 760, 320. 12 sheets. 1897. 



A collection of Japanese Maps of China and Japan. 



Music. — The most interesting accessions to the collection 

 of Music during the year 1903 have been : — 

 ''^ Trombetti, Ascanio, " Musica fatta sopra le conclusioni di 

 ■lieggi," Bologna, 1587. Only two other copies, one at Rome 

 and one at Bologna, are known to exist. 



Marenzio, Luca. Third Book of Madrigals for six voices. 

 Venice, 1589-1594. 



Vitali, Filippo, " L'Aretusa, Favola in Musica," Rome, 

 1620. One of the earliest Italian operas. 



Caccini, Francesca, '' La Liberazione di Ruggiero." 

 Florence, 1625. 



G. K. Fortescue. 



