DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 27 



Diaz de Montalvo, Alonzo : " Compilacion de Leyes." 

 Printed by Alvaro de Castro, at Huete, 1485. With interest- 

 ing initials and borders cut specially for this work. 



Usuardus, Monachus Sangermanensis : " Martyrologium." 

 Printed by Francisco Buonaccorsi, Florence, .I486. 



" Statuta Gabellarum Civitatis Mutine." Printed by 

 Dominicus Rocociola and A. Miscomini, Modena, 1487. 



Cato, Dionysius : " Disticha de Moribus." With the 

 commentary of Robertus de Euremodio, Printed by Matthias 

 Moravus at Naples, 1488. 



A Roman Missal. Printed by Baptista de Tortis. Venice, 

 1489. 



"Statuta ciuilia comunitatis Ripperie Benacensis." Printed 

 by Bartholomew Zanni, Portese, 1489. The only book 

 printed at Portese in the fifteenth century. 



Diogenes Laertius : " Libro de la Vita de Philosophi." 

 Printed by Philippus Mantegatius, Milan, 1495. With a 

 woodcut. 



Several books in valuable or interesting bindings have 

 been added to the Library during the year. Among them 

 are the following : — 



Seneca : " Tragoediae," Basel, 1529. Bound in the sixteenth 

 century in stamped calf, with a double panel on both sides 

 enclosing a figure of Saint Roch. 



A Flemish Bible, Antwerp, 1535. In a remarkably fine 

 contemporary binding with brass bosses, corner pieces and 

 clasps. 



" A Discourse of Parliaments," 1677. Bound by Samuel 

 Mearne in purple morocco finely tooled. 



The Book of Common Prayer, 1684. Bound by Sam.uel 

 Mearne in dark purple morocco finely tooled, with an inlaid 

 centre-piece of red morocco on each side. 



A Bible, 1679, and Prayer-Book, 1719, in black -tooled 

 bindings such as were occasionally used during the later 

 years of the seventeenth and the early years of the 

 eighteenth century. 



Donations. — Among the large number of books which 

 have been presented to the Library during the year, the 

 following are of special interest : — 



A broadside containing an episcopal mandate of George 

 of Austria, Bishop of Liege, summoning a synod of the 

 Diocese : dated 15 October 1548. Extracted from the binding 

 of a sixteenth century book. Presented hy Monsieur Leopold 

 Delisle, memhre de VInstitut, Administrateur general de la 

 JBihliotheque Rationale, Paris. 



Chatterton, Thomas : " The Execution of Sir Charles 

 Bawdin. Dedicated to her Grace the Duchess of North- 

 umberland." Sold by F. Newbery, London, 1772. _ The first 

 edition. Presented hy T. W. Wise, Esq. 



