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in England for the General of the Order [Richard Pynson ? London, 

 1516] : A true Reporte of the taking of the great towne and Castell of 

 Polotzko, by the King of Polonia [London], 1579; and Claudius Holly- 

 band, The French Schoole-Maister, London, 1628. 



The following gifts may also be noted :— 



Memorable Conceits of divers noble and famous personages of 

 Christendome of this our moderne time, London, 1602, presented by Sir 

 Leicester Harmsworth, Bart. ; and, William BuUein, a dialogue both 

 pleasant and pietifull, wherein is a godly regimente against the fever 

 Pestilence, John Kingston, London, 1564, presented by Mr. W. A. Marsden. 



Among foreign books of the 16th century there have been acquired by 

 purchase : — 



La fondation faicte par mes Seigneur et Dame, lesDuc and Duchesse 

 de Nivernois, pour marier doresnavant par chacun an jusques au nombre 

 de soixante pauvres filles [Paris] 1588 ; Enchiridion ecclesie Pallantine, 

 Arnaldo Guillen de Brocar, Logrono, 1508. In addition to these the 

 following have been presented : by the Friends of the National Libraries, 

 the exceedingly rare first edition of Erasmus, Morise encomium, Gilles de 

 Gourmont [Paris, 1511] ; by Sir George Hill, K.C.B., through the 

 Friends of the National Lilararies, Pomponius Gauricus, De sculptura, 

 Florence, 1504; and, Sebastiano Erizzo, Discorso sopra le medaglie 

 degli antichi, Venice [c. 1572] ; by Mr. Arthur Gimson, Phihppe de 

 Commines, Cronique et histoire, Antoine Couteau for Galliot Du Pre, 

 Paris, 1525 ; Roberto de Nola, Libro de guisados manjares y potages 

 intitulado livro de cozina, Miguel de Eguia, Logrono, 1529 ; Manuel Diaz, 

 Libro de Albeyteria, Juan de Junta, Burgos, 1530 ; and, Ludovico 

 Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, Gabriel Giolito, Venice, 1545. 



Among later books : — 



A collection of nearly ninety editions (mostly first editions) of works by 

 Sir W. S. Gilbert, presented by Mr. Charles P. Johnson, J. P. ; a large 

 collection of works from the library of Herbert Spencer, including many 

 " working copies " of his own writings, presented by the Herbert Spencer 

 Trustees ; a collection of Russian newspapers, ranging from 1924 to 1933, 

 presented by Dr. Edouard Luboff. 



Among bookbindings : — 



Wilham Morris, The Story of the Ghttering Plain, Kelmscott Press, 

 in a fine decorative binding by G. T. Bagguley, of Newcastle-under- 

 Lyme, with doublures in the " Sutherland " style after designs by Walter 

 Crane, presented by Mr. G. T. Bagguley. 



Manuscripts. 



The purchase, completed in 1934, of the Codex Sinaiticus left the 

 department with only the income from certain endowments ; but fortu- 

 nately gifts were numerous. The chief acquisitions were : — 



Among the medieval MSS. : portions of two MSS. already in the Museum, 

 viz. eight vellum leaves from Thomas de Eccleston's " De Adventu 

 Minorum in AngHa," forming part of Cotton MS. Nero A.ix, and sixty- 

 eight leaves of a French 15th century Book of Hours, forming part of 

 Add. MS. 25695 and completing the volume, presented by Mrs. Godfrey 

 and IVIrs. Nicholson ; the Records of the Company of the Merchants of the 

 Staple of England, comprising six volumes and a charter, presented by the 



