BRITISH MUSEUM 







The figures for the several Departments were as follows : — 





Printed Books : 



1935 



1936 



Books and Pamphlets 



36,096 



40,096 



Serials and Parts of Volumes 



77,925 



82,478 



Maps and Atlases 



1,070 



1,252 



Music 



9,768 



11,390 



Newspapers (Single Numbers) 



264,501 



212,349 



Miscellaneous 



3,495 



3,351 



Manuscripts 



1,070 



261 



Oriental Printed Books and MSS 



2,869 



5,187 



Prints and Drawings 



1,911 



4,430 



Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities 



1,087 



1,075 



Greek and Roman Antiquities 



85 



120 



British and Medieval Antiquities 



2,285 



2,047 



Oriental Antiquities and Ethnography 



573 



2,785 



,, ,, Series of objects 



44 





Coins and Medals 



6,006 



13,010 



413,338 



379,831 



Full description of the more important objects acquired during the 

 year may be found as usual in the British Museum Quarterly. The 

 National Art-Collections Fund, the Friends of the National Libraries, 

 the Contemporary Art Society, and the Christy Trustees have again 

 added to the collections of the Museum. 



The chief acquisitions of the various Departments were : — 



Printed Books. 



Bertoldus : Horologium devotionis. Anton Sorg : Augsburg, 1489. 

 Presented by Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M. 



Jean Caron. Opusculum tumultuarium. Fehx Bahgault. [Paris, 

 circa 1498]. Presented by Sir Charles Shen-ington, O.M. 



Pope Alexander VI. " Consueverunt Romani pontifices." Stephan 

 Plannck : Rome, 1499. Presented by Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M. 



Pierce Tempest. The cryes of the City of London, drawne after the 

 hfe. [London, circa 1688]. Presented by Miss Helen Farquhar. 



Johannes de Selva. Tractatus beneficiaUs. GaUiot Du Pre : Paris, 

 1504. Presented by Sir Charles Sherrington, O.M. 



Carta das novas que vieram a el Rey nosso Senhordo descobrimento do 

 preste Joham [G. Galharde : Lisbon, 1521]. Presented by the Friends of 

 the National Libraries. 



Pierre Gracie. 

 1531. 



Le grand routier et pilotage. Jehan Burges : Rouen, 



Pierre de la Ramee. Dialectique. Andre Wechel : Paris, 1555. 

 Ambroise Pare. Dix Livres de la chirurgie. J. Le Roger : Paris, 1564. 

 Ambroise Pare. Les Oeuvres. Gabriel Buon : Paris, 1575. Presented 

 by the Friends of the National Libraries. 



Lope de Vega. Arcadia. L. Sanchez : Madrid, 1598. Giuho Grotto : 

 La Violina con la sua risposta et altre Canzoni : Muncah beUissime. 

 Ferrara (circa 1600). Presented by Mr. Edward Heron-Allen, F.R.S. 



