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BRITISH MUSEUM 



Micro -films. 



A further considerable increase is recorded in the use made of the 

 apparatus recently installed for the making of micro-films, 1,146 printed 

 books and manuscripts having been copied by this process during the 

 year, as compared with 707 in 1937. 



Publications. 



The sales of pubhcations were 



:— 











1935 



1936 



1937 



1938 



Catalogues and major pubhcations 



Guide Books 



Postcards, monochrome and 



CQloured 



Reproductions 



6,671 

 13,866 



461,223 



19,876 



5,843 

 18,034 



579,757 

 16,712 



7,604 

 20,612 



530,117 

 19,249 



7,172 

 20,308 



522,866 

 19,348 



The chief works issued during the year 1938 were : — 



General Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum : — 



Vol. XXI Bobe-Bona. 



Vol. XXII Bona-Bost. 



Vol. XXIII Bost-Boyc. 



Vol. XXIV Boyd-Brek. 



Subject Index of Modern Works added to the Library of the British 

 Museum in the years 1931-1935. 



Carta das Novas (Facsimile). The Discovery of Abyssinia by the 

 Portuguese in 1520, with introduction, English translation, notes, 

 and a transcription into modern Portuguese. 



Scribes and Correctors of the Codex Sinaiticus, 



The Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Alexandrinus (Pamphlet). 



Catalogue of Political and Personal Satu-es, Vol. VI (1784-1792). 



Summary List of the Drawings and Etchings by Rembrandt. 



Assyrian Sculptures : Shalmaneser III to Sennacherib. 



Catalogue of Egyptian Religious Papyri, Vol. I. 



Handbook to the Egyptian Mummies and Coffins. 



Guide to the Maya Sculptures. (New edition.) 



Guide to the Use of the Reading Room. (New edition.) 



The proceeds of sales, including volumes of the new edition of the 

 General Catalogue, amounted to £10,645 (£14,911 in 1937). 



Buildings. 



The North-East Quadrant of the Iron Library, the second to be taken 

 in hand, has been demolished, and the site is being excavated prior to 

 laying the foundations of the reconstruction. 



