ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



been received, 16 of which were purchased, and 1,936 obtained by copyright; the latter 

 forming 1,008 works. 



5. The articles received, of which an account is taken, including pamphlets bound in 

 volumes, amount altogether to 45,957, of which 23,2-37 are complete works; of which 377 

 •were presented, 18,787 purchased, and 4,073 received by copyright. 



The number of old works purchased — that is to say, of works printed before 1844, 

 amounts to 13,653, on the subjects enumerated, in a general manner, in the following state- 

 ment. The numbers and letters in the margin of the statement refer to the correspondnig 

 sections and paragraphs of the Report dated 1 January 1845, laid before Parliament, and 

 printed by Order of the House of Commons on the 29th of March 1846. These references 

 will enable Parliament and the Government to form an idea of the deficiencies pointed out 

 in that Report, which have been chiefly supplied. 



Bibles, both in Enghsh and in other languages, more particularly in the hving Eastern p^rt i ch. 2, sect- 

 languages. Among the Latin translations, that by Sante Pagnini, in which the division I,, §i.'a. 

 of verses was first introduced, deserves mention. 



Liturgies ; many Common Prayer Books in Welsh ; German Hymns, chiefly printed in j 



the l6th century, for the use of the Reformed Churches; Missals and Breviaries of that and 

 of the following century, in remarkably fine condition. Catalani's work now complete. 



Many, perhaps 300 editions — mostly ancient — of several works by Luther. ^ 



Several editions of Pallavicini's Historyof the Council of Trent ; among others, the second; J. 



and Zaccaria's abridgment. 



A complete collection of Danish Law; a Digest of Russian Law; several Commen- § 2. rf. 



taries on both Danish and Russian Laws; a most remarkable collection of German Trials; a 

 large collection of American Laws, and of Reports, as well as of works of writers upon them 

 for the several States ; Reports of Cases decided in the Indian Courts. 



A large collection of American works on Education. § 3- ^• 



Several works on Machinery and the Art of War. § 3. d. 



A large number of Russian and Danish as well as American Voyages and Travels. § 5- ^• 



Many works, some of which privately printed, on Scotch History and Topography; § 5- <^- 



^nd such a number of works on American History and Topography as to render that part 

 of the collection almost complete. 



The whole of the works on Russian Histoiy and Topography which could be procured, § 5. e. 



mentioned in Smirdin's Catalogue. 



Several works on Polish History and Topography. ^ 5. y. 



The additions to German History and Topography have been very numerous and § 5. h. 



important, particularly those relating to Austria. 



A large number of works on the History and Topography of Denmark, and some on that § 5. jt. 



of Sweden. 



Several Lives of Saints, tending to complete Sir R. C. Hoare's collection on Italian t r_ ,,, 



History and Topography. Blasi's History of Sicily is not any longer a desideratum. 



Biographical works relating to Hungary, among which Budai ; to Germany, Denmark, § 5. 0. 



and America. 



Works on the Literary History of Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and Hungary. A complete | ^, ♦?. 



copy of Machado ; and a copy of the Catalogue of the Library of Harvard College, U. S., as 

 "well as many other important Catalogues. 



One Catalan Vocabulary, and several Vocabularies, Grammars, and works of the dialects ggct. II. § 1. 

 of Germany. 



A large number of English works, particularly of those published in the Provinces ; many § 2. a. 



works privately printed in Scotland; at least 15 editions of Shakspere's works, besides 

 many of several of his separate pieces ; several editions of the Paradise Lost ; a consi- 

 derable number of English novels ; and some of the original editions of the various works of 

 Lord Byron. 



Works to a considerable extent in all these classes. In Oriental literature, the collection ^<2cdefeh 

 of books printed at Bulak is now nearly perfect. The works of several French modern poets ? w J. ' ' ' 

 are now in the Library; nor is the collection of the " Comedias de los mejores Ingenios" as 

 imperfect as it was. 



A considerable number of Transactions of Academies, particularly Danish and German. § 3. 



A large number of Periodical Publications in Portuguese, Danish, Russian, Polish, Hun- § 4. 



garian, and, above all, American. A few English Pubhcations of this class, several of which 

 were imperfect, completed. 



In the number of works above specified ; only those are included the purchase of which 

 was actually completed in the course of the year 1846. Such works as have not been paid 

 for previous to the end of that year, which are destined to supply other deficiencies, are 

 not included in this Return. VVith respect to some of the classes, the Keeper purposely 

 abstained from suggesting the filling up some of the deficiencies pointed out in his Report 

 of 1st January 1845, being aware of the munificent bequest which the Right Honorable 

 Thomas Grenville intended to make of his magnificent, and, in many respects, unrivalled 

 Library to the Trustees. The extent and value of the Grenville Collection will be de- 

 tailed in the Report of Additions to the Library during 1847, for it will be transferred to the 

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