12 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A small volume of Horae, written and illuminated in Italy, about a. d. 1500; in the 

 original binding of silver plates, en;j.Taved and enamelled in colours. 



The Original Drafts and Official Copies of the Journals and Letters of Francis von 

 Aerssen, Heer von Sommelsdyck, during his Embassies in England, in 1621, 1625, 1639-40, 

 and in France in 1625-6, in 9 volumes folio. 



The Original Diplomatic Correspondence of Sir George Downing, when Minister to the 

 States General, from 1644 to 1682, including Letters of Richard Cromwell, Andrew Marvell, 

 John Thurloe, Frederick IIL of Denmark, &c. 



A portion of the Correspondence of Francesco Terriesi, Florentine Minister in London, 

 from December 1675 to August 1683 ; recently transcribed for the Trustees from the Archives 

 at Florence, in 12 volumes folio. 



A selection of Original Letters and State Papers relating to Scotland, between 1538 and 

 1600; also three volumes of Orders in Council concerning Scottish Affairs, from 1626 lo 

 1640. 



Twenty-seven volumes of Original Letters and Papeis, forming the chief portion of the 

 Correspondence of John, Duke of Lauderdale, when Secretary of State and High Commis- 

 sioner in Scotland, between 1660 and 1682; including Autograph Letters of the chief 

 Nobility and Gentry of Scotland of that period. 



The Manuscript Collections and Note-Books of George Vertue, relative to the Fine Arts 

 in England, between 1721 and 1754, in 30 volumes. 



Nearly 150 Autograph Letters of Michael Angelo Buonarroti, addressed to his father, 

 brother, and nephew ; a considerable number of Autograph Memoranda by the same, be- 

 twen 1508 and 1563, and an interesting Letter addressed by him to Luigi del Riccio. Also 

 Autograph Letters to Michael Angelo from Sebastiano del Piombo, Benvenuto Cellini, 

 Vittoria Colonna, and Alfonso, Duke of Ferrara ; with four Letters from Galileo to the 

 younger Michael Angelo, 



The Album of Job. Dibbezius, containing the Autograph Inscriptions of the Divines at 

 the Synod of Dordt, in 1619 ; and the Album of Philip de Glarges, in which is the very rare 

 Autograph of Dr. William Harvey, the discoverer of the cii-culation of the blood. Also a 

 large mass of Original Correspondence of eminent literary and scientific persons and others 

 (acquired at the sale of Mr. Dawson Turner's library), including, among English writers. Sir 

 Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, Sir S. D'Ewes, Professor S. Ockley, Rev. John Colebatch, d.d.. 

 Rev. John Covell, d.d.. Rev. Samuel Ciarkc, d.d., Rev. Jer. Milles, d.d.. Dr. Cavallo, 

 Dr. Gower, Right Hon. H. Flood, George Chalmers, T. J. Matthias, William Cobbett, 

 and others ; and, among foreigners, Brunacci, Cancellieri, Cassarotti, Durazzo, Gouan, 

 Grotius, Lubbert, Manni, Scaliger, Tiraboschi, Vossius, and many more. 



A considerable number of Autograph Letters of distinguished persons, among whom 

 may be named Savonarola, Lorenzo de' Medici, Philip 11., Charles II., Wihiam III., 

 Christina of Sweden, Antonio of Portugal, Anne of Austria, Leopold I., Ferdinand 1. of 

 Tuscany, Henri de Nassau, Princess Charlotte, Count Mansfeld, Murat, Biucher, Bossuet, 

 Fleury, Rousseau, Voltaire, Frankhn, and others. 



A remarkable Letter, entirely in the handwriting of the Emperor Napoleon, to his brother 

 Joseph, dated Cairo, 25 July 1798 ; and a valuable volume of Official Letters, written by 

 Baron Fain (Napoleon's Secretary), and signed by the Emperor, relating to the Affairs of 

 Italy and the projected invasion of England, between September 1804 and September 

 1805. 



A large folio volume, containing the Original Despatches communicating the principal 

 Victories obtained by the British Navy over the Fleets of France and her Allies, in the 

 course of the Revolutionary V/ar, 1794-1806. Collected by command of the Lords Com- 

 missioners of the Admiralty, 1821 ; illustrated with portraits, and sumptuously bound in 

 blue velvet, with silver gilt bands, clasps and ornaments. Presented by the Lords Commis-" 

 sioners of the Admiralty. 



The extensive Collections for the illustration of the County of Norfolk, made by the late 

 Dawson Turner, Esq., between 1815 and 1857, comprising a large paper copy of Blomefield, 

 11 volumes, 4to., illustrated, and 39 volumes of original Drawings and Engravings. To 

 these aie added a Collection of about 500 Original Charters and Documents relating to the 

 same county, from the 13th to the 18th century. 



20. The number of deliveries of Manuscripts to Readers in the Reading Room during the 

 past year amounts to 21,895, and to Artists and others in the rooms of the Department to 

 2,280, exclusive of the volumes shown to visitors on private days. 



Frederic Madden. 



Department of Antiquities. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



Public Gaileribs. — The new room for Assyrian sculpture on the Basement-Floor 

 has been completed, and the collectitm of Bas-reliefs from the palaces of Sennacherib and 

 Sardanapalus III., excavated at Koyunjik by Mr. Rassam and the late Mr. Loftus, under 

 the superintendence of Sir H. C. Rawlinson, k.c.b., has been arranged in an order corres- 

 ponding 



