ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &€. OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. I J 



Private letters of the author of the " Junius " Letters to Woodfall, publisher of the 

 " Morning Advertiser," with sheets of the first edition of the collected Letters, corrected 

 in M S. by Junius ; and other papers connected with the authorship of those writino-s. 



Sixteen volumes of Spanish and Portuguese historical papers of the 15th and 16th 

 centuries ; relating principally to the duchy of Savoy, the governments of Milan and 

 Naples, and the internal affairs of Spain ; with original letters of Philip II. of Spain, and 

 a register of letters of the Marques de Sande, Portuguese Ambassador to Louis XIV. 

 in the years 1663-1666, &c. 



Seventy-one volumes of a collection, by the late Francis Place, of Westminster, for 

 the history of Political and Trades' Unions, Mechanics' Institutes, Westminster Elections 

 and the general social condition of England. 



A book of Lute Music, composed by John Dowland and his contemporaries. 



The select medical case-book of Dr. John Hall, son-in-law of Shakspeare, 1622-1631. 

 Autograph. 



An original Note-book of S. T. Coleridge. 



Two volumes of caligraphy ; the one executed by Hester English in 1599, the other 

 by Nicolas Jarry, in 1650. 



£Jdw. A. Bond. 



Oriental Manuscripts. 



During the year 1868 the following progress has been made in the work connected 

 with the Oriental Manuscripts : — 



The following Manuscripts have been described in full for the special Catalogues : — 

 . Oriental 48-61, 81-84, 86-136, 410-420, 450, 460-464. 



A descriptive list has been prepared, including all Oriental Manuscripts acquired during 

 the years 1854-1866; a transcript of it has been made, and placed in the Reading Room. 



A descriptive list of the Oriental Manuscripts acquired iu 1867 has also been drawn up 

 and transcribed for the Reading Room. 



A similar list, including the Manuscripts acquired in 1868, is in course of preparation, 

 the following Manuscripts having been entered : Or. 73-136, 422-442, 451-453. 



The final revision of the Syriac Catalogue has been completed. The first 12 sheets 

 (B. — N.) have been carried through the press. 



The Hamilton Collection, consisting of 352 volumes, has been arranged and labelled. 



The Abyssinian Collection, 339 volumes, presented by the Secretary of State for India, 

 has been labelled. 



Sixteen Arabic Manuscripts, offered by the Rev. H. C. Reichardt, have been examined 

 and labelled. 



The following Oriental Manuscripts have been bound : — The Almanzi Collection, Add. 

 26,923-27,214 ; the Malcolm Collection, Add. 27,236-27,274 ; and Nos. 1-136 of the new 

 Oriental series. 



Acquisitions. 



The additions to the Oriental Collection during the year 1868 have been as follows : — 

 By purchase _ _ - - 404 Manuscripts. 

 By donation _ _ - _ 353 „ 



In all - - - 757 Manuscripts — 

 which come under the following classes : — 



^thiopic --------355 



Persian --------- 266 



Arabic ---------66 



Coptic - _ 21 



Hindustani ----r---13 



Hindi 5 



Telugoo ___----- 5 

 Afghan --------5 



Toorki - 5 



Hebrew --------4 



Armenian --------4 



Sanscrit --------3 



Burmese --------2 



Cingalese ----- ---2 



Tamil 1 



Total - - - 757 Manuscripts. 



The above total includes two additions of exceptional importance, the Hamilton and 

 the Abyssinian Collections. 



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