ACCOUNTS, SiC, OF THE BRITISH JMUSEUM. 



Cardinal Nicolas Krebs (called Cusanus, fi-om his native village of Cusa on the Moselle), 

 who died in 1464. This -aarlier Map is apparently referred to in the preface to the 

 German translation of Miechov's " Tractatus de duabus Sarnaatiis," entitled, " Tractat 

 von baiden Sarmatien, etc.," Augsburg, 1518, 4to., in the following words: — " Wie wol 

 der hochwirdig fiirst und herr herr Nicolaus Cusa, der geleerten teutschen Kron, in 

 ainem Mapplin von disen landen vil anzaigt," and has been treated of at length by- 

 Sebastian Miinster in the 1 st volume of the " Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores " of 

 Schardius, Basle, 1574. On the back of the Map is a drawing of a coat of arms, headed 

 by the name of the illustrious Wilibald Pirckheimer, the Xenophon of Nuremberg ; thus : 

 " Bilibaldus Pircheymer MDXXIX." From this it may be inferred that he had this 

 identical Map before him when he wrote his " Germanise ex variis scriptoribus perbrevis 

 explicatio;" published in Nuremberg, 1530, 8vo, 



A Map of New England, by Dr. Douglas, believed to be unique. London, 1753. 



A collection of 600 water-colour drawings and engravings, illustrative of Suffolk, con- 

 taining original drawings by H. Davy, Author of Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk. 



Seventeen early Sixteenth Century Maps and Plans, from the collection of Colonel 

 Von Ernst. 



Survev of Ports from Dover to Land's End, by Dummer & Wiltshaw, Commissioners 

 of H. M!' Navy. Aug. 1698 ; in MS. 



A large unfinished Map of Africa, by J. Arrowsmith, in MS., 80 J by 66 inches. 



An unfinished Map of India, 64 by 53^ inches. 



Original survey by Lieutenant Bayfield of Lake Huron, North America, in MS., 56 

 by 66 inches. 



A MS. Map of the Southern part of the province of New Zealand, by Dr. Hochstetter, 

 58 by 57 inches. 



AmericEe sive quartas orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, auctore Diego Gutiero. 

 H. Cock excud. Antverpiae, 1562. Believed to be unique. 



A photograph fac-simile, in 36 sheets, of a beautiful Map of Paris in 1540, presented 

 by the Prefect of the Seine, through the intervention of M. du Sommerard, Hotel Cluny, 

 Paris. 



B. H. Major. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



Class-Catalogue. — Numerous slips of State Letters bearing no dates, but all subsequent 

 to 1528, have been dated and laid down in their proper volumes. Additional slips have 

 been inserted in the Classes of Theology, Church History, and Private Letters, and in 

 the Seal Index. A General Index to the Tables of Contents in the several volumes is 

 in course of preparation. 



Catalogue of Romances. — Works in various languages have been described from seventy- 

 five volumes of the different Collections. 



Catalogue of Ancient and Illuminated Manuscripts. — Thirty- three of the most ancient 

 Manuscripts in the different Collections have been described in detail ; and fifty Manu- 

 scripts have been collated. 



Catalogue if Additions. — The following volumes have been described : — Nos. 25,881 to 

 25,895, 26,041, 26,047 to 26,099, acquired in 1864 ;— 27,356 to 27,491, 27,532 to 27,554, 

 27,563, 27,564, 27,569 to 27,578, acquired in 1866 ;— 27,579 to 27,606, acquired in 

 1867 ; — 28,875 to 28,909, 29,120, 29,163 to 29,206, 29,209, 29,210, 29,225, 29,232, 29,234, 

 29,237 to 29,240, acquired in 1872 ;— 29,534 to 29,538, acquired in 1873 ;— 29,539 

 to 29,569, 29,610 to 29,736, acquired in 1874. 



The descriptions of Additional MSS., acquired in 1854 to 1858, and partly of those 

 acquired in 1859 and 1860, have been revised for the press. 



Printed Catalogue of Additions. -The sheets B to Q, containing descriptions of Addi- 

 tional MSS., 19,720 to 20,686, acquired in 1854, have been revised and pnnted off. 



Catalogue of the Egerton CoZ/ec^zora. — Numbers 2,321, 2,322, acquired in 1873, and 

 2,328 to 2,362, acquired in 1874, have been described. 



Catalogue of Rolls and Charters, and o/ SeaZs.— Additional Charters, 19,408 to 19,787, 

 and 22,486 to 24,312, have been described; and previous descriptions of Harley Charters, 

 79. F. 36 to 84. E. 61, have been revised. 



The number of Seals and Bullae described is 2,399. 



A selection of dated documents has been made from the Winchilsea and Carew 

 Charters, for the purpose of forming a chronological series. 



Indexes. 



