ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH AIUSEUM. 



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VII. A collection of books, pamphlets, and proclamations relating to the history and 

 topography of the Kepublic of the Grisons, extending from the latter part of the 16th 

 century to 1799. 



yill. "Poems on Various Occasions," S. and J. Ridge, Newark, 1807. 8°. 



This is a copy of the second privately printed edition of a collection of poems by Lord 

 Byron, of which the first edition was destroyed at the suggestion of his friend Mr. 

 Beecher, with the exception of two, or at most, three copies. Most of the poems in this 

 collection were subsequently published under the title, "Hours of Idleness." This copy 

 contains a few MS. pencil notes by the author. 



IX. A copy of the Latin version of Athenseus, by Natalis de Comitibus, Venice, 1556, 

 with Latin marginal notes in the handwritins; of Tasso. 



X. Several books of rarity and value were purchased at the sale of M. Capron, at 

 Brussels. The one of most interest is perhaps, "La tryumphaute et solemnelle entree 

 faicte sur le nouvel et joyeux advenement de treshault Prince Monsieur Charles' prince 

 des hespaignes ... en sa ville de Bruges Ian mil v. ces r xv. (1515) . . . par maistre 

 Remy du puys son treshumble judiciaire et historiographe :" Paris, 1515. This con- 

 temporary account of the entry of Charles V into Bruges, one of a series of progresses 

 which he undertook on being declared of age, and assuming the government of the 

 Netherlands, is of extreme rarity, there being only two other copies known, one of which 

 is in the Royal Library at Brussels. It is illustrated with 39 engravings on wood of the 

 pageants and devices erected at various stages of the procession, and is believed to be the 

 earliest example of illustrated books of pageants. 



XL A singular and rare book of music, entitled " Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel, 

 welcbes sich in diesen letzten Zeiten und Tagen in denen Abend-Landischen Welt- 

 Theilen als ein Vorspiel der neuen Welt hervor gethan. Bestehende in einer ganz 

 neuen und ungemeinen Sing-Art auf V/eise der Englischen und himmlischen Chbren 

 eingerichtet, . . . ausgefertiget von einem I'riedsamen der sonst in dieser Welt weder 

 Namen noch Titul suchet : Ephratte, Sumptibus Societatis, 1754." fol. This is one of 

 the productions of the private press of the " Sieben Taeger" or Seventh-Day Baptists, 

 a sect founded by Conrad Beissel, who seceded from the (jerman Baptists and established 

 a monastic society at Ephrata, in Pennsylvania. The society adopted the habit of the 

 Capuchins, or White Friars, and its members assumed monastic names; that of Beissel 

 himself was Friedsam. After the manner of ancient monasteries, certain of the mem- 

 bers were occupied in transcribing, principally in multiplying copies of the founder's 

 writings; but at an early period a paper-mill was built and a printing press set up, the 

 productions of which are very scarce. One of the peculiarities of the society was the 

 adoption of a particular style of sacred music, founded on the tones of the ^olian harp. 

 In the book now described 'the whole of the musical notes are filled up in manuscript. 



XII. A collection of the proclamations, municipal orders, constitutions, and regulations 

 of the magistrates and council of the City of Strasburg, comprising upwards of 500 

 documents, and extending from 1518 to 1790. 



XIII. A file of the "Marseillaise" ncAvspaper, published at Paris, Dec. 19th, 1869 

 to May 1870, under the editorship of Henri Rochefort, with the collaboration of Paschal 

 Grousset, Jules Valles, Arthur Arnould, Victor Noir, Jules Claretie, &c. This is 

 said to be the only complete file of this journal in existence, as the numbers were, for 

 the most part, seized by the officers of the Imperial Government before being issued from 

 the printing office. 



Geo. Bullen. 



Department of Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings. 



I. Cataloguing and Arrangement. — {a). The number of titles (including both main-titles 

 and cross-references) written for the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year 

 amounts to 6,370; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 7,214. 



(J.) Press-marks have been applied to 1,662 maps and 5,883 titles. The number of 

 small hand-slips written for press-marks is 1,806, and 761 haijd-slips of purchases have 

 been made. 



(c.) 1,220 Maps, in 7,279 sheets, and 196 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and 

 149 volumes and 901 Maps, have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and 

 the latter mounted, 501 on 820 cards, and 400 on cloth; 5,203 sheets of Ordnance Surveys 

 have been guarded and bound in 113 volumes; 27volumes have received separate 

 letterings. 



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(rf.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 2,950 Titles, 

 in all 8,850 Titles, necessitating the removal in the three copies of 10,896 titles, and the 

 addition to each copy of 81 new leaves; 61 additional volumes of the Map Catalogue 



have 



