ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



have been bound. About 15,000 slips of fourth copies have been incorporated into the 

 main series of the Hand Catalogue. 



(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 

 565, the number of Maps 1,398 ; making a total of 1,963. 



(/.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 11,870. 



II. Additions : — (a.) The number of Maps which have been received by the Copyi'ight 

 Act is 372 (in 1,637 sheets), and 20 Atlases have also been received by copyright; 230 

 Atlases, and 1,555 Maps in 7,260 sheets, have been obtained by purchase; and 4 volumes 

 and 412 Maps, in 662 sheets, have been presented. 



Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there 

 have been, in the course of the year, 182 visitors to the Department on special geograplucal 

 inquiries. 



Among the most interesting acquisitions of the year are : — 



A photograph copy, made expressly for the Trustees, of a Portulano, in seven sheets, 

 drawn in Venice, in 1318, by Pietro Visconte of Genoa, and now in the Museo Correr, 

 Venice ; one of the oldest maritime Atlases known. It contains the Adriatic, the Black 

 Sea, the Mediterranean, and the English Channel. 



" liistoria Mundi; or, Mercator's Atlas. Englished by W[ye] S[altonstall]." London, 

 1635: It contains a rare map of Virginia and New England, engraved by Ralph Hall 

 (in America), in 1636. This map is seldom seen in the work to which it belongs, having 

 been piomised at the time of publication, but not supplied till two years later. 



Seven folio volumes of early 17th century Maps, chiefly French, Dutch, and Italian. 

 The volume for England contains a rare Map of Yorkshire, by Chr. Saxton, with a view 

 of Hull, 1642, which does not occur in the Map in Saxton's Atlas. 



A large plan of Augsburg, 6 ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 8 in., by Gr. Seld, citizen and goldsmith, 

 of Augsburg, 1521. 



A plan and description of the " Seidge of Newarke-upon-Trent, 1646. Described by 

 Richard Clampe, Ingenier." Pere[grine] Louell fecit. Very rare ; known to Gough 

 only by a reprint by Buck in 1725. 



A collection of 628 engravings, and 228 original drawings relating to the topography 

 of Kent, but chiefly of Deptford, Greenwich, and Canterbury. 



A curious view of Carlsbad and its Environs, showing its famous baths, entitled 

 " Eigentlicher Abriss und Entwerff'ung dess vortrefflichen weit beriihmbten Keysser 

 Carols Badt." 1647. Engraved by F[rater] Henricus, a barefooted Augustine lay-brother 

 of St. Wenzel's, in Prague, from a large painting by Johann Schindler. 



A collection of 63 drawings of Cathedrals, old Churches, Castles, Gentlemen's 

 Seats, (fee, in England, Wales, and Scotland, on 60 sheets, by the donor, the Rev. Pre- 

 bendary Mackenzie Walcott ; and, from the same donor, tracings made by himself of St. 

 Bartholomew's Priory, Sraithfield ; of Gray Friars Monastery, London (from the original 

 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital); of Dunster Castle, Somerset; of Cliffe (Cleeve) Abbey, 

 Somerset ; together with eleven unpublished photograph views of St. Osyth's Priory, 

 Essex. 



R. H. Major. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



Class- Catalogue. — Slips have been inserted in the section of Drawings and the General 

 Index has been continued from volume 7 to volume 108, completing the work. 



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

 two volumes of the different Collections ; and the descriptions of one hundred and sixty- 

 nine works have been finally revised. 



Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts. — Twelve ancient manuscripts in the diff'erent Collec- 

 tions have been described in detail, and fifteen have been collated. 



Catalogue of Additions. — The following volumes of the Additional Manuscripts have been 

 described :— Nos. 22,953, 22,960, 22,962, 22,969, 22,972, 22,973, 22,976, 23,099, 23,102, 

 23,115, 23,117, 23,121 to 23,125, 23,205, acquired in 1859 ;— 28,910 to 28,956, acquired 

 in 1872;— 29,570 to 29,596, acquired in 1874;— and 29,737 to 29,800, acquired in 1875, 



The revision of descriptions of Additional MSS. acquired in the years 1859 and 1860 

 has been completed, and the greater part of the descriptions of those acquired in the years 

 1861 to 1865 have also been revised for press. 



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