ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Captaines, Officei's and Souldlers of the Garrison of towne of Grrave, &c. London, 

 1602." 4°. 



" Tlie coppy of a Letter and Commission of the King of Spaine, Phillip the Third, sent 

 unto the Vice-roy of Portugall, &c. London, 1602." 4°. 



A fine and uncut copy, with coloured plates, of the " Revision des Graminees publiees 

 dans les Nova genera et species plantarum de MM. Humboldt et Bonpland ; precedee 

 d'un travail sur cette famille par C. S. Kunth, 1829-34." 3 vols, folio. This forms part 

 6f the botanical division of Hiimboldt and Bonpland's magnificent work, the " Voyage 

 aux regions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent," and had long been sought for to com- 

 plete the fine copy in the King's Library, It is very rarely to be met with in a complete 

 state, as, owing to the length of time — upwards of 30 years — occupied in the publication of 

 the parts, the subscriptions were not kept up, and most of the copies existing are defective. 

 This copy of the '•' Revision " is quite complete, and it is believed that no other coloured 

 copy, perfect, is to be found in London. The work was subsequently very much altered 

 in its arrangement by Kunth, its editor, and issued in an independent form under the 

 title of " Distribution methodique de la famille des Graminees." 



A considerable number of early printed books — upwards of a hundred printed during 

 the 15th century — have been purchased during the year. Among them maybe mentioned a 

 fine copy of the " Liber sextus Decretalium " on vellum, printed at Venice by Jenson, in 

 the year 1476. An JEsop : " ^sopo historiado," with fine woodcuts, printed by Manfredo 

 de Bonello at Venice, In 1497. An edition of the Golden Bull of Charles IV., printed at 

 Strasburg, In 1485, with very singular woodcuts. Several " Horae", printed on vellum: one 

 of these, printed at Paris hy Germain Hardouin In 1526, and which apjjears at one time 

 to have belonged to Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV. of France, is remarkable 

 for its diminutive size — measuring 3 laches by 2 only. 



Geo. Bullen. 



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



I. Catalocjuinrj and Arrangement. — (a.) Thenumber of titles (including both main-titles 

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

 amounts to 6,128 ; those transcribed fourfold for insertion, to 6,250. 



(;&.) Press-mai'ks have been applied to 1,625 maps and 5,585 titles. The number of 

 small hand-slips written for press-marks Is 1,615, and 986 hand-slips of purchases have 

 been made. Alphabetical lists have been made of 2,412 topographical views and ground- 

 plans; 2 Indexes have been made for Atlases, and 8 new Indexes have been written for the 

 Cataloguci 39,259 titles (Letters A to C inclusive) have been re-arranged for laying 

 down in new volumes of the Catalogue. 



(c.) 875 Maps, in 2,896 sheets, and 293 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, and 

 158 volumes and 1,127 Maps, have been returned from the binder, the former bound, and 

 the latter mounted on 332 cards, and 795 on cloth ; 71 volumes have received separate 

 letterings. 



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{li) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 3,881 Titles, 

 in all 11,643 Titles, necessitating the removal In the three copies of 6,954 titles, and the 

 addition to each copy of 114 new leaves; 6,831 slips of the fourth copy of the Catalogue 

 have been mounted and arranged, and about 15,000 slips of the fourth copy have been 

 incorporated into the main series. 39,259 Titles in two copies of the Catalogue (from the 

 commencement of Letter A) have been taken up and trimmed ; and 33,354 titles relald, 

 in order to form new volumes In the Line Copy of this portion of the Catalogue. 4,290 

 Titles have been taken up, trimmed and relaid for new volumes of the second Copy of 

 the Catalogue. There has also been an additional incorporation of 1,346 new titles into 

 the Line Copy, and 157 new titles Into the second Copy. 50 new volumes of the Catalogue 

 have been already bound. 



(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 515, 

 the number of Maps 832, making a total of 1,347. 



(/.) The number of Stamps impressed on Maps was 11,947. 



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

 Act is 336, in 621 sheets, and 59 Atlases have also been received by copyright; 312 

 Atlases, and 1,170 Maps, in 8,443 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; and 5 volumes 

 and 1,090 Maps and Drawings, in 1,084 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, 259 visitors to the Department on special geographical 

 inquiries. 



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