ACCOUNTS, &.C,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 11 



" Liber constitutionum Ecclesiae et Diocesis Lascurrensis nuper Impressus Pali (Pau) 

 per Joannem de Vingles et Henricum Piper, 1552." 



An extremely rare book, printed on vellum, one of the first books, if not the first book, 

 printed at Pau. 



A fine copy of a rare missal for the use of the Dominicans, printed at Paris for the 

 widow of T. Kerver, in 1529. 



Several books of " Hours" of great beauty and rarity, including one printed apparently 

 at Paris, for Ulric Gering, and enriched with numerous fine miniatures, which is supposed 

 to have belonged to Anne de Beaujeu, Regent of France during the minority of Charles 

 VIII.; and several "Hours" for special uses, such as those of Cambray, of Mans, 

 and of Troyes. 



A considerable number of books of rarity and interest, chiefly printed in Scotland, or 

 relating thereto, were purchased at the sale of Dr. Lalng's library in December ; amongst 

 them may be noted : — 



Caldwell, J., " Countesse of Marres Arcadia," Edinburgh, 1625. "Canons and 

 Constitutions Ecclesiasticall for the Church of Scotland," Aberdeen, 1636. " Marciano, 

 or the Discovery, a Tragi-Comedy, acted witii great applause before His Majesties 

 High Commissioner and others of the Nobility at the Abby of Holyrud-IIouse on 

 St. John's Night," Edinburgh, 1663. Forbes, John, " Cantus, Songs and Fancies to 3, 

 4, or 5 parts, both apt for voices and viols, with a brief introduction to Musick," Aberdeen, 

 1666. This book was exhibited at the Caxton Exhibition in 1877. " Ane breif gathering 

 of the Halie Signes, Sacrifices and Sacramentis instituled of God sen the creation of the 

 Warlde ; translated out of Frenche into Scottis be ane faithful Brother." Imprintit at 

 Edinburgh be Robert Lekprevik, 1565. A volume containing three tracts : Hay, J., 

 "Demandes faictes aux Ministres d'Escosse," Lyon, 1583. Campion, " Dix Raisons," 

 Lyon, 1584. Hay, J., "Certain Demandes concerning the Christian Religion and 

 Discipline jjroponed to the Ministers of the new pretended Kirk of Scotland, be Johne 

 Hay, ane clerk of the Socletie of Jesus," Paris, 1580. The veiy rare first edition of 

 Herd's " Ancient and Modern Scots Songs, heroic Ballads," etc., Edinburgh, 1769. A 

 genuine Horn Book, in four different editions, printed on a single sheet, by E. Raban, at 

 Aberdeen, about 1636. This Scotch Plorn Book differs from other editions in not having 

 the " Criss Cross " preceding the alphabet. Hay, J., " Speach to the Kings Majestic at 

 his Entrie into Edinburgh," with two woodcut portraits of James I., Edinburgh, 1617. 

 " A short Discourse of the good ends of the higher Providence in the late attempt against 

 His M aiesties Person," viz., the Gowrie Conspiracy ; printed at Edinburgh by R. 

 Waldegrave, 1600. " Baai^iKov A^pov, or his Maiesties Instructions to his Dearest 

 Sonne Henry the Prince," Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 1603 ; in the original binding, 

 ornamented with Fleurs-de-Lis. James VI., " Ane fruitfull meditatioun contening ane 

 plane and facill Expositioun of the 20 chap, of the Revelatioun. Set doun be ye maist 

 Christiane King and synceir j^rofessour and cheif defender of the truth, James the 6 

 King of Scottis," Edinburgh, Henry Charteris, 1588 ; bound up with which is " Ane 

 Qieditatioun upon the xv. chapt. of the first buke of the Chronicles of the Kingis," also by 

 King James, Edinburgh, H. Charteris, 1589. La Gryve, L. de, "La Theriaque 

 (en Vers)." The dedication copy to Louis XIII., a fine specimen of Clovis Eve's binding, 

 with the Royal Arms, Fleurs-de-Lis, and the letter L surmounted by a crown. Malvill, 

 James, " Spirituall Propine of a Pastour to his people," Edinburgh, R. Waldegrave, 

 1589 (for 1598). Dr. Laing states that no other perfect copy of this work is known, 

 Mary, Queen of Scots, " A contemporary Broadside in German, giving an account of her 

 Life an(l Execution, with coloured portrait of the Queen by P. Maes, 1587." " A shorte 

 declaration of the lives and.Doctrinde of the Protestants and Pui'itans," Rouen, 1615; a 

 volume of excessive rarity, containing Libels on the Reformers; also, the translation of 

 an Epigram, attributed to Beza, on folio F., which is generally torn out. Symson, A., 

 " Christes Testament unfolded," Edinburgh, E, Raban; said to be the only book 

 printed by Raban at Edinburgh. This copy was shown in the Caxton Exhibition. 

 " The aiTaignment of lewd, idle, froward, and inconstant Women." By Swetnam, 

 London, 1615. From the library of Dr. Farmer. 



Among books of interest acquired from other sources the following may be noted : — 

 An imperfect copy of the edition of Tyndale's New Testament, printed in 1535, 

 distinguished by the curious sjDclling of certain words, such as, saiynctes, seynctific, 

 stoene, oons, thoese ; this peculiarity has given rise to the theory that these words are 

 provincialisms of Gloucestershire, intentionally so spelled by Tyndale himself, in con- 

 formity with his promise that " if God spared his life he would cause a boy that driveth 

 the plough to know more of the Scriptures than a Priest." Of this edition, which was 

 probably printed at Antwerp, during the time of Tyndale's imprisonment in the Castle 

 of Vilvorde, only three copies have hitherto been known, and of these none is perfect. 

 " New Zeitung vom Rein," 1542 ; a satirical tract by Luther, directed against Albert, 

 Cardinal Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mentz ; it is of the utmost rarity. A curious 

 tract, partly in verse, of John Taylor, the Water-Poet, entitled, " Taylor his Travels : 

 from the Citty of London in England to the Citty of Prague in Bohemia. The manner 

 of his abode there three weekes, his observations there, and his returne from thence." 

 London, 1620. In this tract he mentions the kindness he received from the Queen of 

 Bohemia (the Princess Elizabeth of England), and his having had in his arms her 

 youngest son Prince Robert (Prince Rupert), whom he celebrates in a set of verses. No 



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