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



" Breviarium Colbertinum ": an abridged Breviary, drawn up for the use of Colbert, 

 the Minister of Louis XIV., and the members of his family ; very few copies were 

 printed, and the work is very rare. 



A copy of the Liturgy and Hymns of the Moravians, or United Brethren, in the 

 Bohemian or Cech language, printed at Prague in the year 1564 ; this copy is beautifully 

 printed, in the original binding, and in the highest state of preservation. 



A complete set of the records of the Court, constituted by an Act of Congress of the 

 United States, for the distribution of the indemnity which the Tribunal of Arbitration at 

 Geneva awarded to the sufferers by the depredations of Confederate cruisers during the 

 Civil War. These records comprise the whole of the documents filed in support of the 

 various claims, with accompanying official papers, and amount to a complete history of the 

 damage inflicted by the "Alabama " and her consorts. This set, which extends to 56 

 volumes, is one of 40 set aside by the Clerk of the Court for record. Only one other is 

 known to have been parted with, which was acquired by the Government of Chili. 



A collection of 600 Chinese books, presented by His Royal Highness the Prince of 

 Wales, as President of the International Exhibition of Inventions. 



Among the recent acquisitions in music of antiquarian interest may be mentioned two 

 Treatises on Music, written by Mathes deAranda, and printed at Lisbon in 1533 and 

 1535, no other copies of which, so far as is known, are in existence. 



The first and second books of Palestrina's Masses, printed at Rome in 1567 and 1572. 

 Several curious and valuable musical compositions in Lute Tablature. 



The first books of Gombert's Motets (, Venice, 1551), and of Forta's Masses (Venice, 

 1578). 



The first edition of Beethoven's earliest published work, " Three Sonatas," printed at 

 Spires in 1781. 



A very interesting collection of musical works, printed at the press of Pierre Phalese, 

 Antwerp, between the years 1597 and 1642, has also been acquired. This collection con- 

 sists of 111 volumes, many of which are of extreme rarity, and hitherto unknown to 

 bibliographers. It comprises, besides other works, no less than 18 part-books of the sacred 

 compositions of Peter Phillips, an English Catholic priest, who was organist of the Vice- 

 regal Chapel of the Archduke Albert, Governor of the Netherlands. 



George Bulhn. 



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



I. — Cataloguing and Arrangement. 



3,213 titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) were written for the 

 Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year. 



Press-marks were given to 343 Maps and Atlases, and to 1,473 titles; and 510 slips 

 were written for the Hand Ca talogue. 



2,013 Titles of Accessions (Parts V. and VI.) were sent to the printer. 25 sheets of 

 "Proof " of Accessions have been colkted, and 30 sheets of "Revise" have been sent " for 

 Press." 



594 Maps in 2,584 sheets, and 128 Atlases, have been sent to be mounted, bound, and 

 lettered; and 139 Volumes and 898 Maps have been returned, the former bound and 

 lettered, the latter mounted, 797 on jaconet and union, and 101 on cards. 



282 Sheets of the English Admiralty Charts, 33 sheets of the 1-inch Ordnance Survey 

 and 10 sheets of the 1-inch Geological Survey have been mounted on union. 



3,208 printed Accession Titles have been incorporated into three copies of the Printed 

 Catalogue. 



The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 972, the 

 number of Maps, 1,413 ; making a total of 2,385. 



The number of stamps impressed on Maps obtained by purchase was 1,414 ; on those 

 received by presentation, 244 ; making a total of 1,658. 



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

 during the year, 98 visitors have been admitted to the Map Room for the purpose of 

 geographical research. 



XL — A dditions. 



253 Maps in 4,375 sheets, and 15 Atlases, have been received under the Copyright 

 Act. 16 Atlases, and 75 Maps in 1,259 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; two 

 volumes, and 133 Maps and Charts in 292 sheets, have been presented. 



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