ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 15 



II. — AJditlons. 



268 Maps in 7,886 sheets, and l:^ Atlases, have been received under the Copyright 

 Act. 36 Atlases, and 7-i Maps in 326 sheets, have been obtained by purchase ; four 

 volumes, and 7o Maps and Charts in 142 sheets, have been presented. 



Among the more interesting acquisitions may be mentioned : — 



Claudii Ptolenic-ei Geographicfe enarrationis libri octo. Bilibaldo Pirckeymhero 

 interprete. Annotationes Joannis de Regio Monte in errores commissos a Jacobo 

 Angelo in translatione sua. Johannes Grieningerus : Argentoragi [sic] 1.52.5, fol. 

 This serves to replace the imperfect copy in the General Library. 



GeographiiB Claudii Ptolem:ei Alexandrini . . . libri VIII. . . . Tabulpe 

 novfe quas hactenus in nulla Ptolemaica editione vis?e sunt, per Sebastianum Munster. 

 Ex officina Henrichi Petri : Basile<p, 1.5o2, fol. The fourth edition of Miinster's 

 Ptolemy. Hitherto the only known copy of this edition preserved in England has 

 been that in the Bodleian Library. 



La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, nuovamente tiadotta di Greco in 

 Italiano da Jeronimo Ruscelli. Giordano Ziletti : Venetia, 1.564, fol. The second 

 edition of Ruscelli's translation. Fine copy in contemporary leather binding richly 

 tooled in gold, with coat of arms and motto, " Foelix qui potuit causam dicere rerum." 

 The aims were possibly those of a member of the Venetian branch of the Rubini 

 family. 



Geografia cioe descrittione universale della Terra . . . di CI. Tolomeo. P. & F. 

 Galignani Fratelli : Padova, 1621, fol. Second edition of Cernoti's translation of 

 Magini's Latin text. 



Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. [By Abraham Ortelius.] Apud ^gid. Coppenium 

 Diesth : Antverpipe, xx. Maij, 1.570, fol. A perfect copy of the exceedingly scarce 

 first issue of the first edition of the " Theatrum," hitherto unknown to exist in any 

 English Library. 



Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum. [By A. Ortelius.] Antverpiie Aduati- 

 corum, 1.573, fol. Rarely found as a separate issue. There is another copy in Ley den 

 University Library. 



Theatro del Mondo di A. Ortelio. . . Traslato in lingua Toscana dal Sigr. Filippo 

 Pigafetta. Anversa, 1612, fol. One of the most interesting of the various editions 

 of Ortelius, rarely seen out of Italy. The translator, Pigafetta, is better known as 

 the editor of Duarte Lopez,' " Relatione del Reame di Congo." Roma [1.591]. This 

 translation of Ortelius' " Theatrum " contains a fine engraved portrait of Pope 

 Clement VIII., to whom the work is dedicated. 



Le Miroir du Monde, ou Epitome du Theatre d'A. Ortelius. Z. Heyns : Amster- 

 dam, 1598, obi. 8vo. A rare edition of the " Epitome," with curious portrait of 

 Pierre Heyns, the friend of Ortelius. 



A photographic reproduction of a portion of J. Hamond's Map of Cambridge, 

 1592, showing Trinity College and its surroundings. From the unique copy pre- 

 served in the Bodleian Library, known at Oxford as Agas' Cambridge. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



DErARTHENT OF MANUSCRIPTS. 



1. Catalogue of Ronvmces. — The preparation of the second volume has been con- 

 tinued. Tales of" Eastern origin, contained in thirty-nine MSS. have been described. 

 Descriptions of thirty-three MSS. have been copied. Descriptions of sixteen MSS. 

 have been finally revised. Proof-sheets .and revises B— H, Vol. II., have been 

 read for press. 



2. Catalogue of Spanish Manuseripts. — The fourth volume, which will include 

 the Index, is still in progress. 



3. Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts.— Oi. the catalogue prepared by Mr. S. H. 

 O'Grady, Sheets F— X have been sent to the printers and revised. 



4. Catalogue of Music. — Seventy-nine MSS., including all the Missals containing 

 music, and many other liturgies with music, have been described. The slips of new 

 descriptions have been classified and arranged. 



5. Catalogue of Additions. — The Catalogue of Additions for the years 1882- 

 1887 has been passed through the press and is.sued. 



The Additional MSS. 33,368-33,504, acquired in 1888, and 33,505-33,608, acquired 

 in 1889, have been described and indexed. 



The Egerton MSS. 2696-2709, acquired in 1888, and 2710-2734, acquired in 1889, 

 bave been described and indexed. 



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