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DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. [GROUND 
I. Newton, etc. In this case are also contained some remark- 
able Broadsides, among which the following deserve particular 
attention, viz : 
22. Copy of the Indulgence issued by Pope Leo X. for the re- 
building of St. Peter's at Home, 1517. Gn Vellum. This 
Indulgence was sold by Tetzel and Samson, as Sub-Commis- 
sioners under Albert, Archbishop of Mentz and Magdeburg, and 
called forth the indignant remonstrance of Martin Luther, which 
was the commencement of the great Reformation. Purchased in 
1875. 
23. Luther's Appeal to a General Council against the Proceedings 
commenced against him at Rome and elsewhere by order of the 
Pope.— Dated Nov. 28, 1518. Purchased in 1846. 
24. Order of the Council of State, appointing Cromwell Lord 
Protector. — Dated December 16, 1653. 
In Case XIII., containing Typographical and Literary 
Curiosities, the Visitor may chiefly notice the following : — 
7. Henry VIII., King of England. Assertio septem Sacramen- 
torum. Printed by Pynson, at London, in 1521. — The first edition 
of the work for which Pope Leo X. conferred upon Henry the title 
of "Defender of the Faith." From the old royal collection. 
9. The Great Bible, April, 1540.— On vellum. This is called the 
second edition of Cranmer's Bible, but is the first revised by him, 
and having his preface. The arms of the Karl of Essex, which 
were inserted in the title-page of the first edition (1539), were cut 
out after his execution. Presentation copy to Henry VIII., as is 
shown by the following MS. inscription on the reverse of the fly- 
leaf : — " This Booke is presented unto your most excellent high- 
nesse by youre loving, faithfull, and obedient Subject and daylye 
Oratour, Anthonye Marler, of London, Haberdassher." Described 
in Anderson, Annals of the English Bible, vol. ii. pp. 131 and 
142. From the old royal collection. 
17. Shakspere. Borneo and Juliet. London, 1597. — First edition. 
Bequeathed by David Garrick. 
20. Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. 
Printed by Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, London, 1623. 
The first collected edition of Shakspere's Plays. With dedication 
to William Earl of Pembroke and Philip Earl of Montgomery, 
signed by John Heminge and Henry Condell, the editors, and two 
of the principal actors of Shakspere's plays. The lines facing 
the portrait are by Ben Jonson : the portrait by Martin Droe- 
shout. Bequeathed by the Rev. C. M. Cracherode. 
25. Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. London, April, 1719. — The first 
edition. Purchased in 1852. 
