BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. 33 Select Papyri in the Hieratic Character. Part II. Plates I-XIX, folio, stitched, £1.; boards, £1. 2s 6d 1860 34 Papyri in the Hieroglyphic and Hieratic Characters, from the Collection of the Earl of Belmore, folio, 6s 1843 35 Photographs of the PAPYRUS OF NEBSENI, oblong sm. fol. 33 plates, mounted on cardboard, in a portfolio, £2. 15s 6d IV. MANUSCRIPTS. 1876 36 Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the COTTONIAN Library, folio, with an excellent Index, hf. bd. 10s 37 1802 HARLEIAN MSS. now in the British Museum, with Indexes, 4 vols. large folio, bds. uncut, 36s 1808 37aCatalogue of the MSS. formerly F. Hargrave's, by H. Ellis, 4to. 12s 38 1818 Arundel MSS. folio, £1. 8s; or with coloured Plates, 1840 £4. 14s 6d 1834 39 Burney MSS. folio, 18s; coloured Plates, £3. 3s 1840 40 Index to the Arundel and the Burney MSS. folio, 15s 41 Index to the Additional MSS. with those of the Egerton Collection, preserved in the British Museum, and acquired in the years 1783-85, folio, cloth, uncut, rare, £3. 3s 42 Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Orientalium. Pars 1. Syriacos et Carshunicos amplectens, folio, 12s 1849 Codices 1838 Pars 2. Codicum 1838 1852 1871 1847 Pars 3. Codices Æthiopicos amplectens, folio, 10s Part I, 4to. 15s 1870 47 Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838. By W. Wright, LL.D. Part II, 4to. £1. 5s 1871 Part III, with Appendices and Indices, 48 49 4to. £1. 10s 1873 50 CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. Vetus Testamentum Græcum e Codice MS. Alexandrino, qui in Museo Britannico asservatur, cura H. H. Baber, 3 vols.-Prolegomena et Notæ, 1 vol.together 4 vols. in 6, roy. fol. (sells £18.), bds. £6. 1816-28 51 Codex Alexandrinus, printed in facsimile types, 3 vols. folio, £18. 52 CODEX ALEXANDRINUS, FACSIMILE of the: [Part IV, containing the] NEW TESTAMENT AND Clementine EPISTLES, in Greek, folio, an absolute facsimile produced by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, as the first and most important instalment of a perfect reproduction of the Alexandrine Codex, 144 leaves of stout cardboard printed in photo-lithography, back and front, in portfolio, £7. 1879 52* Old Testament, Vol. I: Genesis-2 Chronicles, 276 leaves of photolithography in portfolio, £10. 1881 The purchaser of these noble volumes will be, to all scholarly intents, the possessor of the famous Codex A, the first if not quite the most ancient of the BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. 51 Uncial MSS. upon which all modern biblical criticism is based. Woide's edition in so-called facsimile-types, formerly published by the British Museum, was a great boon to the learned world; but how different must be the feelings of a scholar in regarding that edition and this? With this facsimile, he may pursue his researches independently of other men's work, necessarily defective and unsatisfactory as that always is; and at the same time enjoy the sensation of being constantly able in his own private study to look upon and examine one of the most precious treasures of Early Christian Literature. The Alexandrine Codex was transcribed about four hundred years after the death of Christ. Part 2-3, containing the remainder of the Old Testament, will be published in due course of time. 53 List of Additions (MSS. and Printed Books), 1831-34, 4 vols. 8vo. 10s 54 List of Additions, MSS. 1836-1840, 8vo. 10s 55 Catalogue of Additions, MSS. 1841-1845, 8vo. £1. 56 57 MSS. 1846-1847, 8vo. 12s 58 Catalogue of Additions to the MANUSCRIPTS in the British Museum in the years 1854-1870, Vol. I—Additional MSS. 19,720-24,026, thick royal 8vo. x, 938 pp. cloth, 15s 59 59* 1875 Vol. II (Additional MSS. 24,027-29,909, Charters, Rolls, Seals, Papyri, and Egerton MSS.), thick roy. 8vo. pp. x and 1050, cloth, 15s 1877 Including Greek Papyri of the first century before Christ, Latin MSS. of the seventh and ninth centuries, and many illuminated MSS. A large and important collection of State Papers and private Letters. INDEX to the above, roy. 8vo. 1575 pp. cloth, £2. 2s 1880 60 FACSIMILES OF ANCIENT CHARTERS in the British Museum, Parts I-III, folio, near 100 large photographic facsimiles, with printed transcripts, cloth, £4. 1s 61 Part IV, folio, 50 large facsimiles, cloth, £2. 28 1873-77 1878 "The present part (Part IV) completes the series of Facsimiles of English Charters, of dates preceding the Norman Conquest, preserved in the British Museum. "The special object of the present publication of Ancient English Charters in facsimile is to preserve as it were the documents themselves, by reproducing them in exact imitation and in a permanent form. They cannot be looked upon without emotion, as monuments of a remote age; and, being dated both as to place and time, they are invaluable for the study of Palæography, especially as a standard of comparison for English writings, of which it is most important for the study of the language to fix the true age. "As affording criteria for judging of the time of writing of this class of documents, as well as for the general study of Palæography, this large body of Facsimiles will be found most valuable. "The Facsimiles have been produced by the Autotype Company, who have employed for the purpose the photographic printing process perfected by them. The advantages obtained by this process are exact accuracy, and softness of line; expression of variety of tone, by means of which later corrections and additions in the original document are indicated; entire freedom from hand correction or retouching; and permanency of the impression."-E. A. Bond. 62 Catalogue of the MS. Music in the British Museum, 8vo. 5s 63 MS. Maps, Charts, and Plans, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 1842 1844 BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. 64 Fragments of the Iliad of Homer from a Syriac Palimpsest, edited by William Cureton, M.A., 4to. £2. 2s-Large paper, £3. 3s 1851 65 GAYANGOS (Pascual de) CATALOGUE of the MSS. in the SPANISH LANGUAGE in the BRITISH MUSEUM, Vol. I, stout royal 8vo. pp. viii and 883, cloth, 15s 66 Vol. II, royal 8vo. pp. vi and 824, cloth, 15s : 1875 1877 This has long been a desideratum and many students will rejoice to find that the labour of reference and inquiry is now enormously facilitated, so far as Spanish literature and history are concerned. The name of the compiler enhances the value of the catalogue to no slight degree. 67 Photographic Fac-similes of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, £3. 3s 67a WRIGHT (W.) CATALOGUE OF THE ETHIOPIC MSS. acquired since 1847, impl. 4to. xiii and 366 pp. with 13 facsimiles, cloth gilt, 30s Contents: Biblical MSS.-Service Books-Special Services and HomiliesLives of Saints-Biblical Commentaries-Theology-Ecclesiastical and Civil 676CATALOGUE of the PERSIAN MSS. by C. Rieu, 2 vols. impl. 4to. £2. 10s Law-History-Medicine-Miscellanea-Indices. V. PRINTED BOOKS. 1879-81 68 A Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum, by Dr. Ernest Haas, 1 vol. 4to. 200 pp. cl. 21s 1876 A Catalogue raisonné of one of the best collections of Sanscrit MSS., forming a necessary adjunct to the meagre guide of Gildemeister. 69 DOUGLAS (R. K.) Catalogue of CHINESE PRINTED BOOKS, Manuscripts and Drawings in the Library of the British Museum, impl. 4to. 344 pp. cloth, 20s 70 List of the Additions from 1831-35, 5 vols. roy. 8vo. bds. 7s 72 74 1877 1834-39 1841 1867 1848 Part III, 8vo. 15s-Large paper, £2. 2s 1872 75 List of Books of Reference in the Reading-Room of the British Museum, 8vo. 5s. With Coloured Plan VI. MAPS. 1871 76 Catalogue of the Geographical Collection in the Library of King Geo. III, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 4s VII. PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. 1829 77 Catalogue of the Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc. attached to the Library of King George the Third, 2 vols. 8vo. cloth, 10s 1829 of the Manuscript Maps, Charts, and Plans, and of the Topographical Drawings, 2 vols. 8vo. bds. 10s 78 1844 79 CATALOGUE of PRINTS and DRAWINGS. Division I. Political and Personal Satires. Vol. I, 1320 to April 11, 1689, 8vo. £1. 5s 80 1870 Vol. II, June, 1689 to 1733, 8vo. £1. 10s 1873 BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. 81 CATALOGUE of PRINTS and DRAWINGS. Vol. III, by F. G. Stephens, and containing many descriptions by E. Hawkins, in 2 vols. stout royal 8vo. lxxx and 1267 pp. cloth, £2. 2s 1877 The British Museum contains a very great number of English artistic satires, including many that are unique, a large proportion that are extremely rare, and others that possess various claims on the attention of students.G. W. Reid, Keeper of the Prints. 82 WILLSHIRE'S (Dr. W. H.) Descriptive Catalogue of Playing Cards in the British Museum, 2 parts in 1 vol. royal 8vo. 24 plates, cloth, 21s 1876 Added is a general History of Playing Cards and remarks on Cards of Divination, and a politico-historical character. "The Catalogue Raisonné of the Playing Cards in the British Museum, entrusted to Dr. Willshire and prepared by him in the Print-Room, is partly in the hands of the printers. The systematic or descriptive portion is to be prefaced by a concise history of Playing Cards, and the series of packs which have a politico-historical character will be introduced by a continuous historical survey of the events to which these cards relate. The curious and interesting subject of the application of cards to divination and their supposed connection with the occult philosophy of ancient Egypt receives, we believe, rather full consideration, as the cards known as Tarots pass under review. It is intended that very complete tables and indexes shall accompany the Catalogue."Athenæum, February 6th, 1876. 83 Catalogue of Early Prints in the British Museum : Vol. I: GERMAN and FLEMISH SCHOOLS, by W. H. WILLSHIRE, M.D., royal 8vo. xii and 348 pp. and 10 plates, cloth, 12s 6d 66 1880 'Among the numerous works in the Museum Collection of Prints are many early cuts from both wood blocks and metal plates, which, though often not possessing qualities of artistic value, are of importance in relation to the history of engraving as illustrating the religious and social aspects of their time. Many of them being unique, all being scarce, and their congeners fast disappearing from the print market, it has been deemed advisable to bring them together and describe them under their characteristic features. 66 'By this means it is trusted that these early efforts in an important branch of Art may be rendered more interesting and more instructive than they could be while left undistinguished and dispersed among the general collection. "The examples described in the present work are anonymous prints chiefly of the German and Flemish schools of the fifteenth and the first quarter of the sixteenth century. "It is intended that the catalogue now placed before the public shall be followed by other volumes containing the works of Masters of the same schools. "The present Catalogue is the work of Dr. W. Hughes Willshire. G. W. REID." "May, 1879. The manuscript of a descriptive catalogue of Incunabula belonging to the German and Flemish engravings of the fifteenth century, upon which Dr. WILLSHIRE has been for some time past engaged in the Print-Room of the British Museum, is now in the hands of the printers. The work contains descriptions of some of the more rare and peculiar efforts of early wood and metal engravers, besides those of the colourists and illuminators of the popular religious art of this side of the Alps during the second half of the fifteenth century and the first quarter of the sixteenth century. The Museum is rich in the primitive art of the wood engravers and in that of the manière criblée and in relief on metal. These productions, though often more curious than beautiful, and of more archæological than artistic value, are yet, of course, pregnant with interest to the student of some of the more important branches of engraving. We understand that Dr. Willshire has sought to relieve the more purely technical descriptions by occasional remarks on the iconography and Christian symbolism which many of the subjects strangely illustrate."The Athenæum, Jan. 25, 1879. IV. FACSIMILES OF HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS. 4659 ARCHIVES Paléographiques de l'Orient et de l'Amérique, publiées par Léon de ROSNY, tome I, liv. 1-4, 8vo. facsimiles, sd. 128 Paris, 1870-71 4660 FACSIMILES of National Manuscripts of England, photozincographed by Sir Henry James, complete, 4 vols. sq. folio, 338 facsimiles of all kinds of Documents, State Papers, Royal Letters, Reports, Despatches, etc. with translations, cloth, the first volume is rare, £4. 4s Southampton, 1865-69 "The series ranges from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Queen Anne, and in order to invest the work with an additional interest, only such records have been selected for copying as are either historically important or curious in themselves."-Preface. Parts II, III and IV are sold separately, price 168 each. 4661 FACSIMILES of the National Manuscripts of Ireland, Parts I, II, and III, folio, 183 facsimiles, hf. bd. rare, £8. 8s 1874-79 "The The first part, of which only 250 copies were printed, is out of print. It contains 45 facsimiles of the most ancient and valuable Irish MSS. now in existence, including 11 plates copied from the "Book of Kells." second part contains charters, chronicles, and other early documents from before the time of the Norman Conquest of Ireland to the end of the thirteenth century. The third part contains coloured reproductions from important manuscripts, records, and writings connected with Ireland, from A.D. 1300 to the close of the reign of Henry VIII. Among the many attractive artistic specimens which it comprises are alphabets of old Irish ornamental letters, and elaborately finished illustrations connected with the visit of King Richard II to Ireland. It also furnishes facsimiles of some of the earliest extant Anglo-Irish writings, both in verse and prose."-The Athenæum, Nov. 15, 1879. The SECOND and THIRD parts are sold separately, price of each £2. 2s. 4662 FACSIMILES of National MSS. of Scotland, selected under the direction of the Lord Clerk Register, and photozincographed by Sir Henry James, 3 parts, folio, 272 leaves of facsimiles of documents ranging from the tenth to the seventeenth century, cloth, £12. 1867-71 Beginning with the Book of Deir (tenth century) and ending with the Treaty of Union (1707). The collection is one of extraordinary interest from a Scottish point of view. 4663 FACSIMILES of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts [at Canterbury], photozincographed by command of the Queen on the recommendation of the Master of the Rolls, by General Cameron, Director of the Ordnance Survey, with translations by W. BASEVI SAUNDERS, Part I, impl. folio, 25 plates, cloth, £2. 2s 1878 A series of interesting charters preserved in the archives of the Dean and Chapter at Canterbury; ranging over three centuries of old English History, from 742 to 1049 A.D. The facsimile-work is wonderfully perfect. The second part will contain facsimiles of all the charters that can be traced as still extant in England. It will be a splendid volume containing all |