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CLARKE (C. B., Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden) Commelynaces et Cyrtandraces Bengalenses, royal folio, 95 fine large plates, with accurate structural details and descriptive text, bds. 20s Calcutta, 1874 Very few of this learned and valuable Botanical work have come to England and Europe, and none have gone yet to America.

Commelynaceae is Englished Spiderworts.

Cyrtandraces is Englished Gesnerworts, i.e. by Lindley: but as none of either of these grow in England or in Europe, these English terms convey no meaning to most Englishmen. It might be better to call the Cyrtandraceæ Gloxinias.

The book contains life-sized figures with descriptions of all the species of Spiderwort and Asiatic Gloxinia known to inhabit Bengal. The book was published by C. B. Clarke, who has elaborated the whole Order Commelynaces for the forthcoming volume of Monographs published by Alphonse and Casimir De Candolle. The figures of several of the rare specimens were drawn by a Bengali artist from the living plants in their native jungles, under the superintendence of C. B. Clarke.

ELWES'S (H. J.) Monograph of the genus LILIUM, complete in 7 parts, impl. folio, two maps, photograph, and 48 superbly COLOURED plates of every known species of LILIES, engraved by FITCH, often two species on one plate, stitched, £6. 6s Privately printed, 1880

Only 250 copies were issued for subscribers.

The Author, by great energy and at vast expense, brought together ALL THE KNOWN SPECIES OF LILIES. In this book, in which they have been most elaborately drawn from nature by FITCH, he says:

"I have procured living plants of every species, and have had under cultivation in my "own gardens every known species of Lily."

The text is thoroughly scientific, and is written with assistance from Mr. J. G. Baker and Sir Joseph D. Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew.

Most elaborate reviews have appeared in the Journal of Botany and the Gardeners' Chronicle. Endogenous Plants: Agaves, Pine-Apples, Plantains and Paims. SQUIER (E. G.) TROPICAL FIBRES: their Production and Economic Extraction, 8vo. 16 plates, cloth, 4s 6d New York, Scribner, 1861 Hitherto very rare. "No person from northern latitudes can long reside in tropical countries, particularly in tropical America, without being struck with the number and variety of endogenous plants, such as agaves, pine-apples, plantains, and palms, which form a characteristic and, to northern eyes, a novel feature in every landscape. If of an observant and inquiring turn of mind, the traveller will soon be brought to reflect on the economic value of these plants, and their thousand useful applications in supplying human wants. He will discover that they not only furnish staple articles of food, oil, and refreshing as well as intoxicating drinks, but also that they are the productive sources of valuable fibres, of every degree of fineness and strength, and fit for the most delicate tissues as well as for the strongest cables."

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Ananas (Pine-Apple).

TODARO (A.) Hortus Botanicus

Musa Rosacea (Banana, or Plaintain Tree).
Borassus Flabelliformis.

Pandanus Odoratissimus.
Yucca Aloifolia.

Gloriosa (Spanish Bayonet).
Filamentosa.

Phormium Tenax (New Zealand Hemp).

Panormitanus, sive Plantæ Novæ vel Criticæ, quæ in Horto Botanico Panormitano coluntur, descriptæ et iconibus illustrata, folio, price per part, 10s

Palermo, 1876-?

To be completed in 48 parts, forming 2 vols. folio. Fifteen parts are now published. Each part contains 2 coloured plates, besides Text.

Bowes (J. L.) Japanese Enamels, with Illustrations

from examples in the Bowes Collection, impl. 8vo. woodcuts in the text and 20 plates of Japanese Pottery, some in gold and colours, cloth, £1. 1s

Liverpool, printed for private circulation, 1884

BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS.

I. ANTIQUITIES.

1 THE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK INSCRIPTIONS in the British Museum, edited by C. T. NEWTON, part I, Attika, edited by the Rev. E. L. HICKS, folio, viii and 160 pp. 3 plates of the Ground-plan, Sections, and Details of Erechtheion, bds. £1. 1874 2 COLLECTION (The) of Ancient GREEK INSCRIPTIONS in the British Museum, part II, edited by C. T. NEWTON, folio, plates, bds. 20s 1883 The first part, published in 1874, contains the Inscriptions found in Attika. The second part, now published, contains those from the Peloponnese, Northern Greece, Macedonia, Thrace, the Kimmerian Bosporos and the Islands of the Greek Archipelago, The third part will contain the Inscriptions from Prienè, Ephesos and Iasos.

3 Description of the Ancient Terracottas, by T. Combe, 4to. £1. 118 Gd --Large Paper, £2. 12s 6d 1810

4 DESCRIPTION of the Collection of Ancient Marbles by Taylor Combe, E. Hawkins, and C. R. Cockerell, 11 vols. in 7, 371 fine engravings, 1812-61-Description of Ancient Terracottas by T. Combe, 40 plates, 1810-together 8 vols. 4to. (pub. in bds. at £26. 18s), half russia, uncut, top edges gilt, £15. 6 vols.

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in the BRITISH

MUSEUM, by Taylor Combe, E. Hawkins, and C. R. Cockerell, comprising the Townley Collection, the Elgin Collection, and the Phigalian Marbles, 10 parts or vols. 1812-45-Description of the Collection of ANCIENT TERRA COTTAS in the British Museum, 1810together 11 vols. in 6, royal 4to. LARGE PAPER, over 200 proof plates (published in boards at £33. 15s 6d), £20. 1810-45

From the library of Sir Robert Peel. This is one of the finest works ever published on Ancient Sculpture.

6 Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, 2 vols. 8vo. 10s; fine paper, 158 1870

7 Tablets and other Egyptian Monuments, from the Collection of the Earl of Belmore, folio, 158

1843

8 Inscriptions in the Cuneiform Character, from Assyrian Monuments, discovered by A. H. Layard, D.L.C., folio, £1. 18

1851

9 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS OF WESTERN ASIA, Prepared for publication by Maj.-Gen. Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.C.B., assisted by E. Norris, Vol. I, folio, £1.

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11

12

1861

1866

Vol. II, folio, £1.
Vol. III. Prepared for

publication by Major-General Sir H. C. Rawlinson, K.C.B., F.R.S., &c., assisted by George Smith, Depart.

of Antiquities, fol. £1.

1870

VOL. IV: RAWLINSON (Sir Henry C.) Selections of the Miscellaneous Inscriptions of Assyria, edited by GEORGE SMITH, impl. folio, 70 lithographed sheets

1875

13

10s 6d

Vol. V, part I, plates, 1-35, 1880

14 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS OF WESTERN ASIA, Vol. V, part II, plates 36-70, 10s 6d 1884 "The five volumes of the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia,' from first to last, form a splendid thesaurus, the like of which has never been published in any country of the civilized world."-Athenæum, September 6th, 1884.

15 Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58, fol. £1. 58

1863 16 Inscriptions in the Himyaritic Character, discovered chiefly in Southern Arabia, fol. 16s sheets; £1. 48 boards

1863 17 Inscriptions in the Hieratic and Demotic Character, fol. £1. 78 6d 1868 18 ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES, Guide to the Kouyunjik Gallery, 12mo. pp. 190, 4 autotype plates, sd. 1s 6d

II. COINS.

1883

19 Catalogue of the Anglo-Gallic Coins, by E. Hawkins, 4to. £1. 48 1826 20 CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK COINS, Vol. I: ITALY, 8vo. many hundred woodcuts, cloth, £1. 58 1873 CONTENTS:-Etruria, Umbria, Picenum, Vestini, Latium, Samnium, Frentani, Campania, Apulia, Calabria, Lucania and Bruttii.

21

Vol. II: SICILY, edited by R. S. Poole, 8vo. full of woodcuts, cloth, 21s

1876

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Vol. III: The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Moesia, Thrace, etc. by Barclay V. Head and Percy Gardner, edited by R. S. Poole, 8vo. numerous woodcuts, cloth,

218

1877

Vol. IV: the Seleucid Kings of Syria, by Percy Gardner, edited by R. S. Poole, 8vo. 28 plates, cloth, 10s 6d

1878 Vol. V: MACEDONIA, etc. by Barclay V. Head, edited by R. S. Poole, 8vo. map and woodcuts, cloth, 258

1879

Vol. VI, THESSALY to AETOLIA, by P. GARDNER and R. S. POOLE, 32 plates, representing about 500 coins, 15s

1883 Vol. VII, THE PTOLEMIES, Kings of

Egypt, by R. S. POOLE, 32 plates, about 250 figures, 158
These volumes contain a Catalogue of the Coins

according to the system of Eckhel.

1883 arranged

"The metal of each coin is stated, and its size in inches and tenths. The weight is given in English grains of all gold and silver coins and of all copper coins of known denominations. Tables for converting grains into French grammes and inches into millimètres, as well as into the measure of Mionnet's scale, are placed at the end of the volume."-R. S. Poole.

27 CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL COINS, by S. L. and R. Poole, Vol. I: the Coins of the Eastern Khaleefehs, 8vo. 8 plates, cl. rare 1875 the same, Vol. II: the Coins of the Mohammedan Dynasties, Classes III-X, 8vo. 8 plates representing nearly 100 figures, cloth, 1876

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128

the same, Vol. III: Coins of the Turkumán Houses of Seljook, Urtuk, Zengee, etc. 8vo. 12 plates of about 150 Coins, cloth, 128 1877

BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued.

30 CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL COINS, by S. L. and R. Poole, Vol. IV: The Coinage of Egypt (A.H. 358-922) under the Fatimee Khaleefehs, the Ayyoobees and the Memlook Sultans, 8vo. 8 plates, representing nearly 200 Coins, cloth, 128 1879

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the same, Vol. V: Coins of the Moors of Africa and Spain; and the Kings and Imáms of the Yemen, by S. L. Poole, edited by R. S. Poole, 8vo. 7 plates, cloth, 9s 1880

158

the same, Vol. VI: Coins of the Mongols, 9 plates, cloth,

plates, 98

1881 the same, Vol. VII: Coinage of Bukhárá (Transaxiana), 5 1882 the same, Vol. VIII: The Coins of the TURKS, by Stanley Lane POOLE, edited by Reginald Stuart POOLE, 12 plates, 20s 1883 "The Académie des Inscriptions has conferred upon this work, as represented by the fifth volume, the honour of couronnement, by awarding to it the biennial Prix Duchalais."

35 COMBE (Taylor) Veterum Populorum et Regum Numi qui in Museo Britannico adservantur, roy. 4to. 15 plates of Coins, hf. morocco, rare, 36s

1814 36 Nummi veteres Civitatum, Regum, Gentium, et Provinciarum, in Museo R. P. KNIGHT asservati, ab ipso ordine geographico descripti, roy. 4to. bds. 288 1830

37 Roman Medallions, by H. A. Grueber and R. S. Poole, impl. 8vo. 66 plates, bds. 218 1874 38 HEAD (B. V.) A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, from circ. B.c. 700 to A.D. 1, second edition, 8vo. viii and 128 pp. of Text, with 70 plates of Autotype facsimiles, 258 1881-2 III. PAPYRI.

39 Facsimile of an Egyptian Hieratic Papyrus of the reign of Rameses. III, oblong atlas folio, 79 large plates, with an historical and descriptive Introduction, and Translation by S. Birch, bds. £2.8s 1876 40 Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Part I, 4to. 10s-Large paper, 1839 41 SELECT PAPYRI in the HIERATIC character in the British Museum, 4 parts complete, folio, 187 plates of facsimiles, scarce, £3. 10s 1841-60

158

The first part is out of print.

42 Papyri in the Hieroglyphic and Hieratic Characters, from the Collection of the Earl of Belmore, folio, 6s

1843

43 Photographs of the PAPYRUS OF NEBSENI, oblong sm. folio, 33 plates, mounted on cardboard, in a portfolio, £2. 28 1876 IV. MANUSCRIPTS.

44 Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the COTTONIAN Library, folio, with an excellent Index, hf. bd. 10s

45

1802

HARLEIAN MSS. now in the British Museum, with Indexes, 4 vols. large folio, bds. uncut, 36s

1808 46 Catalogue of the MSS. formerly F. Hargrave's, by H. Ellis, 4to. 12s

47

£4. 14s 6d

48

1818 Arundel MSS. folio, £1. 88; or with coloured Plates, 1834 Burney MSS. folio, 18s; coloured Plates, £3. 3s 1840

BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued.

49 Index to the Arundel and the Burney MSS. folio, 158

1840

50 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. 38

51 Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Orientalium. Pars 1. Syriacos et Carshunicos amplectens, folio, 128

1849

Codices

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Arabicorum partem amplectens, folio, 148
Partis 2 continuatio, folio, 148

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Partis 2 Supplementum, folio, £2.

1838

Pars 2. Codicum

1838

1852

1871

1847

Pars 3. Codices Ethiopicos amplectens, folio, 108

56 Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838. By W. Wright, LL.D. Part I, 4to. 15s 1870 Part II, 4to. £1. 5s

57

58

4to. £1. 10s

1871

Part III, with Appendices and Indices,

- 1873 59 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

60 CODEX ALEXANDRINUS, Facsimile of the; Old and New Testament, in Greek, 4 vols. folio, complete in absolute facsimile, produced by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, printed in photolithography, back and front, in portfolios, £30. 1883

Copies of the First Volume (comprising Genesis to Chronicles), price £9; and of the volume containing the facsimile of the New Testament and Clementine Epistles, price £7, are still on sale.

"With the modern processes of photography at their command, the trustees of the British Museum have reproduced, by the best possible method, this invaluable Codex. The volume of the New Testament was issued in 1879; and, since then, have appeared in succession the three volumes into which the Old Testament is divided. The entire manuscript consists of upwards of 1500 pages.

"The title of this ancient Greek manuscript of the Bible, which is by common consent ascribed to the fifth century, is derived from the fact that it belonged to the Patriarchal Chamber of Alexandria as far back as the beginning of the 14th century, as appears from a note in Arabic of that period inscribed on the first page of Genesis. Another note, also in Arabic of the same time, records the tradition that the manuscript was written by the hand of the martyr Thecla-a tradition, however, which need not be seriously considered. Whether the Codex was preserved at Alexandria earlier than the 14th century there is nothing to show; but the evidence of some of the writing points to an Egyptian origin, and we may assume that no city of Egypt would be more likely than Alexandria to be its birthplace. When Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Alexandria, was promoted to Constantinople, in 1621, he took the manuscript with him, and presented it, through our Ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, as a gift to King Charles I, in 1627. From that date it remained in the Royal Library, until 1757, when it was transferred with the rest of the Royal manuscripts to the newly-founded British Museum.

"The autotype edition which is now completed is an excellent one, faithfully reproducing the manuscript, page for page, in full size. At a comparitively moderate cost this true likeness of the Codex Alexandrinus will find its way to the different libraries of Europe and America and be welcomed as the best possible representative of the original.”— The Times, August 21, 1884.

The Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus were reproduced by Typography, a process liable to error.

61 List of Additions (MSS. and Printed Books), 1831-34, 4 vols. 8vo. 10s 62 List of Additions, MSS. 1836-1840, 8vo. 10s

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