BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838. By W. Wright, LL.D., 3 vols. 4to. cloth, £3. 10s Vol. I, 158; Vol. II, 25s; Vol. III, 30s. CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. 1870-73 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 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. Auother note, also in Arabic of the same time, records the traditiou that the manuscripts was waitten 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, & process liable to error. List of Additions (MSS. and Printed Books), 1831-34, 4 vols. 8vo. 10s List of Additions, MSS. 1836-1854, 4 vols. 8vo. £2. 17s Sold separately: 1841-1845, £1; 1846-1847, 12s; 1848-1853, 15s 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 1875 Vol. II (Additional MSS. 24,027-29-909, Charters, Rolls, Seals, Papyri, and Egerton MSS.), thick roy. 8vo. pp. x and 1050, cloth, 158 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. 28 1880 BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. FACSIMILES OF ANCIENT CHARTERS in the British Museum, 4 vols. folio, nearly 150 large photographic facsimiles, with printed transcripts, cloth, £6. 3s Vol. I, 21s; Vol. II, 30s; Vol. III, 30s; Vol. IV, £2. 2s. 1873-78 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. Catalogue of the MS. Music in the British Museum, 8vo. 58 MS. Maps, Charts, and Plans, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 1842 1844 Fragments of the Iliad of Homer from a Syriac Palimpsest, edited by William Cureton, M.A., 4to. £2. 28-Large Paper, £3. 38 1851 GAYANGOS (Pascual de) CATALOGUE of the MSS. in the SPANISH LANGUAGE in the BRITISH MUSEUM, 3 vols. stout royal 8vo. cloth, £2. 5s. Each Vol. sold separately, price 15s. 1875-81 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. Photographic Facsimiles of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, £3. 38 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 Law-History-Medicine-Miscellanea-Indices. - CATALOGUE of the PERSIAN MSS. by C. Rieu, 3 vols. impl. 4to. £3. 158 1879-83 Each Vol. sold separately, price 25s. CATALOGUE of ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS in the British Museum, part I: GREEK, by E. M. Thompson and O. F. Warner, royal folio, 20 large autotype facsimiles, bds. £1. V. PRINTED BOOKS. 1881 A Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum, by Dr. Ernest Haas, 1 vol. 4to. 200 pp. 21s 1876 A Catalogue raisonné of one of the best collections of Sanscrit MSS., forming a necessary adjunct to the meagre guide of Gildemeister. DOUGLAS (R. K.) Catalogue of CHINESE PRINTED BOOKS, Manuscripts and Drawings in the Library of the British Museum, impl. 4to. 344 pp. (sells 20s), cloth, 108 List of the Additions from 1831-35, 5 vols. roy. 8vo. bds. 7s the Hebrew Books in the Museum, 8vo. cloth, 25$ Bibliotheca Grenvilliana, Part II, 8vo. £1. 11s 6d Part III, 8vo. 15s-Large paper, £2. 2s Museum, 8vo. 58. With Coloured Plan 1877 1834-39 1841 1867 1848 1872 List of Books of Reference in the Reading-Room of the British 1871 BRITISHI MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. CATALOGUE of Printed Books (British Museum): VIRGILIUS, folio, 74 columns, sd. 2s 1882 A bibliography of all the editions of Virgil, whole works or selected, Latin or translated, in the British Museum. WARD (H. L. D.) Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, Vol. I, thick royal 8vo. pp. xx and 955, cloth, 22s 6d 1883 Taking into account also the bibliographical and literary information with which the descriptions are accompanied, and the critical analysis to which the different texts have been submitted, it is hoped that the catalogue may serve not only as a guide to the Muscum collection, but also, to some extent, as a handbook to the subject.-Extract from Preface. CATALOGUE of a selection from the STOWE MANUSCRIPTS exhibited in the King's Library in the British Museum, 4to. with 15 Autotype facsimiles, bds. 3s 6d VI. MAPS. 1883 Catalogue of the Geographical Collection in the Library of King Geo. III, 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 48 1829 VII. PRINTS AND DRAWINGS. Catalogue of the Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc. attached to the of the Manuscript Maps, Charts, and Plans, and of the Topographical Drawings, 2 vols. Svo. bds. 10s 1844 CATALOGUE of PRINTS and Drawings. Division I. Political and Personal Satires. 4 vols. in 5, thick 8vo. £6. 7s Sold Separately: 1870-83 Vol. I, 258; Vol. II, 30s; Vol. III, 2 vols. £2. 2s; Vol. IV, 30s. CATALOGUE of PRINTS and DRAWINGS: Political and Personal Satires, Vol. IV, royal 8vo. 30s 1883 PRINTS and DRAWINGS in the British Museum, reproduced by photographic process, Parts I and II: ITALIAN PRINTS, 60 facsimiles in impl. folio case, VERY SCARCE, £10. the same, Part II, 30 facsimiles, in a case, £1. 1882-83 1883 The second part includes seven subjects of Marc Antonio Raimondi, four of Giulio Bonasone, three each of Agostino Musi-" Veneziano "-and the Master of the Die; others by Nicolo Beatrizet, Enea Vico, etc. 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 1879 Added is a general History of Playing Cards and remarks on Cards of Divination, and a politico-historical character. CATALOGUE OF EARLY PRINTS: Vol. I: GERMAN and FLEMISH SCHOOLS, by W. H. WILLSHIRE, M.D., royal 8vo. xii. and 348 pp. and 10 plates, cloth, 12s 6d 1880 BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS-continued. VIII. NATURAL HISTORY. 1. MAMMALS. 1843 List of the specimens of Mammalia, by J. E. Gray, 12mo. sd. 1850 Part III. Ungulata Furcipeda, 12mo.12s. Plates 1852 Carnivorous Mammalia, 8vo. 6s 6d. Woodcuts 1869 Ruminant Mammalia (Pecora), 8vo. 38 6d 1872 Hand-List of the Edentate, Thick-skinned, and Ruminant Mammals. in the British Museum, 8vo. 128. Plates 1873 Catalogue of Seals and Whales, 2nd edition, 8vo. Woodcuts. 88 1866 Supplement, 8vo. Woodcuts. 28 6d 1871 Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats, 8vo. 48. Woodcuts 1870 Bones of Mammalia, 8vo. 58 1862 List of Mammalia, 12mo. 2s 6d 1843 Hand List of Seals, Morses and Sea-Bears by J. E. Gray, 8vo. 30 plates, cloth, 128 6d 1874 DOBSON (George E.) Catalogue of Chiroptera, thick 8vo. 30 plates, about 200 figures, cloth, 30s 1878 2. MAMMALS, BIRDS, &c. Catalogue of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes, of Nepal, presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 12mo. 28 3d 1863 of Mammalia and Birds of New Guinea, 8vo. 1s 6d 1859 List of Osteological Specimens, 12mo. 2s 3. BIRDS. 1847 Catalogue of the Genera and Sub-Genera of Birds, by G. R. Gray, 12mo. sd. scarce, 5s 1855 Hand-List of Birds, by G. R. GRAY, 3 vols. 8vo. cloth, 21s 1869-71 List of the specimens of Birds, by G. R. Gray, 8 parts, 12mo. scarce, 36s 1848-67 Part III, in 4 parts (Ramphastidæ, Psittacidæ, Capitonidæ, Capitonidæ and Picida), 48; Part IV (Columbæ), 1s 9d; Part V (Gallinæ), 1s 6d. Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific, 8vo. 18 6d 1859 BRITISH MUSEUM PUBLICATIONS--continued. A CATALOGUE of Birds, by R. BOWDLER SHARPE, F.L.S., F.Z.S. &c., &c., Assistant in the Zoological Department. British Museum. 8vo. cloth, Vol. I. Acciptres, xvi and 480 pp. many woodcuts and 14 coloured plates of new or little known species of BIRDS OF PREY 1874 1875 Birds, the same, Vol. II. Striges or Nocturnal Birds of Prey, aii and 326 pp. with 14 coloured plates of Owls, 16s the same, Vol. III: Passeriformes or Perching xiii and 343 pp. 14 coloured plates besides woodcuts, 178 1877 the same, Vol. IV: Passeriformes, xvi and 496 pp. and 14 coloured plates, 20s 1879 the same, Vol. V: Passeriformes, 18 coloured plates, 20s 208 268 1881 the same, Vol. VI: Passeriformes, 18 coloured plates, 1881 the same, Vol. VII: Passeriformes, 15 coloured plates, 1883 the same, Vol. VIII: Passeriformes, by Hans Gadow, 9 coloured plates, 17s 1883 the same, Vol. IX: Passeriformes, Cinnyrimorphæ, containing the Families Nectariniidae and Meliphagidae (Sun-Birds and Honey-Eaters), by HANS GADOW, 7 coloured plates, 14s 1884 4. FISHES. Günther's Catalogue of Fishes, 8 vols. complete, 8vo. cloth, £3. 10s List of Fish, Part I. Chondropterygii, 12mo. 38. Plates Lophobranchiate Fish, 12mo. 28. Plates 5. REPTILES. 1859-70 1851 1854 1856 1856 Catalogue of Shield Reptiles, Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises), 4to. 48 fine plates, with Supplement and Appendix (pub. at £3. 2s 6d), bds. £1. 158 1855-72 Part II, Emydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia, and Amphis bænians, 4to. 3s 6d. Woodcuts 1872 Hand-List of Shield Reptiles, 8vo. 48 1873 Catalogue of Reptiles, Part I. Tortoises, &c., 12mo. 18 1844 Part II. Lizards, 12mo. 3s 6d 1845 Colubrine Snakes, 12mo. 4s 1858 1850 Catalogue of Batrachia Gradientia, 12mo. sd. scarce, 5s BOULENGER (G. A.) Catalogue of the BATRACHIA GRADIENTIA s. Caudata and Batrachia Apoda in the British Museum, second edition, 8vo. pp. viii and 127, 9 plates, cloth, 98 1882 (1883) |