Three hundred notable books added to the Library of the British Museum under the keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899.

Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Three hundred notable books added to the Library of the British Museum under the keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Germanico, doue si contengono le cose mirabilissime de quelli paesi, fin’ a quest’ hora non cognosciute, ne da Greci, ne da Latini. Colophon. Stampata in Venetia, per Giouan Thomaso, del Reame di Neapoli, Nel anno de nostro Signore. M. D. XXXIX. QUARTO. With three woodcuts, one of which represents a hunting party- wearing ‘ ski.’ The only known copy of this Italian version of Olaus Magnus. Bought in 1891. HOROLOGION. ‘sipoXoyLov. Stampato in Venetia per Christophano Zanetti. M. D. XXXXVI. octavo. An early edition of the Horologion of the Orthodox Church, printed in cursive Greek type. Unknown to Legrand. In a con- temporary binding. Bought in 1894. Another edition in sixteens of the same book, printed at Venice in 1563 by F. Rampazetus, was bought in 1892. This copy, believed to be unique, came from the Sykes collection, and contains the book-plate of Sir Christopher Sykes, designed by Sir John Millais. SPLENDORE DELLE GIOVANI. Splendore delle virtuose giouani doue si contengono molte, e varie mostre a fogliami, cioe ponti in aere, & punti taglati bellissime, & con tale artificio, che li punti tagliati seruino alii punti in aere, et da quella ch’^ sopragasi far si possono, medesimamente molte altre. [Device, with quotation.] In Vinegia appresso Iseppo Foresto in calle del! acque a san Zulian, all' insegna del Pellegrino. 1558. QUARTO. A book of designs for lace, printed, with the exception of the first leaf, entirely from wood blocks. Bought in 1893. VEROVIO, Simone. Diletto spirituale. Canzonette a tre e a quattro uoci composte da diuersi ecc“* Musici. Raccolte da