LAW: Noteworthy ac cessions. Maryland: An act to regulate the inspection of tobacco. Passed December 21, 1789. Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Missouri: Private acts of the Third General assembly of the State of Missouri in the year one thousand eight hundred and twentyfour. Printed by Duff Green, at the office of the St. Louis Enquirer. 1824. New Jersey: (1) Acts of the Sixth General assembly of the State of New Jersey, at a session begun at Trenton on the 23d day of October, 1781 ... Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins, 1782. (2) An Act for laying an excise on sundry articles retailed or consumed within the State of New Jersey. Passed at Burlington, June 4, 1787. New York: Mercantile Laws of the State of New York ... New York: Printed by Francis Childs. 1788. New York. Duke of York's Charter, 1683: The Duke of York's charter of Liberties & Privileges to the Inhabitants of New York, anno 1683, with Acts of Assembly of that year & the year 1684. A Certified and Exemplified Manuscript copy of Dongan's Laws, 1683-1684, made from the Original Manuscript ... U. S. President, 1801-1809 (Jefferson): Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certain laws of the Indiana Territory of the United States. For the information of both houses. 7th December, 1803. Received. 8th December 1803. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. U. S. Supreme Court: A Case decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, in U. S. District court. New York: Rules of the District court of the United States, for the district of United States: The Pre-emption laws, and all the amendments ... also, the KansasNebraska bill. St. Joseph, Mo., Pfouts & Cundiff, printers, 1856. Hawaiian Islands: Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha IV., king of the Hawaiian Islands, passed by the nobles and representatives, at their session, 1860. Honolulu, 1860. Adye, Stephen Payne: A treatise on Courts martial ... New-York: Printed by H. Gaine, Burn, Richard: Burn's Abridgment, Or The American Justice... Dover, (Newhampshire.) Printed For, And Sold by Eliphalet Ladd, 1792. Conductor Generalis: 2d ed., with large additions. New York: Printed and sold by J. Parker, 1749. Conductor Generalis: New-York: Printed by John Patterson, for Robert Hodge, 1788. Freeman, Samuel: A valuable assistant to every man: or, The American clerk's magazine ... 3d ed., rev., enl., and much improved ... Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1797. Hays, Robert, et al. vs. The Pennsylvania Railroad co., et al.: Papers pertaining to the suit ... Philadelphia, 1851. Taylor, John Louis: A digest of the statute law of North-Carolina, relative to wills, executors and administrators ... Raleigh: Printed by J. Gales & son. 1824. Zenger, John Peter: A Brief Narative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger ... [Boston, 1799]. [Abbreviamentum statutorum] Pynson, 1499. Magnum abbreuiamentu statutorum Anglie vsq ad annum. xv. H. viii inclusiue. Johannes Rastell, 1528. Gt. Brit. Laws. James I: [Acts passed in the 39th year of James I] London, Robert Barker, 1606. Gt. Brit. Laws. George II: An Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants, and others therein mentioned, as are settled, or shall settle in any of His Majesty's colonies in America. London, John Basket, 1739. The Attorney & Solicitor Generals & ca. Opinions Concerning Manuscript of Mr. T. White, which was taken from The Originals Littleton, Sir Thomas: Lyttylto tenures newly imprinted. [London, Thomas Berthelet, 1530] Perkins, John: A Profitable Booke Treating of the Lawes of England. London, Company of Stationers, 1609. Borrow, George Henry: Celebrated trials, and remarkable cases of criminal jurisprudence, from the earliest records to the year 1825. London, 1825. 6 v. Statvta et decreta commvnis Genvae. Bononia, 1498. Ordonnances royaulx De la iurisdicion De la Preuoste des marchas Xescheuinaige de la ville de paris. [2d ed.] Paris [1528] Perugia. Laws: Statuta Perusiae. Perugia, 1523-28. Consolato del mare: Llibre de consolat dels fets maritims. Sigonio, Carlo: Barcelona, 1592. De antiqvo ivre civivm Romanorvm, Italiae, provinciarvm, ac Romanae ivrisprvdentiæ ivdiciis, libri XI. Francofvrti, 1593. Allegacion de derecho: Por parte de Doña Francisca Colon de Toledo, sobre la tenuta y possession de los estados de Almirantazgo delas Indias, Ducado de Beragua, y Marquesado de Iamayca. [Madrid, circa 1607] During the past year a check of the Latin American legal collection has been made and material lacking specified. The law librarian has been so fortunate as to have been assisted in this work by Mr. John T. Vance, jr., a linguist and lawyer familiar from personal experience with Latin American legal procedure. DIVISION OF MAPS. (From the report of the chief, Mr. Phillips.) The following tables, A and B, respectively, show the number of accessions for the year and the total number of pieces in the division of maps: TABLE A.-Accessions, July 1, 1922, to June 30, 1923. CHARTS: Accessions. Description. Copyright. Purchase. Gift. Transfer. Exchange. Total. MAPS AND The following rare accessions are noted: Titles and imprints engraved on slips and pasted on blank spaces on illuminated title-pages. In v. 1, title omitted. Titles and indexes in French. No text on reverse of maps. Volume 2 bound in 2 pts. Blaeu, W. J. and Blaeu, J. Theatrvm orbis terrarvm, sive atlas novvs, in qui tabvlæ et descriptiones omnium regionum, editæ a Guiljel; et Joanne Blaeu. 5 v. Amsterdami, apud Iohannem Guilejlmi F. Blaeu, 1649-1654. A manuscript inscription from Jan Blaeu to Sir John Scot appears on the flyleaf of v. I. In v. 5, the maps of Scotland were from the maps of Timothy Pont, which were purchased by Sir John Scot of Scotstavet after Pont's death. At the request of Scot and Charles I, these maps were completed for Blaeu's atlas by Robert Gordon of Straloch and his son James and taken to Amsterdam in 1654 by Scot, who superintended their publication. They were finally issued in 1654 as v. 5 of this edition, forming the first Scottish atlas. This copy of v. 5 has nine pages of manuscript notes written and signed by Robert Gordon and the volume has many annotations in his handwriting. Goos, Pieter. De zee-atlas, ofte water-wereld, waer in vertoont werden alle de zee-kusten van het bekende des aerd-bodems. Seer dienstigh voor alle heeren en kooplieden, als oock voor alle schippers en stuurlieden. Gesneden, gedruckt en uytgegeven. 10p. 1., 41 maps. fol. Amsteldam, P. Goos, 1669. Same as the 1666 edition, except that the imprint and date on the colored engraved title-page have been changed, and the dedication, introduction and table of contents are from different plates. In the table of contents one map has been omitted. It is entitled, "Paskaerte van de Zuÿdt en Noordt Revier in Nieu Nederlandt ..." and appears in the atlas. This map is called for in the table of contents of the 1666 edition and appears in that atlas. Du Sauzet, Henri. Atlas portatif composé de CCLXXXV cartes, de plusieurs habiles géographes; où sont representées toutes les parties de la terre. Avec un discours sur la cosmographie, contenant un abregé de la sphere, de la géographie et de l'hydrographie. Ouvrage curieux & utile pour l'étude de la géographie 2 v. in 1; v. I, 8 p. 1., 135 (i. e. 133) maps, 2 pl.; v. 2, p. 1., 150 maps. obl. 4°. Amsterdam, H. Du Sauzet, 1734-[1735] Engraved illustrated half-title reads: Atlas minor, in quo totius orbis partes, CCLXXXV tabulis accuratè delineatis, repræsentantur. Amstelodami, apud H. Du Sauzet. Several maps are dated 1697; one map, no. 62, Théâtre de la guerre en Allemagne, is dated 1735. Maps by Sanson, Kaerius, Biens, Sivardt, Hondius, Mercator, Martini and Lhuyd. CHARTS: Noteworthy ac cessions. Works ready for publication. This "List" has done much to economize labor in the division, and information received from numerous sources shows that it has been of great assistance in many libraries in this country and throughout the world. Attention is here called to the extensive correspondence of this division relating to cartographical subjects requiring difficult research. Though the final answer be brief, the determination of it may involve considerable time and labor. The manuscript "Bibliography of cartography," has been indispensable in this connection. In addition to inquiries of correspondents are, of course, telephone calls from the various departments of the Government involving the location of many geographical positions which up to a recent date were comparatively little known. No publication has come from this division during the year. Many additions have been made to those works already compiled which are typewritten and ready to go to press. They are as follows: Bibliography of cartography, or A descriptive list of books and magazine articles relating to maps, map makers, and views. 6,604 typewritten leaves, 30,768 estimated titles. A descriptive list of maps of California and San Francisco to 1865, inclusive, found in the Library of Congress. 173 typewritten leaves, 288 titles. A descriptive list of maps and views of Boston in the Library of Congress, 1630-1865. 275 typewritten leaves, 1,035 titles. A descriptive list of maps and views of Washington and District of A descriptive list of maps and views of New York in the Library of A descriptive list of maps and views of Philadelphia in the Library of The chief of the division has taken great interest in endeavoring to complete the catalogue of our valuable collection of manuscript maps relating to America. |