Guide to foreign law Colombia: Dr. José Vicente Concha, President of Colombia; Dr. Arturo Quijano, jurist; and Hon. Thaddeus Thompson, United States minister. Costa Rica: Dr. Luis Anderson, statesman, diplomat, and jurist; Dr. Leonidas Pacheco, Speaker of the House and attorney at law; Señor Julio Acosta, Minister of foreign affairs; Señor Carlos Pacheco, Chief of the International exchange office; Dr. Edward J. Hale, Minister of the United States; and Dr. Manuel Aragón, professor at the university. Cuba: Hon. William E. Gonzales, United States minister; Dr. Pablo Desvernine, Minister of foreign affairs; and Dr. Antonio S. Bustamante, professor, publicist, and jurist. Panama: Hon. William Jennings Price, Minister of the United States; Señor Ernesto T. Lefèvre, Minister of foreign affairs; Señor Juan B. Sosa, Minister of the interior; and Dr. Harmodio Arias, publicist, and attorney at law. Peru: Dr. Luis Ulloa, Director of the National library; Dr. Manuel V. Villarán, attorney at law; Dr. Eleodoro Romero, Dean of the Law school; Dr. Victor M. Maurtua, publicist, diplomat, and jurist; Dr. Arturo García, Librarian of the Ministry of foreign affairs. Uruguay: Dr. Manuel B. Otero, Minister of foreign affairs; Dr. Daniel García Acevedo, publicist, and attorney at law; Señor Juan Daquó, Librarian of the Faculty of law; and Mr. Arthur Schoenfeld, Secretary of the American legation. Venezuela: Hon. Preston McGoodwin, Minister of the United States; Dr. Manuel Segundo Sánchez, Director of the National library; Dr. Demetrio Lossada Dias, Chief of Bureau of the Ministry of foreign affairs; Dr. Pedro Arcaya, Minister of the interior; Dr. Alfredo Machado-Hernandez and Dr. Julio Blanco Uztariz, attorneys at law; Señor F. Jimenez Arráiz, Librarian of Congress; and Dr. Santiago Key-Ayala, Librarian of the Ministry of foreign affairs. At the end of 1915 the “Guide to the law and legal literature of Spain" was published. The cooperation of Harvard by granting to Mr. Thomas W. Palmer, Jr., a Sheldon fellowship for the preparation of this work has been mentioned in the Annual reports of 1913 and 1914. The Harvard Law School has promised to cooperate further with us in the enterprise of publishing these guides to foreign law by assigning another Sheldon fellowship to a graduate student who shall devote a year to the necessary study for the preparation of a "Guide to the law and legal literature of France." The student is to be designated by the University in 1917. It is proposed that he spend a portion of the year in study in the Law Division of the Library of Congress and complete his studies in France, thereupon undertaking the preparation of the Guide under the direction of the Law Librarian on the order of the Guides for Germany and Spain previously published. On the basis of the studies made in South America and the material acquired a "Guide to the law and legal literature of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile" is now in course of preparation. It is hoped that the guide will be published before the end of the fiscal year. DIVISION OF MAPS AND CHARTS (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 Map Division: TABLE A-Accessions, July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916 These tables do not include the total number of sheets in the Sanborn insurance collection, the British Ordnance survey, and the Egyptian survey, which number as follows: Since the publication of volume 3 of "A list of geographical atlases," in 1914, 730 atlases, in 916 volumes, have been added to the collection, making a total of 4,817 complete atlases in 5,881 volumes. All these additions have been catalogued and may eventually be printed as volume 4 to the "List of geographical atlases." The following are the most important accessions: Aa, P. van der. Nouvel atlas. 1714. Arnout, J. Paris, vues et monuments [1855?] Atlantic Neptunes. (2 copies, 15th and 16th) Atlas catalan. 1375. Facsimile by J. A. C. Buchon & J. Tastu. ... Boyer, A. The draughts of the most remarkable fortified towns of Europe. 1701. Braun, G. Théâtre des cités du monde. 6 vols. in 2. [1564-1620] Brouckner, I. Der erste preussische seeatlas. 1749. Reprint. 1912. Burr, D. H. American atlas. 1839. Carey, H. C. and Lea, I. Complete historical, chronological and geographical American atlas. 1823. Carey, M. American pocket atlas. 1813. General atlas. 1817. Picturesque views of American scenery. 1820. Cellarius, A. Harmonia macrocosmica. 1708. Chiquet, J. Nouveau atlas françois. 1719. Cluver, P. Introductio in universam geographicam. 1641. Collins, G. Great Britain's coasting pilot. 1723. Same. 1744. Delarochette, L. S. d'A. South America. 1818. Eight original water color sketches in Guadeloupe. 1820. ms. Fay, T. S. Views of New York and environs. 1831. ... Fer, N. de. Théâtre de la guerre aux environs du Rhein. 1705. Goos, P. Lighting colomne, or sea-mirrour. 1660-61. Great Britain. India Office. [Indian atlas] 2 vols. 1827-1862. 1752-1773. Husson, P. Variae tabulae geographicae. [1709] Jefferys, T. West India islands. 1795. Kitchin, T. General atlas. 1777. Same. [1790] Lane, M., Cook, J., and others. Pilote de Terre Neuve. 1784. Loon, J. van, and Voogt, C. J. Nieuwe groote lichtende zeefackel. 1699-[1702] Martini, M. Novus atlas Sinensis. fr. ed. [1655] Mercator, G. Atlas minor. 1608. Milbert, J. G. Itinéraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson. [1828–29] Moll, H. Atlas minor. 1763? Set of thirty-two maps of Europe. [1727?] Nolin, J. B. Atlas général. 1783. Norman, J. American pilot. 1794. Ottens, R. Atlas maior. [1729?] 7 vols. Ptolemy, C. Geographia. Nuremberg, 1514. Quad, M. Europae totius orbis terrarum partis praestantissimae. 1592. Robert de Vaugondy, D. Atlas universel. 1757. Roux, J. Recueil des principaux plans des ports terranée. 1764. Sanson, N. Cartes générales. 1658. Afrique en plusieurs cartes. 1656. ... de la mer Médi Schenk, P., and Valck, G. Atlantis sylloge compendiosa. 1709. Copyright maps Simpson, W. Seat of war in the East. 2 vols. 1855-56. Smyth, H. [Views of the most remarkable places in the gulf of St. Atlas géographique de France. 1638. Waghenaer, L. J. Spieghel der zeevaerdt. 1585. Wells, E. New sett of maps. [1738?] Wytfliet, C. Histoire universelle des Indes Occidentales et Orientales. 1611. Zeiler, M. Topographia Helvetiae. 1654. Topographia electorata Brandeburgici. 1652? Among the above, one especially to be noted is: Ottens, Reiner. Atlas maior cvm generales omnivm totivs orbis... Amstelaedami, apud viduam ac filios Ioachimi Ottens [and] Reinervm et Iosvam Ottens. [no date] This atlas is not dated, but after a careful examination of each map, in volume 1 there is found a map of Norway dated 1729, which is probably the date of the compilation. This work which was evidently the monumental work of these publishers, contains a total of 907 maps. They are maps by the most distinguished cartographers of the various countries of the world, such as Blaeu, Visscher, Delisle, Jaillot, Nolin, Fer, Homann, Allard, and many others, gathered together and published in these seven volumes. Volume 7 contains the American material and has the Ottens view of the city of New York, which in itself sells as a separate for one-third of the amount given for the whole collection. All these maps are colored by hand, and form a collection which is most interesting and valuable. The only other example of the work known is mentioned by P. A. Tiele in his Nederlandsche Bibliographie, as being in the University Library at Amsterdam. The clippings from the copyright bulletin relating to maps and atlases now number 35,295 cards. This important work gives an up-to-date list of all copyrighted maps and atlases |