drawings of Hans Holbein Junior, compiled under the scholarly editorship of Professor Ganz, consists of 8 portfolios containing 400 plates, reproducing about 600 drawings, the eighth volume containing a study of Holbein by Professor Ganz; “Karl Asplund Zorn's engraved work," descriptive catalogue in two parts, Stockholm, A. B. Bükowakis, 1920-21; "English mezzotint portraits and their States," by Charles E. Russell, London, 1926; "The glory of New York," by Joseph Pennell, with an introduction by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, New York, W. E. Rudge, 1926, includes reproductions of 24 water colors, book arranged by Bruce Rogers; "A complete catalogue of the etchings and dry points of Edmund Blampied," by Campbell Dodgson, London, 1926; "The George Eumorfopoulos collection; catalogue of the Chinese, Corean, and Persian pottery and porcelain," by R. L. Hobson, London, 1925, volumes 3 and 4; "Ancient India from the earliest times to the Guptas with notes on the architecture and sculpture of the mediaeval period by K. de B. Codrington, with a prefatory essay on Indian sculpture by William Rothenstein," London, 1926; "European glass, a brief outline of the history of glass making with notes on various methods of glass decoration, illustrated by examples in the collection of the author," by Wilfred Buckley, with a foreword by Bernard Rackham . . . and with an essay on Dutch glass engravers by Dr. Ferrand Hudig Boston, 1926; "Afbeelding van't Stadt huys van Amsterdam, in dartigh coopere plaaten, geordineert door Iacob van Campen, en geteeckent door Iacob Vennekool...," Amsterdam, F. de Widt, 1664; "English stained glass," by Herbert Edward Read, London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1926]; "Ancient furniture, a history of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman furniture," by Gisela M. A. Richter, with an appendix by Albert W. Barker, Oxford, 1926; "Roman architecture and its principles of construction under the empire, with an appendix on the evolution of the dome up to the seventeenth century," by G. T. Rivoira, translated from the Italian by G. McN. Rushforth, Oxford, 1925; "Bayerisches Rokoko," by Adolf Feulner, München, Kurt Prof. William E. Gates. and photostatic cal material. Wolff Verlag; "Denkmäler des Theaters; Inszenierung, During the year we have acquired by purchase from Prof. William E. Gates, of Charlottesville, Va., 13,727 photographic prints of manuscripts relating to the early Mayan civilization and history. Professor Gates has made a special study of this period. Through his efforts we have been able to develop a collection of photographic prints of the manuscripts of this early civilization that now comprises upward of 50,000 pages and provides for historical investigators valuable source material. Transcripts We have been fortunate this year in enriching our colprints histori-lection of transcripts and photostatic prints of material in foreign archives relating to American history. The archives represented are those of Great Britain, France, Mexico, and Spain. In the aggregate there were 21,008 sheets of transcripts and 2,802 photostatic prints. The larger part was from the archives of France, at Paris, where we acquired 13,482 sheets of transcripts and 2,802 photostatic prints. Prof. Louis C. Karpinski. Genealogy. Through the scholarly interest of Prof. Louis C. Karpinski, of the University of Michigan, who is carrying on certain research work abroad, we were enabled to procure photographic copies of over 725 maps now in the foreign archives of Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon, relating to early American history. These will prove of value to cartographers and other serious investigators. Our collection of genealogy, already a very considerable one, has been increased during the year. The following titles are but a few of those added: "Historia genealogica da Casa Real Portugueza by Antonio C. de Sousa, Lisbon, 1735-1748, in 20 volumes; "A biographical, historical, genealogical, and heraldic account of the house of D'Oyly," by William D'Oyly Bayley, London, 1845; "Nobiliario de los reinos y señorios de España, por Francisco Piferrer, segunda edicion con dos tomos de apendices," Madrid, 1857– torique du canton de Vaud, contenant les armoiries des Slavica. Our collection of Slavica has been increased by 425 PURCHASES: titles, not only from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics but also from the adjoining countries. They comprise a selection from many fields such as history, economics, political science, documents, law, etc., and will prove valuable source material to those carrying on serious research. They were acquired by purchase (chiefly abroad) and are in addition to those that came to us by exchange. Certain books of scientific interest acquired during the Scientific pubyear are here listed: 66 Flora, oder Allgemeine botanische zeitung," 15 volumes in 41 parts, for the period 1899-1909; “Gegenbaurs morphologisches jahrbuch, eine zeitschrift für anatomie und entwickelungsgeschichte," 5 volumes; "Biologische untersuchungen," hrsg. von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius, 19 Bände; "Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche mikroskopie u. fürmikrosk. technik.," 20 volumes; "Berg-und huettenmaennische Zeitung," 34 volumes. A few of the files of newspapers and periodicals acquired are here given: "The Imperial Magazine: or complete monthly intelligencer," 1761, with 27 maps and contains valuable information as to the French war in America, one of the rarest periodicals of the period; "New York Packet and the American Advertiser," 6 numbers for the year 1781; "The Berkshire Star," Stockbridge, Mass., January, 1820, to January, 1822; "The New York Spectator," comprising 149 issues for the period 1821 to 1830; “The lications. Periodicals and newspapers. י Books for the blind. Serials, learned society publica ence works. Springfield Republican," "Hampden Journal," and "Hampden Whig," various issues for the period 18151850; Russian newspapers, "Izvestia Tsik," U. S. S. R. in Vtsik 1923-1925, 604 numbers, "Pravda," 1920-1925, 1,093 numbers," Ekonomicheskaia Zhizn," 1920–1923, 152 numbers. Our service for the blind, under Miss Margaret D. McGuffey, as director, has undergone an unusual expansion. The already large collection of books was, during the year, increased by 565 volumes, 417 of which came to us by purchase and 148 were received from the American Printing House for the Blind, under the law. A continuing effort has been made to complete our files tions, and refer of "serial" publications and reference works, including the publications of learned societies. A few examples, merely a selection, are given. In the aggregate the acquisitions amount to thousands of items: Semitic a. "R. Academia de bellas artes de San Fernando," Madrid, 39 volumes, 1881-1900, 1907-1925; "Association française pour l'avancement des sciences," 12 volumes, 1913–1925; “Cleveland institution of engineers,” Middlesbrough, England, 49 volumes, 1869-1882; "Comeniusgesellschaft, Berlin, Monatshefte der Comenius-gesellschaft für volkserziehung.. .," 57 sections, 1892-1904; "Allgemeines helvetisches, eydgenöszisches, oder schweitzerisches lexicon . . .," by Johann Jakob Leu, Zurich, 26 volumes, 1747-1765; "Salmonsens konversationsleksikon," København, A/s J. H. Schultz, 21 volumes, 1915-; "Sociedad colombiana de ingenieros, Bogota . . . Anales de ingenieria," 34 volumes; "Archivio Zoologico, pubblicato sotto gli auspicii della Unione Zoologica Italiana," 11 volumes, Naples, Ricc. Marghieri; "Associations de propriétaires d'appareils à vapeur, Congrès des ingénieurs en chef, Comptes rendus des séances," volumes 1–34, 1876– 1910; "Geologische verëinigung, Geologische rundschau," 15 volumes, 1910-1924. Several significant items were added to our Semitic Collection: "Der Babylonische Talmud, mit Einschluss der vollstaendigen Mišnah hrsg. nach der ersten, zensurfreien Bombergschen Ausgabe (Venedig, 1520-1523) nebst Varianten der spaeteren, von S. Lorja, J. Berlin, J. Sirkes, und andere . . . uebersetzt und mit kurzen Erklaerungen versehen," von Lazarus Goldschmidt, Berlin, 1892-1922, nine volumes; At-Tabari "Annales auctore Abu Djafar Mohammed ibn Djarir" (Arabic text), edited by J. Barth, Th. Nöldeke, and others, Leiden, 1879-1901, 26 parts. A few items of general interest in certain fields are here given: 66 A series of six catalogues of rare books, compiled by George Wagstaff and published in London 1770-1772; "Opera omnia Latine scripta, by J. P. Maffeius, nunc primum in unum corpus collecta. accedit Maffeji vita Petro Antonio Serassio auctore," Bergomi, 1747; "Utopia, written in Latine by Syr Thomas More, Knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson, with copious notes and a biographical and literary introduction by the Rev. T. F. Dibdin," Boston, Lincolnshire, Robert Roberts, 1878; "Das Affenhirn in bildlicher Darstellung," by Gustaf Retzius, Stockholm, 1906; Opera Omnia," of Tyge Brahe, 14 volumes, Hauniae, 1913, in Libraria Gyldendaliana, auspiciis Societatis Linguae et Litterarum Danicarum; "The World Encompassed and analogous contemporary documents concerning Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world, by Sir Francis Drake, with an appreciation of the achievement by Sir Richard Carnac Temple," London, Argonaut Press, 1926; "Sailing ships of war, 1800-1860, including the transition to steam," by Sir Alan H. Moore, London, 1926; "Sidonia the Sorceress," by William Meinhold, illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, and translated by Lady Wilde, London, 1926; "League of Nations, exhibit showing organization and work of the league, consisting of 27 placques illustrated with graphs, photographs, and maps." PURCHASES: Titles of general interest. other reproduc Whenever we do not find it feasible to acquire desir- Facsimile and able material in the original form we make every effort to tions. obtain it in facsimile. A few such items are noted: "Faksimile-ausgabe der Manesseschen Handschrift Lieferung III and IV, hrsg. von Prof. Fritz Goetz, Dr. Rudolf Sillib, Dr. Friedrich Panzer u. Wilhelm Pinder," |