The Introduttion to the Second Volume. 
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Large Veffels, Handles, and other Things made of Agats, 
Jafpers, Cornelians, Chriftals, befides many Camei and Seals, 
excifa, and incifa AAT 
Medals, antient, as Samaritan, Pheenictan, Greek, Con- 
fular, Roman, ec. and Modern, ee Coitis in all Me- 
tals 20228 
Books in Miniature or Colours, with fine Drawings of 
- Plants, Infects, Birds, Fifhes, Quadrupeds, and all forts of 
natural and artificial Curiofities 136 
Books of Prints, i9c. : 580 
Volumes of Manufcripts, the greateft Part of them relat- 
ing to Phyfick, and Natural Hiftory, Travels, Oc. 2666 
In van der Linden de Scriptis Medicis put forth by Mercklin 
in 1687. are 3937 Authors, to which in my Library are 
added 3734, all fuch as have in Greek or Latin treated 
of the Medical Art, Natural Hiftory, Chymiftry, Ana- 
tomy, &c. which are come sto my knowledge; fo that 
my Library confifts of 767: Greek and Latin Phyfical Au- 
thors, . a great Number of Latin Books publifh’d 
by the Authors already mentioned in Mercklin’s van der 
Linden, and Editions, not taken Notice of by him, and 
other Phyfical Books publifh’d in the Auropean Languages: 
An Account of all thefe may perhaps be given hereafter 
by myfelf ; or by fome-body elfe from the Things them- 
felves, and the Memoirs left with them, which . hope 
may be for the Benefit of Mankind. 
I thought, and fully purpofed, to have given an Account 
of Authors, or a Syllabus Autorum at the Beginning or End 
of this Volume, wherein fhould have been fome Remarks 
made upon them, and upon their different Editions and Tran- 
flations, towards which, upon perufalof them, I had made 
fome Obfervations, as well as upon many Errors in van der 
Linden, fome of which I had communicated to the late Mon- 
fieur Bourdelot at Parts. This learned Gentleman was about aa 
publifhing that Book with the Additions of Medical Books 
in other Languages, which were in his very compleat 
Library, 
