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The Introduétion to the Second Volume. 
Library, defcended to him from his learned Anceftors, 
and which he intended to publifh in two Volumes in Folio, 
but was prevented by Death. When I had fent him my 
Thoughts about this Work, with fome Part of my Emen- 
dations and Additions intended for his Notice, he return’d 
me Thanks, with an Offer of whatever my Library wanted’ 
which he had. The War, and his Death, interrupted 
that Defign. I am not without fome hopes of fetting on 
Foot this undertaking of publifhing van der Linden in Latin, 
purged from many Errors with an Account of other Books 
of the fame Nature in the European Languages added toit, as 
alfo of Books of Voyages and Travels which are of the fame 
Nature, and are extreamly ufeful for many purpofes, and 
in. particular to natural Hiftorians, Phyficians, ic. but as 
the finding the Books; bringing them from all Parts of the 
World, and putting them into fome fort of. Order, hath coft 
me much Time and. great Expence, Iam hot without hopes 
that. they ma! ime, or other, ferve for the propagating” 
ufeful Knowledge. 3 perdi | 
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~ Another Caufe of the retarding the Publication’ of ‘this’ 
Volume was the Death of Mr. Petiver, a Perfon fufhiciently 
known. by his Underftanding in Natural Hiftory all over the 
learned World. He was, when I knew him firft, an Appren- 
tice to Mr. Feltham, who was Apothecary to St. Bartholo- 
mew’s Hofpital, and was appointed by his Mafter to difpence 
the Medicines there according to the Direétions of Dr. Broz 
Dr. Bernard, and other Phyficians of that Place, and after. 
wards fet up for himfelf in Alderfoate-flreet, and was 
chofen Apothecary to the Charter-boufe. He had taken oreat 
Pains to gather together the ProduGtions of Nature in Eng: 
land, and by his Correfpondents, and Acquaintance, all over 
the World procured, I believe, a greater Quantity than any 
Man before him. He did not take equal Care to keep them 
but put them into heaps, with fometimes {mall labels of 
Paper, where they were many of them injured by Duft, In- — 
fets, Rain, Wc. He always intended if he died bétvre 
me, that his Collections thould come into my Hands} which 
accord- 
