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Sower by (.FAMES) English Botany ; or, coloured figures 

 of British Plants, with their essential characters, syno- 

 nyms, anil places of growth. To which will be added, 

 occasional remarks. (By J. E. Smith . . . The figures) 

 By J. Sowerby. 36 Vol. [in 6] illiut. col. 



8. London, 1790-1814. 



The loll itin-pt that to I'ls. ivi, xrii & xviii by G. Shaw) wa written 

 lij Sir J. K. guiith, w how imnic, however, upi'i-ais fur the flint time on 

 id.- in].- i .ii:.- t.' Vol. iv. 

 Th |ilntm have been m.ninuM on abeeU with the original draw inj s. 



General Indexes ... to which, is added, an 



alphabetical index to English Fungi ; making to- 

 gether, a catalogue of indigenous British Plants. 



8". London, 1814. 



Supplement . . . The descriptions, synonyms, and 



places of growth by W. J. Hooker (W. Borrer . . . C. C. 

 Wnngton . . . M. J. Berkeley . . . W. Wilson . . . W. W. 

 Newbould).. .The figures by J. De C. Sowerby (and J. W. 

 Salter). 5 Vol. [in 1] illntt. col. 8. London, 1831-63. 



Th platen mounted on het are be.pt with these of the main work. 



Second (or small) edition . . . with the descriptions 

 shortened, and occasional remarks added. [Edited(Vol. I 

 it n) by J. De C. Sowerby and (Vol. iii-xn) C. John- 

 son.] 12 Vol. Must. col. 8. London, [1832,] 18I55-46. 



[ Third edition, <fre. Vol. i-vn.t 



8. Londim, (1847-) 1849-54.] 



Wanting. 



Inned in SO monthly par ts. It consists of a re-issue of the first seven 

 volumes of the preceding with new title-pages, while the plates bear a 

 donble numeration throughout. The announcement* on the back of the 

 wrappers show that the issue was confined to the section Phanerogamic. 



Third edition . . . re-arranged according to the 



natural orders . . . With descriptions of the species by 

 the editor. See SYME afterwards BOSWELL (J. T. I.) 



4. 1863-86. 



Sowerby (JAMES) A Specimen of the Botany of New 

 Holland . . . The Figures by J. Sowerby, etc. Vol. I. 

 See SMITH (Sir J. E.) 4. 1793. 



Sowerby (JAMES) Coloured figures [with descriptions] 

 of English Fungi or Mushrooms. 3 Vol. fe Suppt. 

 440 pit. col. fol. London, [1795-] 1797-1809 [-10]. 



The first six plates and several at the end of the Suppt. are undated ; 



the earliest date is 1795, the latest Nov. 1S14. 



Tb original water colour drawings for the plates have been incorporated 



in tbe collection in the Botanical Dcjiartment. 



For bibles correlating the llymciiomycttt* described in this work with 



the s|>ecivs of Fries, S LAIM.AM UK (M. C. DE) ' Dictionnaire icono- 



graphiqlie des Champignons.' 



Sowerby (JAMES) Exotic Botany : consisting of coloured 

 figures ... of ... rare Plants ... by J. Sowerby, <tc. 

 2 Vol. See SMITH (Sir J. E.) 4. 1804-05. 



Sowerby (.JAMES) The British Miscellany : or coloured 

 figures of new, rare, or little known Animal Subjects ; 

 many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the 

 British Isles ; and chiefly in the possession of the 

 author. [Alphabetical Index.] 2 Vol. [in 1] 76 }>ls. col., 

 leith dttcriptive letttrprett, 4. London, 1804-06 [-75]. 



lasned in twelve numbers. Vol. ll stoi s short at p. 31. 



Sowerby (JAMES) British Mineralogy: or coloured 

 figures intended to elucidate the Mineralogy of Great 

 Britain. 5 Vol. ~>50 pit. col., with descriptive text. 



8". London, [1802-] 1804-17. 



A shown by a copy of the first volume in the original wrapiwrs, and 

 by the dates on the plates throughout, the first part of this work wiw 

 issued 1 Nov., Ift02,and subsequent parts up to 1 Oct., 1805, ap|ieared on 

 tbe first of each month. No irt seems to have been issued for November 

 of that year, and publication then proceeded on alternate months be- 

 ginning with February in 1N06, with January in 1*07, and with February 

 again for tbe years 1NOS to 1811. The issue then became irregular, parts 

 appeared in February, April, June and August 1KI2. in February, July, 

 Jv-ptember and November 1813, terminating with /'. .'..-. 

 Pit. If and In, although dated 1 Jan., 1804, were issued 1 Dec., 1803. 

 (Not* on wrapper to pi. 14.) Only one plate bears data 1 Jan., ISO": 

 there are also single plates dated 1 Msy, ISO*, 1 Sept., 1808, 1 Jan., 1811, 

 and 1 May, 1812, but these seem to be errors. PI. mxxxxia has no date, 

 but probably appeared 1 Dec., 1811. Pit. ilr-tltii are dated I'll) only ; 

 pit. iliiii-<lj-i, I May, 18IK ; fit. tlxjri-ilsjcrin, I July, 1810 : />/*. ilxjrii, 

 tfjejcsii. djcxxie-flxrxct, 1 Sept., 181*1 ; whilst pit. 'ljr.r.r, >l rssi, tLujciii and 

 djjjfn-dl are undated. 



[Sowerby (JAMKS) Hritish Mineralogy, d-c. (contd.)] 



'I he text at i. . -' 



with the illuMi.it inn-. In Hit- 



1 AUK., 1804 ; jiji. 169-181,, 1 Sept., 1804 ; fp. 18f,-100, 1 Oct., ISO I ; 

 pp. 3l>l-iir>, 1 Nov., 1)-OI ; pp. :-jcii, 317-331,, and two leaven to replace 

 }>!>. I?.!, !,', 1 Dec., 1804. 

 hiilifC'.meiitlv. imliring from the note on tlio ui.ii'Uri- l.i the " Kxotii: 



. i i '"'i . , lovt. 



. is , judging from the note on ttio wrappers to the 



Mineialogy," the text accompanied the |>l,itr. tralonging to it. 



Sowerby (.IAMKS) Exotic Mineralogy: or, coloured 

 figures of foreign Minerals, as a supplement to British 

 Mineralogy. 2 Vol. 169 /Vs. col., with descriptive l<tt, r- 

 l*ress. 8. Low/on, 1811-17 [-20], 



From a iit-.nl> complete copy iii the original wrappers the date 

 of the parts were as follows : 



<>i [.--ii,. 



Six more pHrts had been projected, but only one (or two?), containing 

 pis. clxiv-clxlx with their text, pp. 141-151, ever appeared. 

 An Index haa been added in manuscript. 



Sowerby (JAMES) The Mineral Concholpgy of Great 

 Britain ; or coloured figures and descriptions of those 

 remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have 

 been preserved at various times, and depths in the earth. 

 (. . . Continued [Vol. v-vn] by J. t). C. Sowerby.) 

 [With supplementary indexes and notes to the first 

 four volumes, by J. Farey.] 7 Vol. tllust col. 



8. London, 1812-29 (-46). 



Vol. vii waa not completed : it consists of right parts, and has no title- 

 page or index. 



For papers on the dates of publication of the US parts, S?t E. RKNKVIKH, 

 " Bull. S<>c. Vaiidoise Sci. nut.," torn, iv, 1855, p. 318 ; and E. R. SVKI s, 

 " Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond ," Vol. vii, 106, p. 1IM. 



The Geological Department possesses :^One complete copy, without tho 

 original wrappers, but with a manuscript list by J. De ('. Sowerby of 

 the dates of their issue ; another complete copy, in which the wrapi>ers 

 to tbe parts of Vol. vii have been kept ; and a third copy, in which the 

 contents have been bound in systematic order; whilst there is also a 

 set of the fir*t fifty parts in the original wrappers. 



- Systematical, stratigraphical, and alphabetical 

 Indexes to the first six volumes ... to which is 

 added a short account of the Life of the author by 

 J. D. C. Sowerby. ;>/>. [o.]AlI-*50, 11 : 1 }xn-t. 



8. London, 1834 [i.e. 1835-40]., 



This brochure had a compoMte origin. The title-page, dated 1834, won M 

 seem to have been struck off tint to serve as a prosiwctus. The " Preface 

 to the Indexes" is dated July, 1885. The " -Systematical Index" is 

 1 i-j'-'l in continuation of Vol. vi of the " Mineral Concholopy." 'I'll.-.--, 



Tbe '' Stratigraphical 

 insued. 



In addition ti> the copies included in the complete sets of the " Min. ml 

 Concholopy," the (ieolotcical l)e]>artinent han one, without the portrait 

 or the preface, that belonged to T. Davidson, ami contains hit manu- 

 script imttM and sketches. Also a copy of the " Sysiematiral Index ' 

 that wan mttrked in manuscript by .1. !> <'. Mowerby t> form an index 

 to the collection delivered to the British Museum in 1861, and has, in 

 addition, bin manuscript index to the first seven parte of Vol. \ u of the 

 " Mineral Conuhology." 



