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of this work, in which thofe defects are fupplied and corrected . by the 

 pencil ■, but this is a great rarity. 



Mersihus, in a work entitled De Generatione Fungorum, printed at 

 Amjlerdam, in folio, 1714, has given twenty-feven indifferent plates ; but 

 his figures and dilfertations, on the Generation of Funguffes, are not 

 now ufeful. 



Micheli, in his Nova Plantarum Genera, printed at Florence, in 

 folio, 1729, has enumerated about eight hundred fpecies ; and has given 

 a great number of excellent figures, of every Genera of this order. 



Battarra, in his Fungorum Agris Ariminenjis Hijloria, printed at 

 Rimini, in 4to. 1755, on forty plates, has given a great number of 

 figures ; all of which are well defcribed, with proper notes and obferva- 

 tions concerning them. 



Sebastin Vaillant, in his work entitled Botanicon Parijience, 

 printed at Amjlerdam, in folio, 1727, has amongfr. many other excellent 

 figures, given about ninety very accurate ones of Funguffes. 



Sch^ffer, in a work entitled Fungorum qui in Bavaria et in 

 palatunatu circa Ratijbonum nafcunter Icones, published at Ratijbon, in 

 4 vols. 4to. in 1780, has given three hundred and thirty large plates : 

 Many of the fubjecfs are reprefented in all their various appearances, 

 and, by that means, one plant is often made the fubjedt for feveral 

 plates; fo that the number of plates greatly exceeds that of the real 

 fpecies of plants figured by him. In this work the impreflions are 

 taken on both fides of the paper. 



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