154 Dr. Maton's and Mr. Rackett's 



CYPRIANUS, 



the editor of Franzius's " Hlstorla Animalium sacra," made very 

 considerable additions to that author's description of the Testacea ; 

 and though the name of Franzius himself does not seem to deserve 

 a separate place in our catalogue, that of his continuator merits 

 very respectful mention. His 8th chapter De Testatis embraces a 

 variety of literary and physiological matter relative to those ani- 

 mals ; some notice is taken of systems, and a variety of references 

 are made to preceding Avriters; but the descriptions themselves 

 are too general to be of any use in the investigation of species. 



In 1714 were published the valuable plates illustrative of va- 

 rious subjects contained in the museum of 



GOTTWALD, 

 of Dantzic. These were not accompanied by any description, 

 though they have numbers referring to manuscript notes of the 

 collector. The museum seems to have been particularly famous 

 for the anatomical preparations it included. The plates are one 

 hundred and nine in number, no fewer than forty-three of them, 

 exhibiting skeils. They are executed with no less accuracy than 

 beauty, and may be considered as peculiarly useful for reference. 

 It is to be lamented, however, that few of the original copies of 

 this work are complete; the one possessed by Sir Joseph Banks 

 is the only perfect one we have seen. (See MULLER.) 



BARRELIER, 

 the French botanist, whose Avork was edited in this year by the 

 elder Jussieu, did not confine his industrious and scientific re- 

 searches to plants alone, but was author also of a description of 

 certain species of Insecta and Vermes, which is illustrated by 

 plates, and comprehended in the volume of his labours. I'hree 



of 



