26 C O N G H O L O G Y. 



cellent work, and I do not hefitate to 

 pronounce it the very bed, though the 

 fecond on the fubjed, that ever was 

 printed. 



This work, which confifts entirely of 

 engravings, has the following faults, that 

 render the copies more or lefs perfe£l:. 

 Firft, no two copies are found to be ex- 

 actly alike, it is fubjefl: to fo many va- 

 riation. The plates about 1067 (in the 

 moft perfeft copies) are augmented or 

 diminifhed, mifplaced, or correded, at 

 ditl^erent times, according to the fancy 

 or fubfequent difcoveries made by the 

 author ; it is therefore very difficult to 

 quote the work in luch a manner as to 

 be quite anfwerable to other copies. The 

 engravings are very elegant and accurate, 

 and were done by his two^ daughters, 

 Sufanna and .Anne. In regard to de- 

 fcriptions there are none, but what the 

 fy'nonyms infer, which are generally very 

 •good. The native countries of a few 



are 



