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conchology of D'Argenville, which appeared in 

 1742*, although costly in its execution, has little 

 claims to merit ; the drawing of the figures, which 

 constitutes its only value, renders it greatly inferior 

 both to the volumes of Lister and of Rumphius. 

 In 1758, conchology received another addition in 

 the .coloured plates of Regenfuss, published at 

 Copenhagen : but the work was never completed, 

 and the only volume that exists is so very rare, that 

 we know but of two copies in this country, -f A 

 splendid addition was made to illustrated entomology 

 in 1746, by the coloured figures of Rceselj: ; and here 

 also we may notice the valuable collection of figures 

 by our countryman Edwards ; whose works, although 

 terminated at a time when most writers arranged 

 their materials according to the Linnaean method, 

 were commenced in 1743, and belong to the illus- 

 trative, more than to the scientific class, of zoological 

 publications. Edwards was the friend of Sir Hans 

 Sloane, and for many years filled the office of 

 librarian to the College of Physicians. He has no 

 pretensions to scientific talent, or to original research ; 

 yet it is an extraordinary fact, that, destitute of such 



* D'Argenville. L'Histoire Naturelle eclaircie dans une de 

 ses principals Parties, la Conchylcologie. Paris, 1 742. An- 

 other edition appeared in 1757 ; and a third, augmented by 

 Favanne, in 2 vols. 4to, in 1780. 



f Regenfuss. Choix de Coquillages et de Crustaces. Co- 

 penhagen, 1758. Folio. 



J A. J. Roesel. Der Monatlich, Herausgegebenen Insecten 

 Blustigung ; or, a Monthly Publication on the Amusements 

 of Insects. Nuren berg, 1746 — 1761. 4 vols., small 4to. The 

 fourth volume is a Supplement by Kleeman. 



