ri2 anecdote! of Artfdi. Sept. i^. 



Thus, does the republic of letters owe to Linnaeus this 

 'elementary treatise on fifties. But as the edition of Lin- 

 naeus was not now to be had, having been publiftied in 

 the year 1738, Mr Walbaum has now presented new 

 edition of the whole of Artedi's works, with a supplement 

 containing the discoveries that have been made in that 

 branch of natural history since his time. 



The first volume of this new edition, which was printed 

 in the year 1788, contains the biblioteca ichthyologica of 

 Artedi, which contains the literary history of that science, 

 commencing several years before the Christian aera, and 

 comes down to our own time. 



The second, which was publiftied in the year 1789, 

 presents xhc fihilosophia ichthytlogica of Artedi, improved by 

 Walbaum, who was benefitted by the writings of Monro, 

 Camper, Kcetseuter and others. Here'also are added, tables 

 containing the system of fifties by Ray, Dale, Schaejir, 

 Linnceus, Gowan, Scopo/a. Klein, and Gronomus. 



The third volume, publiftied 1792, completes the col- 

 lection of Artedi''s works. It contains technical defini- 

 tions. After the generic and individual characters, 

 come the names and Latin phrases of Artedi, — the 

 synonymes of the best naturalists, — the vulgar names in 

 Englilh, German, Swedifti, Rufsian, Danifti, Norwegian, 

 Dutch, and Samoyed — the season and the countries where 

 every kind is found, their varieties, their description, and 

 observations. The modern discoveries, even to our own 

 times, are added, so that in this part is collected, the 

 observations of Grono'bius, Brunich, Pennant, Forster, 

 Klein, Bloch, Grneiin, Hafslequist, Broufsonet, Leske, Buijh, 

 Linnceus, and other great examiners of nature. 



This work concludes with the new genera, created 

 since the death of Artedi ; yet those of Klein, Linnceus, 

 Gronovius, Bloch, Forster, Gowan, Forskall, Brunnich, 

 Seo/ole, Hermann, and Houtuyn. 



Journal Encyolopjedique. 



