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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXXIII. 



Volume tk^: First; of FIGURES ot Non-d:::cki?t Shells, 



COLLECTED IN THE 



Several Vovage? to tlie South Seas, lince rliL: Year 1764. 

 DEDICATED (by Termijjlon) to HIS MAJESri': 



Tl'ibitint; ri 

 ■'. -Jcfcript 



Shells flwil 



Cox niT IONS. 



I. '-B-^HAT thr •••■•'•■ 



_3_ complo..: 

 S'-.cils. irom r. 

 p:iR'd in tou: -^i-'ine 



II. 'I'll, It lirr.HTY FiGV'i 



be t;ivtii ill e^ch vuiuni.;. 

 in. 'J h;u ihe more eflciui.il ]•.,: 



cCLitcci Bi- the Aiithor o.ily ; 



Bviii^Puir.if.underhisiiimi . 

 IV. Th-.U ine;'.ch vo!u:ne '.h.ii! b: i;uc.n .ui l 



graved titie p-i^e, .iik! jc c-.;v i.koi y t-l-.; 



(in French .-.nd Englift; U:i.v, in;; in di'K-: 



cut coi'.imns,- ilt. The nu:nber rcterrm 



to e.ichfigjr!: in the order or iti luccelEci 



^ A fmal! number of SELECT COl'IKS 

 hah' oil t 



2^1^. The En'_;:'{h nnme r.:id fainilv. \v;:ii 

 an inui.il iettvr denoting the genus, or 

 diviiion 0:' tii.;r rnniiv, to n-hich the i>.;-ll 

 belont;!. .':■:■:■-■■ m the S_v!:cm ot xh? 

 Author. - '. . 1 : ■ '..irin name, nnd ;t' ,.■:- 

 tjrec ut i.^r: . '::i','. V\'bere the *>'' ; - 



adcady in 4;rc;ic p..r: iui.lhi J. 

 lilhodnt re^^ul.ir intervals ot 

 VI. That the }3uce Ihall he fix ,, ,..-.:. 

 vokiinc, elegantly bound, or five gt. 

 unbound. 



I ill be fold at nn advance ot two guineas 

 jh \'okiiTit-. 



in a 



The iubiett of the Work above propofed, fcems to cnritle \i 

 ciilar marmcr to the attention ot" the Bcitifh Naturalill, a-; a 

 the feveral vovagcs to the Pacific Ocean, and of thofe iinport;rr riiic'- • 

 which will do fuch iaitine honour to the Philolbphical Ipirit o' li'.i- n 

 under the prefent reign, :o i:ui'picious both to the liberal arts and uicfid Se'- 

 ences. Nor is it dellitute of a more general merit, which m,;v as povVL-;-- 

 fuUr recommend it to the Naturalill of every con;- ■, . — i Ik- ]^\■:•:\^ ' : 

 Novelt\' : No publication on thel'e particular Ihells h.: ■ ::; _ ::j;j,i\.. 

 This alone might be fufficient to infure It fucccfs, as a fupplement to ■, i'. : 

 treatifes of Liiter and Others. The Author, however, takes this oppor;..;- 

 nitv of intimating, that he wifhes this effay rather to be confulercd as th ■ 

 firil part of an undertaking much more cxteniive ; that of iiluUrating the 

 whole Syfcem of Conchology, in the fame fuperior ilvle ct accuracy aivj. 

 eleo-ance. This fuperiority will bcfl appear by comparing this Publication 

 with all others extant, in this or -any other branch ot Natural HilV-r-.. 

 The drawings will be minutely corre<9:, and adapted to a fc.le, fc; 

 on an attentive obfcrvation of the more perfeift fpecimens in tiie princ:. '. 

 cabinets of this kingdom : the engraving will conliu merely ot a delicate 

 outline, as a certain guide tor the relative proportions of the parts ; to this 

 the utmoif ikill and labour of the Painter will be added, in order to produce 

 from the whole the full eiTect of that beautiful contour, rich coiounng, and 



tnd 



bold relief, which the fulijeci fo peculiarly demanrls, and wntcli :.-•..■ art oi 

 painting alone can proper!"; lupply ; whi-le the exact and liveh'.rv-prctcnta- 

 tion of Nature in the fize, Ihape, mouth, extrem.itles, convolution^^, and 

 various colours of the different fhells thus exhibited, will at the fa'-ne. 

 time anfwer every purpoie of fcience, and in Ibme fort render the prefent 

 Work truly worthy the appellation Of a ScbQol, for this plcafing branch of 

 Natural Hiftory. 



■*»* &/<-."? C'p-a of the ahoi'c -x.-'l:, 



M« 



H. 



may he hji!, at Tei C:.:-..cai a:.l i 



Pkospectus of Maetyn's universal conchologist. 



