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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  When 
  Maton 
  & 
  Rackett's 
  "Descriptive 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Testacea 
  ", 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  eightli 
  volume 
  of 
  tlie 
  Transactions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Linnean 
  .Societ}-, 
  was 
  reprinted, 
  the 
  plates 
  under 
  consideration 
  

   were 
  mostly 
  bound 
  up 
  with 
  it, 
  frequently 
  with 
  a 
  manuscript 
  title-page 
  

   mentioning 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  the 
  plates 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  described 
  in 
  

   Hutchins' 
  History 
  of 
  Dorset, 
  second 
  edition. 
  My 
  own 
  copy 
  bears 
  

   such 
  an 
  inscription, 
  as 
  do 
  those 
  belonging 
  respectively 
  to 
  the 
  

   British 
  ]\[useum 
  (Natural 
  History) 
  [Dr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Grey's 
  copy] 
  and 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Le 
  Brockton 
  Tomlin, 
  who 
  kindly 
  brouglit 
  his 
  copy 
  for 
  inspection. 
  

   These 
  inscriptions 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Maton's 
  holograph, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Eev. 
  Thomas 
  llackett's 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  known. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  to 
  tliank 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  B. 
  Woodward 
  for 
  the 
  interest 
  he 
  took 
  in 
  

   this 
  volume 
  of 
  plates 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  trouble 
  lie 
  went 
  to 
  in 
  confirming 
  

   details 
  and 
  obtaining 
  additional 
  particulars. 
  

  

  II. 
  LovELL 
  Beeve's 
  Elements 
  of 
  Concuology. 
  

  

  The 
  date 
  of 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  usually 
  given 
  as 
  1860, 
  but 
  

   this 
  is 
  far 
  from 
  correct 
  as 
  regards 
  tlie 
  first 
  volume. 
  There 
  are 
  in 
  

   existence 
  volumes 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  title-page: 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Initiamenta 
  Conchologica 
  | 
  Or 
  | 
  Elements 
  of 
  Conchology, 
  | 
  Com- 
  

   prising 
  I 
  The 
  Physiological 
  History 
  of 
  Sliells 
  | 
  And 
  | 
  Their 
  Molhiscous 
  

   Inhabitants, 
  | 
  Their 
  Structure, 
  Geographical 
  Distribution, 
  Habits, 
  

   Characters, 
  | 
  Affinities, 
  Arrangement, 
  and 
  Enumeration 
  of 
  Species. 
  | 
  

   By 
  I 
  Lovell 
  lleeve, 
  A.L.S., 
  etc., 
  | 
  Author 
  of 
  the 
  'Conchologica 
  

   Iconica'. 
  | 
  [Here 
  follow 
  eight 
  lines 
  from 
  Milton's 
  " 
  Paradise 
  Lost 
  ", 
  

   Book 
  iii] 
  | 
  London 
  : 
  | 
  Printed 
  & 
  Published 
  By 
  | 
  Reeve, 
  Brothers, 
  

   King 
  William 
  Street, 
  Strand; 
  | 
  1846." 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  two-page 
  preface 
  dated 
  from 
  King 
  William 
  

   Street, 
  Strand, 
  February 
  20, 
  1846. 
  Some 
  years 
  ago 
  when 
  I 
  came 
  

   across 
  my 
  copy 
  I 
  compared 
  it 
  with 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  

   (Natural 
  History), 
  and 
  found 
  they 
  both 
  agreed. 
  They 
  consist 
  of 
  

   160 
  pages 
  of 
  letterpress 
  and 
  plates 
  A-I 
  and 
  1-xxxvii. 
  These, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  title-page 
  and 
  preface, 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   Eleme7its. 
  

  

  Recently 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  complete 
  copy 
  of 
  the 
  work. 
  From 
  the 
  

   information 
  gathered 
  from 
  these 
  two 
  copies 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  there 
  

   was 
  a 
  big 
  gap 
  in 
  time 
  between 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  160 
  pages, 
  

   etc., 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  book. 
  Tiie 
  1846 
  title-page 
  was 
  issued 
  with 
  

   Part 
  I. 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Davies 
  Sherborn 
  kindly 
  confirmed 
  this 
  by 
  a 
  reference 
  

   to 
  Engelmann. 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  tlie 
  complete 
  copy 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   inspect 
  had 
  been 
  prepared 
  (?) 
  for 
  binding, 
  i.e. 
  the 
  title-pages 
  and 
  

   plates 
  had 
  been 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  text 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  title-page 
  of 
  Vol. 
  II 
  

   was 
  probably 
  issued 
  with 
  Parts 
  XV 
  and 
  XVI. 
  The 
  data 
  as 
  regards 
  

   Parts 
  III-XIII 
  are 
  taken 
  from 
  an 
  incomplete 
  but 
  untouched 
  series. 
  

  

  The 
  title-page 
  for 
  Vol. 
  I, 
  issued 
  with 
  Part 
  XII, 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  

   issued 
  with 
  Part 
  I, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  previously 
  given 
  in 
  full. 
  The 
  

   preface 
  also 
  was 
  entirely 
  rewritten, 
  and 
  is 
  dated 
  from 
  Hutton 
  

   Brentwood, 
  November 
  30, 
  1859. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  parts 
  issued 
  is 
  

  

  