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  NOTES 
  ON 
  DONOVAN'S 
  NATURALIST'S 
  REPOSITORY. 
  

   By 
  A. 
  Hetnell. 
  

   Read 
  nth 
  May, 
  1917. 
  

   The 
  work 
  under 
  consideration 
  is 
  usually 
  represented 
  as 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   five 
  volumes, 
  each 
  volume 
  dated 
  1834 
  on 
  title-page. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   first 
  two 
  volumes 
  are 
  concerned, 
  these 
  were 
  first 
  issued 
  in 
  parts, 
  

   vol. 
  i 
  in 
  1822-3 
  and 
  vol. 
  ii 
  in 
  1823-4, 
  and 
  the 
  book 
  so 
  far 
  considered 
  

   complete 
  that 
  Simpkin 
  Marshall 
  printed 
  title-pages, 
  undated, 
  on 
  

   which 
  it 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  in 
  two 
  volumes. 
  

  

  Donovan's 
  advertisement, 
  dated 
  from 
  Lambeth 
  , 
  March 
  1st, 
  1823, 
  

   remarks, 
  "The 
  Twelth 
  Number 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  now 
  respectfully 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  public. 
  This 
  number, 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  the 
  Title 
  Page 
  and 
  Index, 
  renders 
  the 
  first 
  volume 
  complete. 
  The 
  

   Subscribers, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  now 
  enabled 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  correct 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  

   nature 
  and 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  undertaking: 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  style 
  in 
  which 
  

   it 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  far 
  conducted, 
  to 
  form 
  some 
  conclusion 
  of 
  that 
  in 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  likely 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  to 
  be 
  continued." 
  This 
  advertisement 
  also 
  

   appears 
  in 
  vol. 
  i 
  of 
  the 
  1834 
  edition. 
  

  

  Each 
  plate 
  is 
  dated, 
  both 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  tlie 
  month 
  and 
  the 
  year 
  being 
  

   given. 
  Part 
  i, 
  arguing 
  from 
  the 
  advertisement 
  in 
  vol. 
  i, 
  and 
  the 
  

   date 
  on 
  plate 
  ii,' 
  was 
  issued 
  on 
  April 
  1st, 
  1822, 
  and 
  the 
  dating 
  on 
  the 
  

   plates 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  vols, 
  i 
  and 
  ii 
  are 
  concerned 
  is 
  the 
  actual 
  date 
  of 
  issue. 
  

  

  The 
  plates 
  of 
  vols, 
  iii 
  to 
  v 
  are 
  all 
  dated 
  between 
  April 
  1st, 
  1824, 
  and 
  

   December 
  1st, 
  1826, 
  the 
  first-mentioned 
  date 
  appearing 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  

   plate 
  of 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  plate 
  of 
  vol. 
  v, 
  but 
  we 
  

   have 
  no 
  evidence 
  at 
  present 
  that 
  vols, 
  iii-v 
  were 
  issued 
  before 
  1834 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  plates 
  were 
  published 
  on 
  the 
  dates 
  

   specified 
  " 
  as 
  the 
  Act 
  directs 
  by 
  C. 
  Donovan 
  and 
  Messrs. 
  Simpkin 
  & 
  

   Marshall". 
  

  

  The 
  title-page 
  to 
  vol. 
  i 
  (earlier 
  edition) 
  reads 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "The 
  I 
  Naturalist's 
  Repository 
  | 
  or 
  | 
  Monthly 
  Miscellany 
  [ 
  Of] 
  

   Exotic 
  Natural 
  History 
  : 
  | 
  Consisting 
  Of 
  | 
  Elegantly 
  Coloured 
  Plates 
  

   with 
  appropriate 
  Scientific 
  | 
  and 
  General 
  Descriptions 
  | 
  Of 
  The 
  Most 
  

   Curious, 
  Scarce, 
  and 
  Beautiful 
  | 
  Productions 
  of 
  Nature 
  | 
  That 
  Have 
  

   ]}een 
  Recently 
  Discovered 
  | 
  In 
  Various 
  Parts 
  of 
  The 
  World; 
  | 
  And 
  

   More 
  Especially 
  Such 
  | 
  Novelties 
  | 
  as 
  from 
  their 
  extreme 
  Rarity 
  

   remain 
  entirely 
  undescribed, 
  or 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  | 
  duly 
  noticed 
  

   by 
  any 
  preceding 
  Naturalits. 
  [s/c-] 
  | 
  The 
  Whole 
  Composed 
  According 
  

   to 
  I 
  The 
  Latest 
  Improvements 
  In 
  The 
  Various 
  Departments 
  of 
  | 
  The 
  

   Science 
  | 
  And 
  Forming 
  Collectively 
  A 
  Truly 
  Valuable 
  | 
  Compendium 
  

   Of 
  The 
  Most 
  Important 
  Discoveries 
  j 
  Of 
  | 
  Quadrupeds, 
  Birds, 
  Fishes, 
  

   Insects, 
  Shells 
  | 
  Marine 
  Productions 
  | 
  And 
  Every 
  Other 
  Interesting 
  

   Object 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  The 
  Produce 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Climates 
  | 
  By 
  E. 
  

   Donovan, 
  F.L.S. 
  AV.S. 
  Etc. 
  | 
  Vol. 
  I. 
  | 
  London: 
  j 
  Printed 
  For 
  The 
  

   Author, 
  And 
  W. 
  Simpkin 
  and 
  R. 
  Marshall 
  | 
  Stationers' 
  Hall 
  Court, 
  

   Ludgate 
  Street. 
  | 
  1823." 
  

  

  ^ 
  plate 
  i 
  is 
  dated 
  April, 
  1822, 
  only. 
  

  

  ^ 
  This 
  misprint 
  occurs 
  in 
  both 
  volumes. 
  

  

  