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3. LIST OF IMPORTANT BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND DRAWINGS 

 ARRANGED UNDER THE NAMES OF AUTHORS, AND PREVIOUS 

 OWNERS. 



(The initial of the Departmental Library in which the varicras works are 

 kept is placed after each entry.) 



Her Majesty Queen Victoria 



In 1841, her Majesty the late Queen Victoria presented a large series of 

 water-colour drawings by Francis Bauer, " being that part of Mr. Bauer's 

 drawings made at the expense of the late Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, 

 which did not accompany his Library and Botanical Collections when 

 transferred to the Museum, but was bequeathed by Sir Joseph to his 

 late Majesty King George the Fourth " (B). 



Abbot (JOHN) 



A collection of original water-colour drawings of the Insects and Plants 

 of Georgia, by J. Abbot, with manuscript descriptions, in 17 volumes, 

 formerly the property of J. Francillon, was purchased in 1818 (Z). Some 

 of these figures have served as the types of new species. 



Adams (ARTHUR) [1820-1878] 



Adams served as Assistant Surgeon and Naturalist on board the 

 Sainarang, in 1843-46. 109 water-colour and pen-and-ink sketches of 

 animals made by him during that voyage were presented in 1875 (Z). 



Agassiz (JEAN Louis RODOLPHE) [1807-1873] 



The Museum possesses a copy of this celebrated ichthyologist's 

 " Modele de mes Cadres de Fossiles," annotated in his oAvn writing. This 

 was a privately-issued scheme, or table, circulated apparently with the 

 view to obtain co-operation and assistance. The present copy came from 

 the library of John Phillips (G). 



Alton (WILLIAM) [1731-1793] 



Alton had charge of the Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was instru- 

 mental in sending out Francis Masson, the collector (g.v.)> some of whose 

 drawings are in the Museum (B and Z). 



The original drawings for twelve out of the thirteen plates, drawn 

 by various artists, for Alton's " Hortus Kewensis " form No. 17 of the 

 Banksian MSS. (B). 



Allman (WILLIAM) [1776-1846] 



Allman held the post of Professor of Botany at Dublin from 1809 to 

 1844. An autograph MS. entitled "An attempt to illustrate a mathe- 

 matical connection between the parts of Vegetables," &c. (B) formed part 

 of E. Brown's collection, presented in 1876. It is apparently the original 

 MS. of a paper read before the Royal Society in 1811 but not printed by 

 that body : an abstract was privately issued by Allman in 1844. 



Anderson (JOHN) [ -1847] 



Anderson accompanied Captain P. P. King in his circumnavigation on 

 the Adventure (1826-30) as botanical collector. 



A small manuscript " List of Plants collected in the Island of Chiloe 

 in 1829-30 " is preserved (B). 



