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cite ed. 1775 — the latter, however, under the title ' Systematischcs 

 Vcrzcic'hniss ' &c. This lattor, jHThaps, nccounts for Hascn'H slip 

 (i. lt)7), where, under Deuis, he gives nearly the 177<i title, with 

 the 1775 dale. Kngelniann (5U5) falls into just the opposite error, 

 citing the 1775 title with date 1770, 



Ilagcn (ii. ll'2), under SchiflVMnuillor, gives " i. Ankiindigung 

 .... 1775," but only at second hand, as he had not seen it. 



rercheron 1^/. (•.) (juotes among the reviews of the work "Jena 

 gel. Zeit. 1775, p. i^'JiJ." As there is no copy of the 'Jenaische 

 Zeitungen von Cielehrteii Sachen ' in this country, 1 wrote to 

 Dr. U. Taschenberg, in llnlle, who very obligingly sent i'or a copy 

 from Jena and wrote nie out the review verbatim. It appeared in 

 " Lxxxxvm Stiick. Froytags den IS December 1775," pp. 825-S26, 

 and described the work as '• Aidiiindigung .... 1775. ;522 8. in gr. 

 4. nebst )S Kuptertafeln," quite accurately, except that 1 suppose ^' 

 to bo a typographical error for "3," — an error, however, which has 

 been followed by Schriiter and by " L'Esprit des Journaux." The 

 reviewer says, '' Dieses hier angekiindigte fiirtretiiche Werk 

 haben wir vorziiglich den Jlerren I'rofessoren Schifeiniiilk-r |*/c] 

 und Denis zu danken," and goes on to discuss appreciatively the 

 authors' plan. The title " Aiikiindung" was of course indicative of 

 the fact (well-known to lepido])terists) that even this great catalogue 

 of l?i*2 p]». was only intended as the precursor of a much greater 

 work which never apix'ared. lUit the title in question has given 

 rise to much confusion, and it is highly probable, as Dr. Taschenberg 

 suggests, that it was changed in 1770 to " Systeniatisches Verzeich- 

 niss " &c. because its scope had been misunderstood. It is quite 

 obvious, as Mr. Durrant points out, that there cannot "have been 

 such a demand for this work in 1775 as to necessitate a second 

 edition in 1770" {l>i Hit., \) l\h. 19UU); moreover, ^Ir. Sherboru 

 has shown from internal evidence that there is only one printing in 

 iiuestion. ^Mr. Durrant inclines to regard the 1775 copies as 

 •' mlvertisenient advance-copies with a temporary title." 



Other contemporary references to the "Ankiindung" may be 

 briefly noted as follows — I fiive nothing which I have not i)crsonallv 

 verified : — 



Schriiter, •' Abhanilhingen liljcr verschiedene Ciegenstiinde der 

 Xaturgeschichte," erster Theil, 1770, " Vorrede " (dedication is 

 dated 2t^ Feb. 177<>) : " Mein Manuscript war bereits in den Hiinden 

 meincs Heirii Verlegcrs, als mir noch cine Arbeit zu (iesichte kani 

 die ich uicht iibergehen kan." He then gives the title " Ankiindig- 

 ung" &c., 1775, and remarks that the book might a])pear to many 

 too detailed for a mere " AnkiiMdiguiig," c^c, &c. 



' L'Fsjtrit des Journaux ' for April 1 77(), j). -lUU, gives " Ankundig- 

 ung [.s-i>| einer systematischcn works von der sehmerligen " [i-iclj, 

 &c., 1775, very probably merely after the account in the 'Jena. 

 Zeit.' 



Schulzc, in ' Neue Mannigfaltigkeiten,' iv. jip. i?0 (bis — rccte 28) 

 et Si'j. (Berlin, 1st June, 1776), reviews the " Ankiiudigung .... 

 1775 " very fully. 



Bcrliniache Sammlungen,' ix. p. 219 (recto 303), 1777, refers to 



