296 Country Rambles. 



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1773. N. J. Jacquin: Flora Austriaca. Five vols., folio. 

 Full of splendid coloured plates. City. 



1775. Aublet : Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Fran- 

 gaise. Four vols., 4to. Two of them made up 

 of very beautiful and interesting plates. City, 

 Chet. 



1777. John Miller : The Sexual System of Linnaeus. A 

 massive elephant folio, with 103 magnificent 

 coloured plates. Chef., City. 



1777. Curtis: Flora Londinensis. Folio. Several vols. 

 The finest coloured plates of British wild-flowers 

 ever given to the world. Chet., City. (See 

 1828 for continuation.) 



1781-1786. N. J. Jacquin: Icones Plantarum Rariorum. 

 Contains 200 splendid coloured plates. Three 

 vols. Chet.; vol. i., City. 



1784. Pallas: Flora Rossica. Folio. Full of beautiful 

 coloured plates. City. 



1784. L'Heritier: Stirpes Novae, &c. Folio. Full of 

 fine plates. City. 



1787. Curtis : The renowned " Botanical Magazine" was 

 commenced this year. No Manchester library 

 contains the whole. The following are the 

 localities of all the town possesses, including a 

 portion in the "Royal Exchange" : 1787- 

 1842, vols. i to 68, City ; 1843-1859, vols. 69 

 to 85, Royal Exchange; 1860-1869, vols. 



