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Sowerby (.TAMES) English Botany ; or, coloured figures 

 of British Plants, with their essential characters, syno- 

 nyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, 

 occasional remarks. (By J. E. Smith . . . The figures) 

 By J. Sowerby. 36 Vol. [in 6] iliust. col. 



8". London, 1790-1814. 



The text (except (hat to Pis. xvi, xvii & xviii by 0. Shaw) was written 



by Sir J. E. Smith, whose name, however, appears for the first time on 



the title-page to Vol. iv. 



The plates have been mounted on sheets with the original drawings. 



General Indexes ... to which is added, an 



alphabetical index to English Fungi ; making to- 

 gether, a catalogue of indigenous British Plants. 



8. London, 1814. 



Supplement . . . The descriptions, synonyms, and 



places of growth by W. J. Hooker (W. Borrer . . . C. C. 

 feabington . . . M. J. Berkeley . . . W. Wilson . . . W. W. 

 Newbould).. .The figures by J. l)e C. Sowerby (and .1. W. 

 Salter). 5 Vol. [in 1] iliust. col. 8. London, 1831-63. 



The plates mounted on sheets are kept wilh those of the main work. 



Second (or small) edition . . . with the descriptions 

 shortened, and occasional remarks added. [Edited (Vol. I 

 it n) by J. De C. Sowerby and (Vol. m-xii) C. John- 

 son.] 12 Vol. iliust. col. 8. London, [1832,] 1835-40. 



[ Third edition, <tc. Vol. i-vn.t 



8. London, (1847-) 1849-54.] 



Wanting. 



Issued in SO monthly parts. It consists of a re-issue of the first seven 

 volumes of the preceding with new title-pages, while the plates bear a 

 double numeration throughout. The announcements on the back of the. 

 wrappers show that the issue was confined to the section I'hanoiouaiui.'. 



Third edition . . . re-arranged according to the 



natural orders . . . With descriptions of the species by 

 the editor. See SYME afterwards BOSWELL (J. T. I.) 



4. 1863-86. 



Sowerby (JAMES) A Specimen of the Botany of New 

 Holland . . . The Figures by J. Sowerby, &c. Vol. I. 

 See SMITH (Sir J. E.) 4. 1793. 



Sowerby (JAMES) Coloured figures [with descriptions] 

 of .English Fungi or Mushrooms. 3 Vol. & Suppt. 

 440-j)ls. col. fol. London, [1795-] 1797-1809 [-15]. 



The first six plates and several nt the end of the Suppt. are undated ; 



the earliest date is 1705, the latest Nov. 1814. 



'I he original water colour drawings for the plates have been incorporated 



in the collection in the Hotanical Department. 



For bibles correlating the Hifuienomyctttx described in this work with 



the species of Fries, See LAI-I.ANCHB (M. C. DE) ' Dictionuaire icono- 



grapbique des Champignons.' 



Sowerby (JAMES) Exotic Botany : consisting of coloured 

 figures ... of ... rare Plants ... by J. Sowerby, tfrc. 

 2 Vol. See SMITH (Sir J. E.) 4. 1804-05. 



Sowerby (JAMES) The British Miscellany : or coloured 

 figures of new, rare, or little known Animal Subjects ; 

 many not before ascertained to be inhabitants of the 

 British Isles ; and chiefly in the possession of tlu- 

 author. [Alphabetical Index.] 2 Vol. [in 1] 76 pis. col., 

 with descriptive letterpress. 4. London, 1804-06 [-75]. 



Issued in twelve numbers. Vol. ll stops short at p. 31. 



Sowerby ( JAMES ) British Mineralogy : or coloured 

 figures intended to elucidate the Mineralogy of Great 

 Britain. 5 Vol. 550 pis. col., with descriptive text. 



8". London, [1802-] 1804-17. 



As shown by a copy of the first volume in the original wrappers, and 

 by the dates on the plates throughout, the first part of this work ua 

 issued 1 Nov., 1802, and subsequent parts up to 1 Oct., 1805, appeared on 

 the first of each month. No part seems to have been issued for November 

 "f that year, and publication then proceeded on allernate months be- 

 ginning with February in 1806, with January in 1807, and with February 

 again for the years 1808 to 1811. The issue then became irregular, parts 

 apjteared in February, April, .Tune and August 1S12, in February, July, 

 September and November 1813, terminating with pt. <'-. 

 PI*. In and li-i, although dated 1 Jan., 1804, were issued 1 Dec., 1803. 

 (Note on wrapjwr to pt. 14.) Only one plate bears date 1 .Ian., 1S07 : 

 there are also single plates dated 1 May, 1808, 1 Sept., 1808, 1 Jan., LSI I , 

 and 1 May, 1812, but these seem to be errors. PI. rm:r, fi>- h;is n'. date, 

 but probably appeared 1 Dec., 1811. Fit. tlr-tlxii are dated 1810 only ; 

 pit. tliiu-ilrr, 1 May, 1816 ; jJt. /'.>, .'...,.,, 1 July, 1S1 ;/./. ixax, 

 if v .' , 'ls.i-.cie-i.lxxxi'i, \ Sept., ISlti f whilst pi.*, dxxx^dj > '. ' > ''.rili and 

 dxxxvii-fii are undated, 



[Sowerby (JAMES) British Mineralogy, <f-c. (contd.)] 



The text at first was not always issued with the illustrati 



Mineralogy. 

 press. 



i Aug., 1S04 ; pp. isa-isi,, \ ept., 1U4 ; pp. itm-zw, i Oct., 1804 ; 

 pp. 201-S16, 1 Nov., IfOl ; pp. i-sii, an-HHk, and two leaves to replace 

 jip. l-'.i. M', 1 Dec., 1804. 



Subsequently, judging from the note on the wrappers to the " Exotic 

 Mineralogy," the text accompanied the plates belonging to it. 



Sowerby (JAMES) Exotic Mineralogy: or, coloured 

 figures of foreign Minerals, as a supplement to British 

 2 Vol. 169 pis. col., with descriptive Iclti r- 

 8. London, 1811-17 [-20]. 



From a nearly complete copy in the original wrappers the dates of Issue 

 of the parts were as follows ; 



Vol. I, no. 1, pp. 1- 12: pis. i-vi, 1 March "I 



,, 2, 13- 24: vii-xii, I June 



,, ,, 3, ,, 25- 38 : ,, xiii-xviii, 1 Aug. V 1811. 



,, ,, ,, 4, ,, :5'J- aO : ., xix-xxiv, 1 Oct. 



,, ,, ,, 5, ,, 51- o2 : ,, xxv-xxx, 1 Dec. J 



o, 63-74: xxxi-xxxvi, 1 1 < b. i 



.. 7, ,, 75- 86: xxxvii-xlii, 1 April I 



s, S7-B8: ,, xliii-xlviii, 1 June [ 



, !), IHl-110: xlix-liv, 1 Aug. ) 



10, ,,111-122: ,, Iv-lx, 1 July \ 



,, 11, 12K-134 : Ixi-lxvi, 1 Sept. 1818. 



,, ,, 12, 135-146: ,, Ixvii-lxxii, 1 .\m I 



13, 147-158 : Ixxiv-lxxix, 1 March' 1SI7. 

 [" It was intended to have published the Tmi[tioi,s in Tab. 7:'., but it 



has been found necessary to postpone that plate." (Note on \\tapper to 

 No. 13.)] 



Vol. i, no. 14, pp. 151M70 : pis. Ixxx-lxxxv, 1 Mav ^ 



,, ,, 15, ,, 171-IS2: ,, Ixxxvi-xci, 1 July 



[ ,, 16, 183-11I1 : xcii-xcviii, 1 Sept.] - IS17. 



Xov. J 



18, 

 I9i 



20, 

 21, 



13- 54: 

 H M: 



S7- 52 : 

 53- 04 : 



xcix-civ, 1 . 



CV-CX, 1 .!;ili. 



cxi-cxvi, I M;nrh 

 cxvii-cxxii, 1 May 

 cxxiii-cxxviii, 1 July 



,, ,, ,, 21, ,, 53-04: cxxiii-cxxviii, 1 July | 



, 22, , 65-76: ,, cxxix-cxxxiv, 1 Sept. I 



,, ,, ,, 23, 77- 88: ,, cxxxv-cxl, 1 Nov. J 



cxli-cxlvi, 1 Jan. 1 



clvii-clii, 1 March ]- 



cliii-clviii, 1 May ) 



1818. 



ISlfl. 



24, 81I-10D : 



;, ;; ,; 25, 101-112: 



2B, 113-124: 



, 27, ,,125-140: ,', clix-clxiii, 1 March' 



Six more parts had been projected, but only one (or two?), containing 

 pis. clxiv-clxix with their text, pp. 141-151, ever appeared. 

 An Index has been added in manuscript. 



Sowerby (.JAMES) The Mineral Conchology of (OIMI 

 Britain ; or coloured figures and descriptions of those 

 remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which hav<: 

 been preserved at various times, and depths in the earth. 

 (. . . Continued [Vol. v-vn] by J. D. C. Sowciliy.) 

 [With supplementary indexes and notes to the tirst 

 four volumes, by J. Farey.] 7 Vol. illiist col. 



8. London, 1812-29 (-46). 



Vol. vu was not completed : it consists of eight parts, and has no title- 

 page or index. 



For papers on the dates of publication of the 113 parts, 6V': E. RK\F:\ i ia . 

 " Hull. Soc. Vamloise Sci. nat.," torn, iv, 1855, p. 31S ; and E. R. ISvKi s, 

 " Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond.," Vol. VII, 1906, p. l!ll. 



The Geological Department possesses: One complete c..p\ , \vitlu.ut the 

 original wrappers, but with a manuscript list by J. I'e <'. Souci by of 

 the dates of their issue ; another complete copy, in which the w rappee 

 to the parts of Vol. vu have been kept ; and a third copy, in which the 

 contents have been bound in systematic order; whilst, there is also a 

 set of the first fifty parts in the original wrappers. 



Systematical, stratigraphical, and alphabetical 

 Indexes to the first six volumes ... to which is 

 added a short account of the Life of the author by 

 J. D. C. Sowerby. pp. [ii,] 241-2X0, 11 : 1 !/. 



8". London, 1834 [i.e. 183.",-40]. 



This brochure had a composite origin. The title-pat.'--, ilaic. 1 l^:;l, would 

 seem to have been struck on" tirst to serve as a pn>.-<|>ccu].-. Tbe " l'i. tai . 

 to the Indexes" is dated July, 1S35. The "Systematical Index" i 

 I'.-iL' ! in continuation of Vol. vi of the " Mineral Concholopy." These, 

 \\ith th portrait, were published a* Xo. Ida of the last-named work in 

 Ang. Is.'i.'j ; whilst the separately-paged " Alphabetical Index" w.i> sub- 

 fci|Mciil!y issued in the first par! (No. 10r.) of Vol. \n, in March, 1840. 

 The " Stratigraphieal Index" ami the " Life of the author" were never 

 iMOtd, 



In addition to the copies included in the complete sets of the " Mineral 

 Conchology," the Geological Department has one, without, the portrait 

 or the preface, that belonged to T. DH\iil^>ti, an.l contain* his manu- 

 seiijit ui'tes and ske(<-l)fs. Also a copy of the " Sys:ematical Index' 

 that was marked in manuscript by J. De. C. Sowerby to form an index 

 to the collection delivered to the British Museum in 1SIU, and ha.-, in 

 addition, his inainiscri|it index to ttie first seven l>artfi of \ ol. ^ ll of the 

 " .Mineral Omcln>l.,-y.' 



