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reprints of his papers as 1809; it is barely possible that one of thèse came 

 out in 1808, however. Later I noticed Fernald's statement, Rhodora 

 34: 26. 1932, which is: 



"The title page of Desvaux's Journal de Botanique, tome 1, is dated 

 1808, but Rafmesque himself stated in Atlantic Journal, i. 207 ("Winter 

 of 1833") in his Cronological Index of his own botanical writings, that the 

 paper was 'reprinted in Desvaux' Journal of Botany, Paris, 1809.' 

 Desvaux complicated the question by himself stating in a volume dated 

 1814 that 'Nous avons publie en 1810, deux Volumes de 384 pages chacun 

 et de 12 gravures' (see Fernald, Rhodora, xxix, 227 ( 1927). Since Vol. 1 

 (dated 1808) is the only one of the two volumes with 384 pages and 12 

 plates (Vol. 2 having 384 and 13 plates), we have Desvaux's word that it 

 did not corne out until 1810." 



One suspects that Desvaux perhaps meant to say that by 1810 he had 

 published two volumes, or perhaps there was not much distribution of the 

 various issues before that date. Suspecting that the Journal général de 

 la Littérature de France might throw some light on the actual dates of 

 publication of Desvaux's periodical, and also on other botanical works 

 issued in France between the years 1798 and 1841, a somewhat systematic 

 examination of that sériai was initiated. The data noted in référence to 

 the two volume set of the Desvaux Journal de Botanique are summarized 

 in the next paragraph. 



Volume 1, no. 1, pp. 1-64 October, 1808 was reviewed Jour. Gén. Litt. 

 France 11: 258 [September] 1808*; no. 2, pp. 65-128, apparently not 

 recorded, but the fascicle cover date is November, 1808; no. 3, pp. 129-192, 

 December, 180S, is reviewed in the November-December number of the 

 Jour. Gén. Litt. France 11: 323. 1808. The next three numbers were 

 apparently not recorded, but the fascicle cover dates are: no. 4, pp. 

 193-256, January, 1809, but the date at the bottom of the cover is 1808, 

 so this part may actually have been printed in 1808; no. 5, pp. 257-320. 

 February, 1809; no. 6, pp. 321-384, March, 1809. 



Volume 2, no. 1, pp. 1-64, April, 1809, is reviewed op. cit. 12: 100. 1809, 

 this being in the April issue; nos. 2 and 3, pp. 65-192, May and June, are 

 reviewed op. cit. 12: 130, May, 1809; no. 4, pp. 193-256, July, is reviewed 

 op. cit. 12: 194, the July number; and no. 5, pp. 257-320, August, is 

 reviewed op. cit. 12: 227, August, 1809. No entry was noticed for No. 6, 

 this including pp. 321-384; its fascicle cover date is September, 1809. 



The évidence here is that the editors of the Journal général de la 

 Littérature de France actually received copies of the various issues of 



* The parts do not actually bear the month of issue, but rather "premier cahier," 

 "second cahier," etc. The sériai was planncd for tvvelve numbers annually, the premier 

 cahier of each volume to be issued in January of each year. On the fascicle covers, 

 however, many of which I have seen in unbound copies of volumes 23 (1820) to 

 27 (1824) the volume and part numbers, month, and year appear thus: "Vingt- 

 troisième année Janvier 1820 — Premier Cahier," there being twelve numbers, one 

 for each month of the year. 



