-f^^jan Accoiiiit of B O OKS: ; ~ 
I. Oflervationi Natiirali, ove fi coatengooo ma- 
terie Mcdico-Fifiche, (ij^c. ' Natur4i-0bfer'^ 
^vations^ containing fe^verd Medico-Pbyiicai 
and Botaiiidal Matters^ with divers -Natufai 
FroduBions^ fe*veral forts of Pbofphorii Sub-- 
terraneous Fires in Italy, and other Curious 
SubjeBsy in Familiar Letters^ by Signior Paul 
Boccone, M. D. Printed at Bononia iin s 
OU R Comnierce with the Italian BookCdkis hi^ 
ving b^en for feveral Years lefs conftant,, it may 
not be amifs to prefent the Reader with an Account of 
feme of the moft Curious relating chiefly to Natural 
Hiftory or Philofophy. 
I ih2^1I begin with an Abftrad of tbisMiftelkneous 
Treatife of the Ingenious written in Itaimn-^ 
and containing Twenty Six {everal Obfervarioos. The 
Author had formerly publiiht in French Natural Enqui" 
ries and Obfervations ovi CoraH Ajiroites^ 8cc. at f.in#, 
reprinted afterwards Amjterdam la 16741 
and at 0;v/fe/ his Icons and Defciiption^ c£ 1 he rare 
Plants of Sidlia, &c. were Pjrioted p 1:674. 
In the Firft of the Obfemticns cofitained in this 
Trad the Author treats of the Effedts, Gaufes, and Pre« 
paration of the Ndffihca-mi-P'h^ifphria ^&^rm, asit.was 
made by the; Honourable Boyle., The %^.ohf^ istaf 
terraneous Fires spd their Pf^'^menm. <iura frorn 
the Effervelcehce of an Acid and Alcali, wiAh\M Ei he» 
real or Subtile Matter interpofed. The ^£ Ol^v h of 
Cures 
