Plumiero . 53 
geres de V Amerique^'' it was printed in folio, 
in 1705 y pp. 146. tab. 172. The text in 
French and Latin. All the Ferns contained 
in the former volume enter again into this ; 
and, as this likewife was printed at the 
King's expence, it has all the advantages in 
the execution, that accompanies royal mu- 
nificence. 
We are informed by Dr. Lister, that 
Plum IE R left behind him drawings of 
plants, fufiicient to make ten volumes, equal 
to the firft book above mentioned. They 
are faid to have amounted to 1400. Some 
of thefe remained in the convent at Paris, 
to which Plumier belonged : others were 
in the King's library. From the latter, 
BoERHAAVE procured copies of 508 fpe- 
cies, done by Aubriet, under the infpec- 
tion ofVAiLLANT, Thcfc were publifhed 
in 1755 — 1760, by Profeffor Burman, at 
Arnjlerdam^ in ten fafciculi^ accompanied 
with 262 plates, on which are engraven 
upwards of 400 fpecies : and Dr. Block, 
of Berlin, has procured many of the fifhes 
fqr his late fplendid work on ichthyology. 
E 3 Plumier 
