PREFACE. 
~|~N view of the approaching celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Linnaeus, 
the Trustees of the British Museum have decided that the section of the Catalogue 
of the Books in the British Museum (Natural History) relating to the works of that 
distinguished naturalist shall be printed in advance, with the addition of the titles 
of such works as are preserved in the Printed Book Department at the British Museum 
(Bloomsbury), but are not included in the libraries at the Natural History Museum. 
The complete list, therefore, shows to what extent the writings of Linnaeus are 
represented in the British Museum as a whole. 
The work has been prepared by the Assistant in Charge of the General Library 
at the Natural History Museum, Mr. B. B. Woodward, with the collaboration of the 
General Catalogue Consultative Committee, as regards the books at South Kensington, 
and of Mr. W. B. Wilson, I.S.O., of the Printed Book Department, as regards the 
books at Bloomsbury. 
E. PAY LANKESTEE, 
Director. 
BRITISH MUSEUM (Natural History), 
LONDON, S.W. 
April 26th, 1907. 
