( H 1 ) 
Sed jam Editorer , ficut a?quum eft, cum bona gratia 
dimittamus : hanc enim eoium humanitatem libenter ag- 
nofco, quod principia, quibus ufus fum, modo vera fue- 
rint, me fatis apte atq; appofite ad rem meam accommo- 
dafle etiam, non inficiando confiteri videantur. 
IX. An Account of a 'Book ^ entituled , Gazophylacii 
Nature Sc Artis. Vol. I. In V. Dccadibus. In 
quo Animalia, vi%. Quadrupeda, Aves, Pifces, 
Reptilia, Infcda, Vegicabilia 5 item Foflilia, 
corpora Marina ^ Stirpes Miner ales e Terra 
erutUj Lapides figura infignes ) Defcri- 
ptionibus breVibus <sr Iconibus illuflrantur. 
A Jacobo Petiver, Tbarmacop. Londin. <3* 
Reg. Societ. Soc. 
T HIS Volume which the Curious Author has now 
finith’d, contains 50 Tables of the Figures of di- 
vers rare Beajls , Birds , Pijhes y Serpents , and other Rep - 
files 5 as alfo feveral Rdre Infctfs, Shells , Plants and 
Fojfils , many of which he has obtained from th s Cabinets 
ot divers Curious Perjons, and procured others with no 
fmall Expence from all Parts of the World, as the fol- 
lowing Account will teftify. 
An Abftratt of the firjl Decade has already been 
given in thefe Tranfaltions No. 2845 the fecond in the 
Memoirs for the Curious for the Month of December 
117075 and the third in the fame Memoirs in ‘julp 17 c$. 
We now proceed to the fourth and fifth. 
The 
