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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
Aldrov. or Aldr. — Aldrovan- 
di (Ulysse), a nobleman of Bologna, 
Professor of the University of Bo- 
logna, bom 1525, died blind, 1605. 
His “ Natural History,” in fourteen vols. 
folio, from 1599 to 1640, eleven of 
which are on the subject of animals, 
was mostly published by his suc- 
cessors. The third volume of the 
Ornithology and the first of the In- 
sects were the only ones published 
during his life. It is an undigested 
and wearisome compilation. 
Amor. — Amoreux (N.), a phy- 
sician of Montpellier. 
“ Notice des Insectes de la France, re- 
putes Venimeux,” 1 vol. folio, with 
plates. Paris, 1786. 
“ Description Methodique d’une ospece 
de Scorpion commune a Souvignar- 
gues, en Languedoc.” Journal de 
Physique, XXXV. 
Anders. — Anderson (John), a 
merchant and burgomaster of Ham- 
burg, born in 1674, died in 1743. 
“Histoire Naturelle de l’lslande du 
Groenland,” &c. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 
1750. 
This work, although antiquated and 
superficial, is still the principal source 
of our information relative to the 
Cetacea. 
Andrew (John Gerard Rein- 
hard), druggist at Hanover, born 
in 1724, died in 1793. 
“ Letters written from Switzerland to 
Hanover, 1763,” in the German 
Language. They were at first printed 
separately in the Hanover Magazine 
for 1764 — 65, and republished in 1 
vol. 4to. Zurich, 1776. 
Ann. Mus. or du Mus. — “ An- 
nales du Museum d’Histoire Natu- 
relle de Paris/’ by the professors of 
that establishment, 20 vols. 4to, 
from 1802 to 1813. 
This work is continued under the title 
of : 
“ Memoires du Museum d’Histoire 
Naturelle,” &c. Paris, 1815, et seq. 
Eighteen volumes have been pub- 
lished. 
Argenv.— Argenville (An- 
toine Joseph Des-Alliers d’), maitre 
des Comptes of Paris, born 1680, 
died 1765. 
“L’Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans 
une de ses principales parties, la Con- 
ch yliologie,” 4to. first edition. 
Paris, 1742; the second augmented 
by the addition of the Zoomorphose, 
ibid., 1757 ; the third augmented by 
M. Favaune, 2 vols, ibid., 1780. 
Arted. — Artedi (Peter), a 
Swedish naturalist, and a friend of 
Linnseus, born in 1705, drowned at 
Amsterdam in 1735. 
His work on Fishes was published by 
Linnseus. “ P. Artedi Ichthyologia sive 
Opera Omnia de Piscibus,” 1 vol. 
8vo. Leyden, 1738. 
The edition of Walbaum, “ Artedius 
Renovatus,” 5 vols. 8vo. Gripswald, 
1788 — 89 is greatly augmented, hut 
by an injudicious compiler. 
Ascan. — Ascanius (Peter), Pro- 
fessor at Copenhagen. 
Author of five numbers in folio, the 
first containing “ Coloured Illustra- 
tions of the Natural History of the 
North,” from 1767 to 1779. 
Audeb. — Audebert (Jean-Bap- 
tiste), a painter at Paris, born in 
Rochefort, 1759, died 1800. 
“ Histoire Naturelle des Singes et des 
Makis,” folio, Paris, 1800, with sixty- 
two plates drawn from the stuffed 
specimens in the Museum. 
“ Oiseaux Dores ou a Reflets Metalli- 
ques,” 2 vols. folio, Paris, 1802. 
Aud. — Audqutn (Jean-Victor), 
Doctor of Medicine, sub-librarian 
to the Institute of France, assistant 
naturalist to Messrs, de Lamarck 
and Latreille at the Jardin du Roi, 
and member of various societies, 
born in Paris, 27th of April 1797. 
“ Anatomie d’une Larve Apode” 
(Conops), found in a Bombus lapi- 
darius, by Messrs Lachat and Au- 
douin, 1818. 
“ Memoire sur les rapports des Trilo- 
bites avec les Animaux Articules,” 
published with plates in the Annales 
Generales des Sciences Physiques, 
VIII. p. 233. 
“ Memoires sur l’Achlysie, Nouveau 
Genre d’Arachnide,” published with 
plates in the Mem. Soc. d’Histoire 
Naturelle, II. 497. 
