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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF AUTHORS 
Such are the various titles of the Me- 
moirs of the Imperial Academy of 
Sciences of St. Petersburg. 
The “ Commentarii,” 14 vols. 4to. from 
1726 to 1746. 
The “ Novi Commentarii,” 20 vols. 
from 1749 to 1775. 
The “ Acta,” 7 vols. from 4777 to 1782. 
The “ Nova Acta,” 15 vols. from 1783 
to 1802. 
The “ Memoirs,” from 1809. 
Phelsum (Murck Van), a Dutch 
naturalist. 
Quoted for his “Letter to C, Nose- 
man on the Echini,” 8vo. Rotterdam, 
1774. 
Phillip (Arthur), a German, and 
Governor of Botany Bay, in the 
English Service. 
“ The Voyage of Governor Phillip to 
Botany Bay,” &c., with fifty-five 
coloured plates, London, 1789. An 
anonymous work, the 'part relative to 
natural history hy Latham. There is 
a French translation of it without 
plates, in 1 vol. 8vo. Paris, 1791. 
Phipps (C. J.), the celebrated 
English navigator, subsequently 
Lord Mulgrave; born 1746, died 
1792. 
“Voyage to the North Pole in 1773,” 
translated into French hy Desmeu- 
niers, 1 vol. 4to. Paris, 1775. 
Planc. — Plancus (Janus) or J. 
Bianchi, a physician of Rimini, 
born in 1693, died in 1775. 
“ De Conchis minus notis,” 1 vol. 4to. 
with plates. Venice, 1739. The 
second edition greatly enlarged. Rome, 
1760. 
Pl. Col. — Planches Colo- 
riees. 
“ Planches Coloriees des Oiseaux, par 
MM. Temminck and Laugier,” 4to. 
and folio, a great work, which forms 
a sequel to the Planches Enluminees, 
&c. of Buffon. 
Pl. Enl. — Planches Enlumi- 
nees. 
The coloured plates of Birds, published 
for Buffon’s Natural History, hy Du- 
henton, Jun., amounting to one thou- 
sand and eight, but arranged without 
order. It is beyond all doubt the 
richest collection of that class that 
has ever appeared. Most of the 
figures are good. 
Plum. — Plumier (Charles), 
who travelled for a long time in 
the service of Louis the Fourteenth ; 
he was a great naturalist in all the 
branches of the science, although 
several of his works have remained 
unpublished. 
I have had occasion to quote his Obser- 
vations on Fishes and Reptiles, part of 
which are at Paris and part at Berlin, 
all in MS., with numerous drawings ; 
a portion of them has been published 
hy Bloch and Lacepede. 
Poli, a naturalist and anatomist 
at Naples, author of the magnificent 
work, entitled 
“Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque 
Historia et Anatome,” 2 vols. folio. 
Parma, 1791 and 1795. A third 
volume has been lately published. 
Prev. — Prevost (Benedict). 
“ Memoire sur le Chirocephale,” pub- 
lished at the end of the Histoire des 
Monocles of Jurine. See Jurine. 
Preys. — Preysler (J. D.) 
“ Werzeichniss Bochmischer Insecten,” 
1 vol. 4to. Prague, 1790. 
Pr.Max. — MaximilianPrince, 
de Wied-Neuwied. 
His “ Voyage to Brazil,” 2 vols. 4to. 
with an atlas, Franckf., 1820 and 
1821, his “Natural History of Bra- 
zil,” of which two vols. 8vo. were 
published at Weimar, 1826, and 
several numbers of coloured plates, in 
folio. These are among the number 
of those productions of modern times 
which are richest in novelties. 
Prun. — Prunner (Leonard de). 
“ Lepidoptera Pedemontana,” 1 vol. 8vo. 
Turin, 1798. 
Q. and G. or Quoy and Gaym., 
or Gaim. — Quoy and Gaymard, 
fellow travellers who have already 
made two great voyages. 
They have published the “ Zoologie du 
Voyage de l’Uranie,” 1 vol. Paris, 
1824, with one volume folio of plates. 
They are at present occupied with 
