PUBLISHERS’ PREFACE. 
Captain Thomas Brown’s “ Illustrations of tlie Fossil Concliology of Great Britain and Ireland ” 
being now extremely rare, and to be obtained only with difficulty and at high prices, the publishers 
have decided to re-issue the Illustrations from the original steel plates in their possession. Each 
figure is accompanied by descriptive letterpress, which, for convenience of reference, is placed 
directly opposite the plate which it describes. The Illustrations have been very carefully reproduced 
by Mr. Preston, and it is hoped that they will be found to be in no way inferior to those of the 
oi’iginal work. The Engravings were made by artists of established reputation from the drawings 
of Captain Brown, and amount to 114 plates, or about 3,500 figures. 
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