SOCIETIES.

Geological Society of London, Transactions-First Series, 1807-20, 4to, 5 vols.; Second Series, 1824-56, 4to, 7 vols. A very rare set; £20 (cf. ex.).

Proceedings of the same Society, 4 vols., 1826-45; £5, scarce. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society from the commencement in 1845-85, 8vo; £10 10s. (hf. russ.).

Palæontographical Society, Monographs of British Fossils from the commencement in 1848-84, 39 vols., 4to, plates; £10 10s. (cf. ex.).

Scientific Voyages and Travels.

Books of this class deal with many, and in some instances all, of the sciences already enumerated; and under these circumstances we have thought it better to arrange them under a separate heading, rather than under any one of the classes of subjects upon which they treat. There have from time to time been fitted out, either at the public expense or privately, scientific expeditions to different countries, under the charge of scientists of the highest repute, assisted by others of experience in their own departments; and an account of the various expeditions has, in many cases, been embodied in a suitable publication. We consequently append a list of works describing these scientific voyages, premising that each of the works referred to contains chapters or sections exclusively devoted to one particular branch of scientific study, so that in the compass of a single publication the reader will often find a store of valuable learning relating to a number of subjects which have already been referred to in the preceding pages.

Astrolabe, Voyage of the. A perfect set of these Voyages consists of 12 vols., royal 8vo; 5 vols., impl. folio, and 2 other volumes. The work contains accounts of researches in entomology, botany, and meteorology, and is worth about £20 (mor. ex.). Published in Paris, 1830-35.

Beagle, Voyage of the, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, consisting of 5 vols., royal 4to, 1839-43. Edited by C. Darwin.

Contents: Fossil Mammalia, Mammalia, Birds, Fish, Reptiles. £10 (cf. ex.).

Beagle, Voyage of the, by Stokes, 2 vols., 8vo, 1846; 17s. 6d. Blossom, Voyage of the. Beechey's Zoology of the Pacific and Behring's Straits, 4to, 1839; £2 (hf. russ.). This work embraces a great quantity of information on most of the subjects already referred to. The same author, Captain F. W. Beechey, published other works, containing frequent references to scientific subjects.

Byron (Capt.), Voyage of H.M.S." Blonde" to the Sandwich Islands, map and plates, 1826, 4to; £1 6s.

Challenger, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the "Challenger" during the years 1873-76, 20 vols., impl. 4to; £32 10s. (mor. ex.).

Coquille, Voyage de la, par J. L. Duperrey, 8 vols., impl. 4to, Paris, 1826-30; £15 (cf. ex.). There are also six Atlases in folio belonging to the set.

Curaçoa, Voyage of the, impl. 8vo, London, 1873; £1. "Erebus" and " Terror," Antarctic Voyage of the, complete in 24 parts, royal 4to, edited by J. RICHARDSON and J. E. GRAY, coloured, 1844-75; £20, or thereabouts (mor. ex.). This work includes notes on almost every subject which can fairly be classed under the head of Zoology.

Herald, Zoological Voyage of the, Sotheran and Co., royal 4to; published at £2 2s.

Horsefield (T.), Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands, 8 parts, complete, royal 4to, 1824; £1 15s. (mor. ex.).

Humboldt (Baron), Voyages aux Régions Equinoxiales de Nouveau Continent, 8 vols., atlas folio, and 6 vols., colombier folio, Paris, 1805-34. Translated into English by WILLIAMS, 7 vols., 8vo, 1818-29; £2 2s. The French edition is rare, and commands prices ranging between £15 and £25, according to condition and colouring.

Recherche, Voyage de la, complete in 8 vols., 8vo; 1 vol., 4to; and 2 vols., impl. folio, Paris, 1838-52; £10. A second part of the above, consisting of 16 vols., 8vo, and 3 vols., impl. folio, Paris, 1838-52, is also to be met with; about £15. The first and second parts sold together would be worth £25, or thereabouts (mor.).

Richardson (John), Swainson (William), and Kirby (W.), Fauna Boreali-Americana, or the Zoology of North America, containing Descriptions of the Subjects Collected in the late Northern Expedition under Sir John Franklin, 4 vols., 4to, 1829-37, 110 plates; £7 7s. (cf. ex.).

Samarang, Voyage of the, in the Eastern Seas, 1848-50, com. plete in 7 parts, royal 4to, 55 coloured plates; £3.

Spratt (T. A. B.), Travels and Researches in Crete, 2 vols., 8vo, 1865; 12s. 6d.

Travels in Lycia, 2 vols., 8vo, 1847; 12s. 6d.

Sulphur, Voyage of the, in 8 parts, containing references to ichthyology, ornithology, mammalia, and mollusca. Parts 9 and 10 were announced but never published. The parts are worth about 17s. 6d. each.

United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838-42, Philadelphia, 1841-58. A complete set of these volumes is very seldom met with; they were published at different times and at different places, and a set does not always consist of the same number of volumes.

Uranie et Physicienne, Voyage Autour du Monde, consisting of 2 vols. of the History of the Voyage, 1 vol. on Zoology, 1 vol. on Botany, and others on Meteorology and Magnetism. A complete set is worth £10, or thereabouts (cf. ex.). Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, the Land of the Ourang-Outang and the Bird of Paradise, 2 vols., post 8vo, 1869; £1 1s.

CHAPTER IX.

Works on Occult Philosophy.

Or late years considerable interest seems to have been manifested in works on this subject, which under one title or another is continually being introduced to the public notice. All books, or at least such of them as have the advantage of antiquity in their favour, are eagerly bought up, and are now so difficult to obtain that they very seldom make their appearance in the market at all. When they do, it is usually at a high price, which seems indeed to be steadily increasing as time goes on. A very extensive list of old books upon magic and witchcraft will be found in Scribner's Bibliotheca Diabolica (New York, 1874), and a description of the newly published ones in the catalogues of George Redway, the publisher. To these the reader is referred for any further information he may require. A list of works on spiritualism may be obtained of Mr. Burn, Southampton Row.

Agricola (Georgius), De Animantibus Subterraneis, several editions, the first published in 1549, small 8vo, Frobenius; from £1 to £2.

Other Editions, 1561, 1614, and 1621, all of the same value. No English translation.

Agrippa (Sir Henry), Works on Occult Philosophy, Opera Omnia, Lugd., 1531, 2 vols., 8vo; £2. Ditto, Leyden, 1550, 2 vols., 8vo; £2.

Agrippa (Sir Henry), Of the Vanity of Arts and Sciences, London, 4to, 1569; £1 10s.

Another Edition, 1676, 8vo; 5s.

Three Books of Occult Philosophy, London, 1641, 4to; £2.

A Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, translated by TURNER, London, 1665, 4to; £1. This is considered to be spurious. Alchabitius, Libellus Ysagogicus, 4to, N.D. (c. 1500); £2. Arrais, Arbor Vitæ, 8vo, 1683; 13s. The only edition extant. Artemidorus on Dreams, Ludg. apud Gryph, 1546, 8vo; £2. An edition of 1755, about 7s. 6d. ; other editions also at the same price. This work is without doubt the best work of the kind on the subject. The author spent the whole of his life in the collection of facts, from which he attempted to draw logical deductions.

Artephius, De Transmutatione Metallica, Paris, 1612; £2 5s. A work of great utility to the searchers after the Philosopher's Stone.

Barrett (F.), Magus, 4to, London, 1801; £1 10s. (boards). There is a reprint in fac-simile of this edition; £1.

Baxter (A.), An Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul, London, 1745, 8vo, 2 vols., Appendix, 1750, 1 vol.; 16s., third and best edition. The Appendix is of rare occurrence. Baxter (R.), Certainty of the World of Spirits, 18mo, 1834; 6s. Many other editions, all of about the same value.

Behmen (I.), Works by Law, London, 1764-81, 4 vols., 4to, with explanatory plates; £5 5s. (cf.).

Bequinus and Sandivogius, A New Light of Alchemy, with a Treatise on Sulphur, 8vo, 1674; £1 10s.

Bodinus, de la Demonomanie des Sorciers, 8vo, Anvers, 1593; 10s. 6d. Other editions same value.

Boissardus, De Divinatione et Magicis Præstigiis, Oppenheim,
N.D., folio; £1 10s.
Reprints of 1611 and 1615 are worth
about £1 each.

Boulton, A Compleat History of Magic, London, 1715-16, 2 vols., 12mo; £1.

Bovet (R.), Pandemonium, or the Devil's Cloyster, being a Further Blow to Modern Sadduceism, proving the Existence of Witches and Spirits, 12mo, 1684; £2 2s.

Calmet (A.), The Phantom World; or, the Philosophy of Spirits, 2 vols., 8vo, 1850; 10s.

Camerarius, De Natura et Effectionibus Dæmonum. There is generally found bound up with this a short treatise on sorcerers, entitled "De Veneficis quos olim sortilegos." Small 8vo, 1575; £1 10s.