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London, England, 1814-04-02 00:00:00

BEAU I lES OF NATURE ANL ART.

This day was published, price in boards, decoy, 4s. each, or
Royal, with Proof Inipressioos of the Plates, £2l containing
Forty-seven Elegant Fngravings,
Wis. I. IL =dill. of _ _ -

THE GALLERY ni7NATV RE and ART; or
a "I OUR through UREA I lON ano SC:LENCE.
By the Rev. ROW A.Rt) POLEH4MeI'ON,
Fellow of King's College, Oambri.:ge ; as,istill by ilsiinguished

Wrirersin the various depaiitments of the Work.
The plan of the Work eompthea an easy owl familiar arrange-
ment, of which the plumy divisions consist pf NATURAL Hlh
TOSS' and ART: •
Thy division of NATURAL HISTO/Y C,,MprehtlidlS the follow.
mg general • slections :—I. Astronomy, containing a selection of
the most curious Dtscovvrios wt icft have been lately made, or the
most singelar• opinions that hive been lately offered in this
branch of sciebee —II. Geology,, including, the most extraordi-
nary phstrozni na of the Tartu, in its Sub:erranean, Superficial,
and Aerial leper in-inth.-111. Botany—lV. Zoology, coniprisitg
an aecou:d of whatever is, chiefly rue or interesting. its these
several kingdoms.—V Coorography, eshibitinga survey of the
most sttikinl pecoliarit,es in the general face of the particular
countries, or in the custom., habits, and manners of their inhabi-
'atn*: and—Vl Physiology, embracing a view of extraordinary
or peculiar powers ottaseonally ovine"' by Mankind, or other
animals.
'the division of Est ;fins deaf tbejollowipg general Sections :
'I. Chemistry, including whatever is chiefly eurious or intend sting
—arid at the same time.-subjt eta of popular attention it. Magee-
- ism, Electeeity,Palvanism or Voltaism ; Light and other sob.
tiie bodtes*; artficial Heat and Cold; the cohtsilsility of Animal
and Vegetable Fibres, Meta Earths, Acds, Iriflainitiablev, and
other milieus.: objects of chemical science-i-11. Mechanics, com-
prd ig Builiii•ip of *insular or remarkable character, Bridges,
Hanging Gardens, Pytaiwdi, Cotiinuis, Ruins, Sepulchral Mono..
merits, and other Ant.quitlest Animal and Inanimate Fortes, as
those of Man, Hones, Wind, andWmer-works, Steam, and oilier
powerful Erinoes, both or ancient and modern times; Gunpow-
der, and other elastie powers.
Ihe Work s handsomely printed, and will be enriched with
it. ar oye iiu NDi do I'LATtS, highly engraved in the hue manner
by eminent Engr4vers, of the most striking and wonderful ob-
jects in Nature Mil Art, from original drawings by Craig, 1 hors-
tor, Ciennell, and other eminent Artists; as likewise Other occa-
sional Plates.

LIST 07 PLATS*.
VOL. I View of the Interior of the Crater, and the truption o
Mount VCIIII7IUS. Dreadful Disruption or Breaking of the Dykes,
in Holland, t 480. Dr. Herscheles View of the Organization ot
the Heavenly Bodies. First and Second Pyramids ot Uizab,
Au-
cient hlemplus, and Head of the Colossal Sphinx. Phe Palls ot
Niagara. The Boa or Aboma Snake' of Surinam. View bt the
Devil's Bridge, and its Aorta, on Mount Sr. Gotbard; in the'
Swiss Comm' of Uri. View of the Glatiers, in the Grindelwald,
Swisserland. Stone Henge, salisbury Hain. View of the Great
Wall of China. The Giant's Causeway, in Ireland. Flltgals
Cave, in the Isle of Staffa. Interior View of a Salt Mine, at
Cratosi. The Grotto of Antiparoli. The Paper Nautilus, and
Pearly Nautilus. .1 he Banyan Tree. Romeo Tesselated Pave-
_ men,, found in Leatlenlidi-street, in 1808.
Vot, .31. The Roman Colosseum. Cromlech at Layon,Cornwall,
and the:Clieese-vi ring, Cornwall. the Rock Bridge, in Virginia.
The Edystone liight-Plouse. African Birds' Nests. Subterranean
Temple of Elephants, on the BontbatCoast. A Spani,h bull Fight.
The Summit of Mtllltit Etna. The Peak of Derbyshire.. 7.lthly 01
Travelling over the snow in Iceland. An Elepeant Hunt. A
Wild Boar Hunt. Plan of Fulling Colliery, near Sunderland.—
View of the Petrifying Sprirg, or Dropping Nell, at Rnaresbo-
rough, In Yorkshire. Trajan't Pinar, at Rome.
Iler,:llt.-s-The Mosque of St. sopifia, at Cfinstantinopie. The
Casrj.ot. St. Angelo, St. Peter's Church, and Bridge over the
Tiber, at Rome. The Hanginfrower of PliS, *awl. The
Caskedtal Church at Salerno, in Italy. life I.aread Fruit Tree.—
The "reaTree. View of an Iron Mice, The Porcelaie Tower,
at Nankin, in China. Major Mony's Perilous Stustion on falling
into the Sea with his Balloon. Immolation of a Hindoo Widow
upon her Husband's Funeral Pile. Tin Hooded Snake. The Boa,
Snake seising a Horse. The Great Geyser, or Boiling Spring at
Hankadal, iii Icelsnd. Section of St. Pours Cathedral. The Cos.
lossus of Rhoden. The Needle Rusks, isle of Wlubt.
The kirst Parts of Vols. IV. and V. will be ready for delivery
the beginning of April ; and Vol. VI. which completes the Work,
will be published in May.
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