The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
An annotated bibliography of the printed worksof James Petiver (c.1663–1718)
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title:Archives of Natural History Publication Type:article Authors:Jarvis, Charles E. Editors: Publisher: Place of Publication: Publication Date:2021 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume:48 Issue:2 Start Page:346 End Page:367 Abstract:The works of James Petiver have a complicated publishing history. Apart from his moresubstantial publications,Musei Petiveriani(1695–1703) andGazophylacii naturæ et artis(1702–1711),which were chiefly based on specimens in his collection and were issued in multiple parts, Petiver alsopublished nearly thirty shorter articles and tracts, some of them merely hand-bills. Many of thesepublications were produced in small numbers and are scarce in their original imprints. However, long afterPetiver’s death, James Millan published two editions (in 1764 and 1767) of Petiver’s work which wereassembled partly from unsold copies of the originals, and partly through re-setting and abridging others thatwere otherwise unavailable. Petiver also contributed 35 articles to thePhilosophical Transactions of theRoyal Societyand has previously been acknowledged as the author of a further four forThe MonthlyMiscellany: or, Memoirs for the Curious, a rare, short-lived periodical whose contributors were generallyanonymous. However, this study concludes that nearly 50 additional articles that appeared in this journalbetween 1707 and 1710 were written by Petiver, several of which are the original versions of articles whichwere published in a re-set format by Millan in 1767. In other cases, articlesfirst published there prove to bethe basis for expanded accounts that Petiver published subsequently. An additional article was published in asimilarly rare periodical,Memoirs of Literature, in 1714. All 158 of his published articles, wherever theyappeared, Descriptors/Keywords: ISBN: URL:DOI: 10.3366/anh.2021.0727Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Subject of/in a document - Petiver, James (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
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