tfH v,v, x, o •***< Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Ottawa http://www.archive.org/details/introductiontok02dibd V A. V IcJ/S wnich s°ld for 9/. Harles observes that De "Bure, No. 2345, has noticed the same edition ; but I find De Bure referring only to Aldus's, or rather Paul Manutius's, edition of 1534, This last edition is also noticed by Panzer; anci Osborne, in his Catalogue of 1748, No. ii^has marked it at 15s.; at the Pinelli sale, No. 8436, it was purchased by Dr. Charles Burney for us. A c >py is in the national library at Paris, on large papkr. Ulmp. des Aide, X. i. 199, 200. Of the edition in Dr. Askew's Catalogue, I find. go account in any bibliographical work. ISO CRATES. S Wolfii. Lutet. 8vo. 1551. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. Ejusd. Basil. 8vo. 1505-71 -79. Gt. et Lat* Ejusd. Ibid. Fol. 1570. Gr. et Lat* The editions which preceded these are of no partU cular importance, and therefore 1 have omitted them. The merits of Wolf are very considerable ; he has cor- rected the Greek text from the Fuggerianian MS._, and examined all the ancient editions, including the edit, prin. : his conjectures are frequently happy, and his corrections judicious, though they sometimes deviate from the authority of the old editions. A Latin ver- sion of Isocrates first appeared by Lonicerus, in 8vo* 1540, afterwards by Wolf, in folio, 1548, which was greatly amended in two octavo editions, Basil, 1553- 58 ; and again more effectually in the folio edition of 1570, which may be called the edit. opt. of Wolf. From these editions most of the subsequent ones were published ; the greater pan of them, however, are of no particular value. HarleSj Fair. B. G. U ii. 796-7 ; Introd. L. G. t. i. 366-7. H. Stevhanus. Paris. Fol. 1503. Gr. et Lat. This edition sometimes follows the authority of Wolf, and sometimes that of Aldus. It is a neat pro- duction, but contains some singular readings \ the Latin version is from WplPs edition of 1570* P. Stephanus. Genev . 8vo. l6(M. Gr. et-Lat* This work is greatly praised by John Fabricius, in Hist. Fabric. Bill. t. iii. 228, as containing a very useful and incomparable index ; also the annotations and emendations of Wolf, among many valuable tracts and commentaries. Fabricius, the father, says he saw only the reimpression of this edition, Genev. 6 isockatEs. 1651, in 2 vols. 8vo. Gr. et Lat. See Fair. Bill. Grac. t. i. 910, Battiei *. Cantab. 8vo. 17^9* Lond. 8vo. 1749. 2 vols. The ardour of editing Isocrates, says Harles, had abated from the time of the Geneva edition of 1651, * William Battie, the editor of these editions, was born in Devonshire, A. D. 1704. He received his education at Eton school, and in 1732 was sent to King's College, Cam- bridge : on a vacancy of the Craven scholarship, he offered himself as a candidate ; and by a singular coincidence of cir- cumstances (too minute here to mention) became successful. In the year 1725 he describes himself, in a letter to a friend, as> " living agreeably, and having got through the worst part of his life" — he then proposes " reading Sir Isaac Newton with Professor Saunderson — and to make that, with English and modern history, and some small matters of law, his study for some time." It was his first intention to study and practise the law ; but the expense attending it, induced him to give it up. He made known his wants and wishes to some old bachelor cousins of the name of Coleman ; and was led, probably by their advice and his own inclination, to the study of physic ; in which profession he afterwards acquired eminence and wealth. He first practised at Uxbridge, where, immediately on his arrival, the Provost of Eton, Dr. Godolphin, sent his coach and four for him, as his patient : when he arrived, Dr. Battie, after ques- tioning the patient, began to write a prescription — but the Pro- vost, raising himself up, said, " You need not trouble yourself to write : I only sent for you to give you credit in the neigh- bourhood." He then removed to London, where his practice procured him ^1000 per annum: and having married a woman, for whom he had long entertained the sincerest affection —and being possessed of an additional fortune of ^30,000 by the death of his cousins the Colemans, he rose to distinction and eminence, and was caressed by a large circle of literary friends. In 1750 he was Censor of the College of Physicians. In 1 75 1 he wrote a treatise on Madness ; and was supposed to have had great skill in his treatment of that disorder. He died in 1776 of a paralytic stroke. The night he expired, convers- ing with his servant, a lad who attended on him as a nurse> he ISOCRATE& 7 to the present publication of Battie. « Battle might have given a better edition of his author, if he had more skilfully availed himself of the sources of inform- ation which he consulted. It does not appear that he examined the Milan edition of 1493, but adopted the text of Wolf, with a few of his notes and some read- ings from Aldus's and Stephens's editions ; also, from five Oxford and two Harleian MSS. The Latin ver- sion is Battie's own ; and he has added some historical annotations. The version has not convinced learned men of the talents and judgment of its author." See Harles, Fair. B.G. t. ii. 7983 Introd. L. G. U i. 367. The second volume of the first edition is with- out date* Augeri. Paris. 8vo. 1782. Gr. etLat. 3 vols. This edition of Isocrates, notwithstanding somede* fects and typographical errors, is preferable to every preceding one. Auger has freely availed himself of the labours of his predecessors, and the work is illus- trated by many good readings from MSS., and by an- notations from various critical publications: the said to him: "Young man, you have heard, no doubt, how- great are the terrors of death. This night will probably afford you some experiment ; but may you learn, and may you profit by the example, that a conscientious endeavour to perform his duty through life, will ever dose a Christian's eyes with com- fort and tranquillity." He soon afterwards breathed his last without a struggle or a groan. ^ Dr. Battie was admired as being a very cheerful and face- tious companion ; and in the hours of relaxation from the duties of his profession, indulging in various species of mimickry and pleasantry. He is said to have cured a lad of fourteen or fifteen years of age, in extreme misery from a swell- mg in his throat, by imitating the dress and actions of Punch, and by causing the humour to burst, from the convulsive laughter of the patient at his oddity and grimace.— Nicholas idneedotes o/JB&wjer, p. 333, note *, &c. * 4 8 JOSEPHUS. Greek text Is not formed on the basis of any particular edition, and the Latin version is composed chiefly by Auger himself. In the short notes which accompany the work, the editor seems particularly anxious about the various readings, though he does not appear to have extracted all the important ones from former editions and that of Battie. The principal defect arises from a want of sufficient knowledge of history and a#- tiquity : had the editor perused the very excellent specimen of this kind of study which Morus had given in his " Panegyric on Isocrates," he would not ■have failed to adorn his edition by inserting the entire tract itself. Langii. Hal. Sax. Svo. 1803. Gr. u Ad optimorum exemplorum fldem emendavit va- rietate lectionis animadversionibus criticis summario et indice instruxit Wilhtlmus hange" This is a very excellent and useful edition of Isocrates : under the Greek text, which is printed from a careful collation of former editions, arc some short apposite notes, with a running Latin commentary or illustration beneath. A useful index closes the volume. There are copies printed on fine paper, which have an elegent effect. JOSEPHUS. A. C. About 90. Arlenii. Basil. FoL 1544. Gr. Editio princeps : printed by Froben. This work is dedicated to a Spanish nobleman of the name of Diego HuaTARDo Mendoza*5 who was ambas- * " Egregius bonarum literarum promotor, ct multorum veterum auctorum e Grsecia? latebris in usum Europse vindex," JOSEPHUS. 9 sador of Charles V. and who, on his death* left a great number of Greek MSS. which were deposited in the Escorial library. From one of these MSS. the present edition is formed ; and whoever will take the trouble of consulting Arlenius's preface, will see the difficulties under which the editor laboured in the publication of this work. The MSS. which relate to the Jeioish war appear to be more correct than those which relate to the Antiquities. This volume, which contains nearly one thousand pages, is beautiful and rare : " I wonder/' says Har- wood, " that collectors of Greek books do not value this editio princeps of Josephus more : it is one of the noblest and most venerable old books I ever saw." De la Rovieee. Aur. Allob. Fol. 1591. Gi\ et Lat. In this edition, which seems to have escaped Har- wood and Harles, the Latin version of the life of Jo- sephus and the books against Apion> is taken from Gelenius- — that of the Jewish war, from Rufinus ; and of the Maccabees^ from Erasmus. Although there is more of promise than of performance in this edition, it is not unworthy of a place in the collector's library* It was reprinted at Geneva in 161 1 and 16351', folio ; but this latter is a most wretched publication, eays Oberthiir (the last editor of Josephus), who probably bor- rows the language of the Dedication. Vide Harles, Fabr. Bibl. Or. vol. v. 31 (where almost the entire article of "Jose- phus" seems to be taken from Oberthiir: the remarks of Fabricius and Harles arc, however, occasionally inserted). See the latter's Suppl. ad Int rod. Ling. Grac vol. i. 296-7. f Harles says some copies have the date of 1634. See his SuppLad Introd. Ling. Grac. vol. i. 297. 10 JOSEPHTJ& both in regard to typography and correctness* the errors of former editions are even multiplied. Tanaquil Faber has called it " omnium editionum iniquinatissima." Consuk Oberthiir's Notitia de Edit. Josepki. Ittigii. Colonise (Lipsiae). FoL 1691. Gr. et Lat. We are much indebted to Weidman, at whose risk this edition was published, for the care and expense incurred in completing it. The editor was Thomas Ittigius, a man sufficiently conversant in Jewish anti- quities, and an able reviewer of theMSS. and previous editions of his author, Fabricius, who was his dis- ciple, tells us, that the paging of the Geneva edition (upon the basis of which this was formed) is pre- served ; that many errors are corrected, and a more luminous exposition of the author every where dis- played. It certainly makes up in intrinsic excellence for its imperfections in type and paper. The MSS. from which it was compiled were in the Palatine library, Bernakdi. Oxon. Fol. l6g\. Gr. et Lat. Vol. I. The first four books, and a part of the fifth, are only published in this elegant and able attempt at editing Josephus. " The notes," say Oberthiir and Harles, " are full of erudition, taken chiefly from the Talmu- dical writings, and the observations of Patricius Junius, Casaubon, and Lightfoot." There is an old Latin version added to that which goes under the name of Rufinus's. Consult Harles's Fair. Bibl. Gr. torn, v. 42; Id. Introd. Ling. Grac. t. ii. 45-6. Bernard's edition was reprinted with the date of 1700 } but Ober- thiir says, the title-page only is new* JOSEPHITS. 1 1 Hudsoni. Oxon.Fol. 1720. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. It is rarely that praise goes beyond that conferred by Oberthur on this beautiful and accurate edition, which ranks in the very first class of Variorum Classics in folio. Hudson died the year before its publica- tion ; but, fortunately, not till he had acquired almost every thing requisite for a perfect edition of his author. He seems ^to have consulted every known MS. and edi- tion— the correctness of the Greek text, the judgment displayed in the annotations, the utility of the indexes, and the consummate knowledge which is evinced of the history and antiquities of the times, render this work deserving of every thing said in commendation of it by Fabricius, Harwood, Harles, and Oberthur. " Quaecunque habuit (Hudsonus) subsidia," says the latter critic, "in usum suum adhibuit; sed fruga- lem, sobriumque. Temperanto ubique justo, nihil in seriem notarum admisit, nisi quod directe aperteque iu rem Josephi faceret." Vid. Harles, Fair. Bib. Gr. vol. v. 44. Copies on large paper are very rare and dear, as well as magnificent. Havercampi. Amst. 1726. Fol. Gr. etLat. If the merits of Havercamp, as an editor of ancient classical authors, were to be estimated by the critical acumen displayed in this publication, he would not rank very high in the consideration of discerning scholars. Some have imagined Dr. Harwood's sen- tence * of condemnation too severe on this edition; * « I am sorry to remark,'' says Dr. Harwood, after read- ing through this last edition of Josephus by Havercamp, " that the text is very incorrect, especially in the seven books of the Jewish wars: of which any carious person may be convinced •n inspecting the vast number of errors I have corrected in my 5 12 JOSEPHUS. but, by what has fallen from Oberthiir, it would seem that Hayercamp had attended only to the request of the bookseller to fill two ponderous folio volumes, ra- ther than to publish a correct and luminous edition of his author. The Greek text is allowed on all sides to be very carelessly printed : and yet it must not he for- gotten that this work contains the readings of two MSS. contained in the Leyden library, and some ob- servations of Vossius and Cocceus found in the margin or a copy of the editio princeps. It has also a colla- tion of a MS. belonging to Frederick Rotsgard, for- merly secretary of state to the King of Denmark : a great collector of books, and whose library* was sold by auction in London, A.D. 1727. De Bure No. 4697, who notices only this Greek edition of Josephus, and whose estimation of critical editions in general forms the least valuable part of his work, tells us laconically, that « as this is more ample copy, which were occasioned by the negligence of the editor. The Greek text of Hudson's edition is much more correct .as well as exhibited in a neater type." Quere, Who know ?n possession of Harwood's corrected cooyV Mr Carpenter the bookseller in Bond Street, has a great number of cTas £ on ftstSgS^ bd0nged t0 HaiW00d> and - wh-h there * This library was first sold at Copenhagen fn January in6, but purchased, I presume, by some London booksellers -'the catalogue ot it was published abroad in i3mo. ijj, Pp. /*! Ite London Catalogue was published by « J. 4oonerve/en and Company, booksellers, at Horace's Head, the third door from the corner of Catherine Street in the Strand. " The sale Ttt ™Tm™ 3t "ine !? the morn!nS' In th* fifth volume of the "New Memoirs of Literature," p. 4r», there is some account of this library, which is said to contain 95 print™ volumes ,n folio, zz95 in quarto, 24i* in octavo, 146, in duodecimo, and 1068 MSS. There are many curious and scarce books m it, and a considerable number printed in Den- mark and Sweden, that are little known in England. JOSEPHITS. IS than Hudson's edition, it is more sought after." There are copies on large paper. Oberthuri. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1782. Gr. et Lat. 3 vols. Whoever reads Harles's testimony of the merit of Oherthiir, or whoever reads the able account given by the latter of the editions of Josephus, will not require further proof of his qualifications to undertake a work like the present — which however, unfortunately, has never been completed. These three volumes con- tain only the text of the historian ; the edition, when perfected, will probably extend to as many more. The venerable Oberthur is allowed to have taken more pains in ascertaining the correct text of his au- thor— in collating every known MS. — in examining every previous edition — and in availing himself of the labours of his predecessors, than have yet been shewn by any editor of Josephus. So convinced was Scho- der of the superiority of Oberthiir's talents for the undertaking, that he himself desisted from a similar attempt, in which he intended to have published only the Greek text of the historian, with a copious Greek index. Every true lover, therefore, of this elegant and interesting historian cannot but regret that such a valuable edition as the present should have been dis- continued by an editor so fully competent to finish the arduous task which he has begun. Consult Harles, Introd. Ling. Grcec. vol. ii. 47 ; Idem, Fabr. BILL Qr#c. vol. v. p. i. uotea, p«45» 14 JUSTINUS. A. C. 140. Jenson. Venet. 4 to. 1470. Editio princeps. A very rare and beautiful work, of which I shall refer the reader to a variety of copies, and state the prices they sold for. At Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1611, a copy was purchased for 3/. 35.; at Dr. Askew's, No/2109, for 13/. 135., bought for the British Museum ; at the Pinelli, No. 7692, for 18Z. 75. 6d. ; and at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 529, for 31/. 1 05. : so surprisingly has its value increased ! In the Bibl. Smithiana, p. 250-1, there are two copies of this editio princeps, the latter, perhaps, unique, printed on vellum ; it is now in His Majesty's library. Lord Spencer is in possession of a fine copy, \vhich, I believe, originally belonged to Count Re- vickzky; and there is a very beautiful one in the Cracherode collection. See Bibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 10. ; see also Bibl^ Harleian. vol. i. No. 3736 ; Crevenn. No, 5828; Bibl. Choisie deM. L. P.*, No. 10115 Bibl. Mason, pt. ii. No. 321; Payne's Catalogue, 1792, No. 523; Edwards's, 1796, No* 12; and Egcrton's, 1801, No. 1180: a copy is in the Bodleian Library. This work is usually called a folio, but the Bibl. Crevenna informs us ♦h&t the horizontal water-marks clearly denote it to be a quarto. Udal. Gallus. Romas. 4to. . Bibliographers differ about the date of this edition : MaUtaire, t. i. 292; De Bure, No. 4330 ; and Er- * Published in 8vo. at Lyons, 1791; a very judicious and valuable catalogue of books. JUSTINUS. 15 nesti, Fair. B. L. t. iii. 62, suppose it to have been printed in 1470; Panzer, t. ii. 422, in 1470(^1471; Laire, Spec. 134, note e9 in 1469; and Audiffredi, £dit. Rom. 69, in 147 1 : Campanus is said to be the editor of it, and if so, it was probably printed before the year 1472 *. It appears that Campanus quitted Rome on the 22d of March 1471 ; but whether he was, or was not, at Rome when Gallus primed the work, the colophon " Anser Tarpeii Custos, &cc." is no conclusive demonstration : the colophon alone, says Audiffredi, ought not peremptorily to decide the question, and fix the date of the work according to the conjecture of Laire. Two copies of this edition were sold at La Valliere's sale for 179 and 184 livres, See, too, Bibl. Choisie de M. L. P, No. 1012, * The Bipont editors, . who style this work iC editio princeps," speak of it as a very rare and elegant pro- duction; and, till inspected by themselves, they do not suppose it to have been examined by any editor of Justin. It has many readings conformable to the edi- tions of Jenson, and Sweynheym and Pannartz, and it contains many valuable and sagacious ones peculiar to itself: a number of specimens are given of the different readings, which the reader will see in the Notit. lit. of the edition of 1802, p. xiv-xv. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Rom. Fol. 1472. This is an uncommonly rare edition, of which new ther Laire nor Audiffredi ever saw a copy : according to the latter, it is much scarcer than the preceding ones (though DeBure says the contrary), and is pre-^ ferred by learned men to either. It is certainly more rare than the previous editions ; but 1 should suspect, * See vpl.i. p. 370. Observation on the " Orat. Philip." of Cicero, ; 16 JUSTINU5. from the account just given of Gallus's, that its in- trinsic merit is not so great as Audiffredi imagines* See Bibl. Mead. No. 1612 ; Gaignat's Catalogue, t. ii. 50 ; and the Bibl. Smithiana, p. 251 ; 'which latter was the only copy ever seen by Auditfredi in any catalogue: it is now in His Majesty's library. Ernesti observes, that it was noi compiled from the same MS. as Jenson's edition, and that Florus is added to it*. See Bibl. Mason, pt. i. No. 472, where we are in- formed that bibliographers are wrong in saying that the edition contains Florus. The magnificent copy which I saw in Dr. Hunter's collection had not Florus, Zarotus. MeclioL 4to. 1474, Valdakper. Mediol. Fol. 1476. Phil. Conda. Venet. Fol. 147Q. The first of these editions is printed after Jenson% and the two first verses of the colophon are the same as in that work. A copy was purchased by Lord Spencer at the Pinelli sale, No. 7693. For the second edition consult Bibl. Harl. vol. iii. No. 1064; Panzer, t. ii, 24; and De Bure, No. 4333. For the third, of which a copy sold at La Valiiere's sale for 81 livres, see Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 921, which seems to have been a curious and valuable book: a copy of each of these three editions is in the fJodleian LU brarv. * In the opinion of De Bure it is more valuable by con- taining Florus: whether this, however, be always the fact, seems doubtful; as Gronovius, in his edition of 1760, in- forms us he saw two copies of this edition, and that neither of them contained .Florus. See Panzer, t. ii. 431, whose ac- ccik ! is copied 'verbatim by the Bipont editors : the authorities referred to by Panzer do not justify him in adding Florus to the work. These are the principal editions of Justin in the W teenth century. The copy sine loc% et ann. in Bibl. Revickzk. p. 120, which is supposed to have been printed at Brixia, by Henri de Cologne, is said by Au- diffredi (Edit. Ital. p. 132) to have been printed at Bologna, where Henri de Cologne practised the typo- graphical art from the year 1477 to *486* See also Bibl. Revick. p. no. ( The Bipont editors describe a very ancient edition sine loc. ann. et typog. not specified by any bibliogra- pher, and possibly the editio princeps. « Ea literis rotundaeformaeelegantibus, multisque scripture com- pendiis expressa^fol. brevi, servatur in Bibl. Archipa- latina, prout nobis significavit vir clar. Andreas Lamey, illius praefectus, Consil. aulicus, et Acad. Scient. ab epistolis. Signatura quaternioruni, e quibus d'upli- catis oriuntur viii. folia, procedit ab a ad n usque. Chartaipsa signata videtur mice eleganter formata cum apice quodam tropsei instar/' Vide edit. Argent* 1802, Not. lit. p. xv. See a curious and ancient edi- tion in Mai ttai re, t. i. 761, note 3; and Panzer, t. iv* 149, with the authorities referred to* Melanchthoni. Hagenae. 8vo. . This beautiful and correct edition has the recom- mendation of the labours of Georgius Major, who col- lated all the events in the history with the accounts in the Greek writers, and cleared many obscure passages. Aldi (inJEdib.). Venet, 8vo. 1522. This edition, to which Nepos is joined according to Ernesti, is compiled from certain ancient editions, MSS., and conjectural emendations ; it was reprinted by the Junta in 1525, which edition is said by Gra>- vius to be of considerable authority ; the Aldine pub- YOL. II. © ? 8 JUSTINUS. lic&tlon is entitled to all the praise which Grsevius be- stows on that of the Juntas. See Ernesti, Fabr. B.L. t. iii. 63; Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No, 4742; Pinell. No. 7696. I will just add, that Renouard notices this Aldine edition in his " Table des Auteurs," tom. ii. ; but does not specify it in chronological order. See L'lmp. des Aide, t. i. 161, 167* Du Val. Paris. 8vo. 1581. Dr Harwood pronounces this edition to be cc rare and valuable." According to Ernesti, Bongarsius, who was the editor (and whose name appears in some complimentary verses on the historian, by R. Massa- cus), has deserved well of his author by printing this valuable edition from the Cuicean, Puteanean, and six other MSS., accompanied with learned notes, 57 pages of various readings, and chronological tables; but, say the Bipont editors, " intempestivo emendandi studio abreptus aliquando Bongarsius, Jo. Scheffero judice, in pejus textum immutavit." A copy of this edition, which was printed by Du Val, is in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 4746; and Bibl. Askev. No. 2177 : it was neither in the Pinelli nor Crevenna col- lections, and has escaped De Bure. In the Crache- rode collection there is a beautiful copy on large paper, in morocco, ruled with red lines. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1650-59. Amsh 1669. These editions were preceded by those of Boxhorn, 1635-45 60, and Vossius's of 1640, republished in 1673 ; all of them printed by the Elzevirs, but of no particular value. Of the above Variorum editions, which contain chiefly the notes of Thysius and Schre* velius, the latter, printed by the Elzevirs, is an elegant and correct book. JUSTIXUS. ' ig Giuevh. Traj. Rhen. 8vo. l668> 1?08. Ejusd. Lug. Bat. Svo. i683, 1701. Amst. 1691. These editions, containing the variorum notes and those of Grasvius, are much superior to the preced- es- 9r£evius WaS the first man who> on the basis of the Aldme edition as reprinted by the Junta, corrected the errors of Bongarsius, and formed the text of Justin by sober critical rules : the four last editions are preferable, as they contain the notes of Faber * Vorst.us f, and Scheffer J. See Edit. Bipont. Notit. liter, p. xxxm. Hearnii. Oxon. 8vo. ]?03. " A very good edition," says Harwood : it was compiled from four MSS., and has short notes and va- nous readings. Of the MSS. Hearne does not sav much in praise j the reader will find an extract con- cerning them from the editor's own words, in Er- nesti's Fair. B. L. t. iii. 65, which the Bipont edi- tors have quoted. Hearne's edition was preceded by an Oxford one m 121110. 1684, with various reading from an Oxford and Cambridge MS., the latter com- municated bv Gale. J Gronovii. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 17 19-60. These are very accurate and elegant editions, and greatly superior to all that preceded them : the latter is the more valuable edition, both from the quantity of matter it contains, and its correctness, as Grono- vius was but a very young man when he published the * Published Salmur. 8vo. 1668-71. f Berol. 8vo. 1673. „*J?|5'L 8vo~ l6?8.5 " P,enis ilBs audaclssimarum conjecto, rarum I" says Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. iii. 6S. C 2 20 JUSTINUS. former one. The edition of 1760 is considered as a standard work, in which the text of the author, with select and valuable notes, is given with great purity and accuracy. The preface is well worth the student's perusal, though Ernesti has justly remarked that it might have given better information concerning the ancient editions of Justin. Consult also Ed. Bipont. Not. lit. xxxiii-viii. Fischeri. Lipsiae. 8vo. 175/. A very useful and respectable edition, formed on Burman's of 1722, which was published without notes, but with various readings and an excellent preface. In the preface of this edition, by Fischer, a good deal of valuable information may be acquired respecting the MSS. and early editions of this his- torian. Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. iii. 66-7 \ Edit. Bi- pont. p. xxxiii. — . Bipont. 8to. 1784. Argent. 8vo.l802. The Typographical Society, now removed from Deuxponts to Strasburg, have published these two serviceable editions, of which the latter is the more correctly and elegantly printed. The text has re- ceived particular illustration from the ancient edition of Udal Gallus before noticed ; and where it differs from Gronovius, it follows this ancient and very valu- able publication. Preceding the body of the work there is an excellent account of the MSS. and editions of Justin, in thirty-three pages : at the end are M Ex- cerptiones Chronologies," and a copious index. 21 JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS, A. C. 82, 65. Vind. Spira. Venet. Fol. 1470. Editio princeps : without printer's name, but De Bure rightly supposes it to have been printed by Vindelin de Spira; though in La Valliere's Catalogue, No. 2523, it is said to have been printed by Jenson, from the resemblance of the type to that of the " De- cor Puellarum*:" Count Revickzky decides in favour of the former, as the diphthong as, used by the latter, is not found throughout the work. See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 97. A copy of this editio princeps was sold at Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1707 ; at the Crevenna, No. 4034. In Mr. Edwards's Cat. of 1 790, No. 940, it is marked at 21Z. Ruperti, editor of the excellent edition of 1801 (from which I shall frequently quote), is incor- rect in calling it sine anni notd> although supported by some catalogues : the date, according to the best bibliographers, "is 1470; and Panzer states the colo- * This is the famous work on which Maittaire passes so warm an eulogium : it is supposed to have been printed in 146 1 ; but, according to later authorities and the soundest con- jectures, it appears pretty certain that there has been a mate- rial mistake in the omission of a letter of the date ; that is to say, instead of m.cccc.lxxi. it is dated m.cccc.lxi. All the accounts we have of Jerison warrant us in concluding that he did not begin to print earlier than 1470- In Mr. Edwards's Catalogue of 1790, Nos. la and 2354? this curious work is to be found " a most perfect and fair copy, the leaves all original, and fine margin," valued at 15/. 15J. ; it is followed by another work, " Fior de Virtu," exactly corresponding with the type of the " Decor Puellarum ;"— " it is an edition," says Mr. Ed- wards, " which I do not find noticed by any bibliographer," marked at 3/. 3/. On looking into Haym, Notiz. de Libr.rar. p. 226, the earliset edition of the " Fior de Virtu" is dated 149* ; and Panzer, t. iii. 105, notices none earlier than 1474* G3 22 JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS.. phon precisely, ending with m.ccco.lxx. There is a copv in the Bodleian library, and in the Cracherode collection. In the Bibl, Crevenna the Satires of Per- mis accompany this edition. Udal. Gallus. Romae. Fol. , A superb copy of this edition, which by some is supposed to be the edit, prin., was sold atDr'. Askew's sale, No. 21 T2, for 13 J. 13.9. Laire, Spec. 135, note/; concludes it to have been printed in 1469: it is rather a large quarto than folio. Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. 40* imagines that the « Persius" was not printed at the same time with the Juvenal. « How this edition dif- fers from the preceding one," says Ruperti, "'and whether or not it be more valuable, I am unable to determine, as no critic has hitherto sufficiently de. scribed it." ' Beuilaqua. Venet, Fol. -. This very uncommon edition, according to Ruperti was inspected by Reck; and it exhibits almost exactly the same readings as are contained in the Venetian edition of 1492, by Locatelius. Ruperti places this edition immediately after Callus's: Maittaire, Audif- iredi, and Panzer, were ignorant of it. Petri Villje, Brixiae, Fol. 1473. This very rare edition*, says Audiffredi (Edit. ItaL p. 137), was unknown to Maittaire, Orlandi, and De Pure : Cardinal Quirini was the first man who an- * " Non parum sibi gaudeat," says Morelli, « Antomus- Crevenna, quod et ipse eundem possideat." At the Crevenna sale. No. 4035, the copv was bought in : it is described at larea in the Catalog, raison. de M* Crevenna, vol. iii. p, 343. JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. 2S nounced it to the literary world t. Ruperti complains that no one has yet collated it, so that its critical value cannot be ascertained. See, too, Tiraboschi, Storia della Lett. t. vi. pt. i. p. 440, as referred to by Pan- zer, t. i. 243. At the Pinelli sale, No, 9539, this edition was purchased by Mr. Pownall for 11/. 115. A copy is in the Bodleian library. An edition of Juvenal, with the Heroic Epistles of Ovid, was published at Monteregal, fol. 1473, by Mathias and Corderius, printers. It is a small folio volume, in the Roman character, without signa- tures, catchwords, or numerals; and is described by Panzer, t. ii. 146, who, however, takes his account from the Bibl. Crevenn. No. 4052, where it is mi- nutely specified. The first verse will afford a specimen of some of the contractions of ancient editions. (S) Emper ego auditor tm ? nuq ue reponam. Andreas Gallus. Ferrar. 4to. 1474. A copy of this edition, which I have not found mentioned by Ruperti, was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 9540, for 3/. 13s. 6d. The following is the quaint colophon of the work : " Impressi Andreas hoc opus : cui Francia nomen Tradidit: at civis Ferrariensis ego. Herculeo felix Ferraria tuta manebat Numine: perfectus cum liber iste fuit." See Panzer, t. i. 394, who borrows his account from Maittaire, t. i. 339. Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1474. See Saxii Hist* Typog. litt. Mediol. p. 561 ; Catal. Bibi. Schwarz. t. ii. 144; Maittaire, t. i. 340; De »™ 1 ...... . I, . .. .. ,1 ,, . 1, ,,,.„,. 1 ...„ .,.,,„„ 1 » f In Epist. ad Saxium, 4to. p. 88 ; et De Brixiana Lit. p. i» c 4 24 JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. Bure, t. Hi. 376* "Neither this nor any of the Milan editions/' says Ruperti, " have I have been able to procure, notwithstanding all my endeavours. I wish that some able scholar, into whose hands they may fall, would examine them with critical attention." Jac. Rubeus. Venet. Fol. 1475. Sine Persia. This is a very valuable and rare edition, as it pre-, sents us, for the first time, with " the commentaries of Domitius Calderinus." It is singular that the text of the poet is dated 1475, bllt the commentary, -which surrounds it as a sort of frame, is dated 1474*. The volume concludes with nineteen pages of com- mentary, by way of summary, printed in a larger letter than that which surrounds the text, of the same size as the text itself. Ruperti treats fully of this edition under the title of Roma? 1474 (which is the date of the summary only, just specified), and the Cat, de la Valliere, No. 2531, affords a very accurate de- scription of it; the paper is firm and tolerably good ; the type is neither remarkable for its elegance of form, ■"""■■'■ • ■- ■ .-..,..-, -.■.,..■.■,. * In the edition of this date which was sold at Dr. Askew's sale. Dr. Harwood informs us that Mr. Wodhull found the text ef Juvenal dated 1481, and the commentaries which followed of the date of 1474. May it not therefore be probable that the original edition of Calderinus's commentaries appeared in 1474, without the text of Juvenal ; and that subsequent printers, in making use of it, still kept up the form of the original date ? To the text of Rubeus in 1*475, and to that of Dr. Harweod's in 1481, there appears the same date to the commentaries— Roma?, 1474 ! " The mode of dating, and consequent errors of catalogues," says Mr. Wqdhull, in a late letter to me, "is by no means peculiar to Dr. Askew's editions. I have observed the same in those of Venet. 1475, and Lugd. 1490. The printer's date stands in the interior compartment, under the last line of the author's text : that of the comment being finished, « edit* * Romas, 1474/ occurs at the bottom of the page." JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. 35 nor clearness of execution. See too Bibl. Mason, pt. i. No. 473; and Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. 157. Having myself inspected this book, I have been able to speak with accuracy of its contents. For the com- mentaries of Calderinus, there are few learned men who profess any veneration ; according to Ruperti, they are replete with absurd illustrations and gramma- tical subtilties ; they were incorporated into many subsequent editions. A copy of this Venetian or Roman edition was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 21 1 1 ; and at La Valliere's. Before the early editions of Juvenal and Persius are dismissed, it may be proper to mention one sine ulla notd, which is esteemed very rare and valuable in the Bibl. Pinell. No. 9541, and which was purchased by Mr. Knight for 8Z. 8s. : whether this be the same as appears in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 4005, I will not pretend to determine. Consult Panzer, t. iv, 149, 150. , Aldus. Venet. 8vo. 1501-35. According to Renouard, there were two editions of the date of 1501, composed from different MSS. One is without the anchor (the device of Aldus), has no numerals, and the subscription at bottom is printed in Italics; the other contains the anchor, has numerals, and the subscription is printed in capital letters. Ru- perti erroneously supposed the first Aldine edition to be without year, #s the Greek characters in the 6th and 9th Satires were found wanting in the one sine anninotd; but Renouard has properly corrected this error, by informing us that the dateless edition was printed at Lyons, and is a counterfeit of the Aldine : having no Greek characters in their printing-office, the Lyonese were obliged to omit them altogether. Of one of the editions printed in 1501 (but which k 20 JUVEKALIS ET PERSIUS. not specifically stated), a most admirable character is given by Ruperti : the eulogy of Heyne on the Aldine edition of Virgil, of I5J4> may be well transferred, says he, to this present one of Juvenal. " Emenda- tissima est editio, ad meliores haud dubie libros, tarn scnptos quam editos, recensita." It is printed in the Italic letter, and forms a companion to the Horace and Virgil of the same date. A copy on vellum was sold at La Valliere's sale for 240 livres ; a small sum if in perfect condition ! His Majesty has a copy on vellum, and I saw a very beautiful one in the library of Lord Spencer. Collectors are fond of possessing a copy of each of these poets of this date, upon vellum ; they form, indeed, very brilliant gems in the most sumptuous collections. The edition of 1535, published by Paul Manutius, is not celebrated for its worth or its rarity. Junta. Florent. 8vo. 1507. " I regret," says Ruperti, " that no one has yet critically examined this edition, as I do not recollect to have seen any other by Philip Junta : the text is probably taken from the Aldine. " It was unknown to Bandini. Dr. Harwood mentions an edition by Junta, of the date of 1 5 1 3 ; and in the Bibl. Folkes. and Croft- sian. No. [824, there is another of 1519. Consult Bauer in Bibl. Libr. rarior. t. ii. 216; Catal, BibL J. A. Emesti (Lips. 1788), p. 188; and Bandini, Annal. Juntar. pt. ii. 48. 138: the first edition of 1507 is not specified. Knoblouch. Venet. 4to. 1518. " Prsedara et nova Juvenal is recensio, quse textum quidem Aidinum pro fundamento posuit; sed multa in €0 ex antiquis libris correxit. Recusa est an. 1527^ JTJVENALIS ET PERS1US, 2? 8vo. sed quis ei praefuerit vir doctus, haud compertum habeo." Ruperti, p, cxcu. Coltn^eus. Paris. 8vo. 1528-35-42. " Ex editionibus Aldinis, cum annotatiunculis in margine." These editions contain some good emen- dations^ and the readings are sometimes preferable to those of the Aldine : the annotations are by Curio. A copy of theirs* edition of Colinaeus, cor. turc. was sold at Mr. Croft's sale, No. 1825, for 15s. Gryphius. Lugd. 8vo. J 538-45. The Bipont editors describe the text of these editions as agreeing, generally, with the Aldine; the ortho- graphy and construction of passages are sometimes dif- ferent : they have good readings. Frobejnt. Basil. 8vo. 1551. This edition, printed by one of Froben's sons, is noticed by Ruperti as containing the Scholia of Curio. " Scholia ilia pauca tantum et brevia, sunt, sed passim bona et utilia, quse tamen magis Rritannico*, quam poetas profuerunt." Henninius, in his edition of 1085, more particularly discusses the Scholia of Curio, and the merits of Britannicus. This edition of 1551 is scarce, Pulmanni. Antwerp. 8vo. 1505. Printed by Plantin. The editor, Pulmannus, was originally a baker at Antwerp. He is not very re- spectably mentioned by Ruperti, in his elaborate ac- * Britannicus was the editor of the work. He pub- lished an edition of Juvenal, with notes, containing the com* mentary of Calderinus, at Brixia, fol. 1501. See Fabr. BibL Lat, edit. 1731, t. i. 454. For a very favourable character of Britannicus, consult HUt> Fabr. BibL t. iii. jao. 28 JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. count of this edition ; although in the HisL Bill. Fair* I. iii. 520, he is called u insignis philologicus ! !" JPithoei. Lutet. 8vo. 1585. Printed by Patisson. " Editio praestantissima," says Ruperti, " et inter emendatissimas referenda." Seven closely printed pages of observations are devoted by Ruperti to this edition, who concludes with regret- ting the time wasted in investigating the Scholia of ancient MSS. Mr. Payne, in his Catalogue of i8oi> has valued this scarce and excellent edition at i$s. Lubini. Hanov. 4 to. 1 603-13. " A most excellent edition to explain Juvenal," says Harwood. The Hist. Fair. Bill, t. iii. 521, gives a very favourable character of the critical talents of Lubinus ; yet Ruperti declares him to be unequal to the task of editing Juvenal : " Impar fuit talibus ausis — vanam seepe alienamque' ostentat doctrinam, quae multa turn obscura non inlustrat, turn satis clara et perspicua, alienis luminibus adfusis obfuseat." He goes on to consider Lubinus as inferior to Pithoeus, Schrevelius, Marshall, and others ; and says he is fortified in his opinion by the authority of Henninius. The criticisms of Henninius and Ruperti will unques- tionably outweigh the eulogiums of John Fabricius and Harwood, and we must therefore dissent from the Bibl. Sarraziana*, No. 1752 (lilri in quarto) 5 in calling it " editio omnium accuratissima." II. Stephanus. Lutet. 8vo. l6l3-l6. Printed by R. Stephens the younger. .These edi- * The edition is there said to be printed by Morell, Lutet. t6t% and the name of Lubinus does not appear in the title of the work ; yet I have been informed, probably not from very accurate data, that the edition is that of Lubinus. JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. 2 Q tlons, especially the latter, are classical and correct, and the type is beautiful. To the edition of 1616 is prefixed the Dissertation of Rigaltius concerning the Satire of Juvenal. Variorum. L. Bat. 8vo. 1648-58-64-71-84. The text of these editions is compiled by Schrevc- lius : the latter is called " very correct and valuable" by Harwood. The edition of 1664 is reviewed at large by Ruperti, and not greatly extolled 5 the edition of 1*684, in fine condition, is scarce and sells high. The " Index Verborum" to Persius, according to Wetstein, the printer, is new, and occupies the last eighteen pages of the book. Henninii. Traject. 4to. 1085. ff Edition tres bonne, et regardee par les S^arans commelameilleurequiait ete donneejusqu'i present." Cited from De Bure in the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 98. The character of Henninius, as an editor of Juvenal, stands high in the literary world, and this valuable edition will never be in want of purchasers. " Pns- stantissimani Juvenalis editionem debemus V. C. Cbristiano Henninio," says J. A. Fabricius in his Bibl. Lat. edit. 1721, t. i. 453. Henninii. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1695. This edition is severely satirized by Ruperti, who refers to the opinion of Le Clerc in Bill, ancienne et wioderne, which condemns Henninius in the most pointed and unqualified manner. I do not see how Ruperti can consistently subscribe to the condemna- tion of Henninius, as he has generally adduced his opinion either in support of his own, or by way of illustration of preceding editions. This work is highly praised in the Hist. Bill Fair. I. iii* 518. Of the 30 JUVENALIS ET PERSIUS. Persius, which was Casaubon's own production, and first published in 1605, it is observed in the eighty- second page of the Scaligeriana, speaking of Casa'u- bon-s Commentary*, " la sauce vant mieux que lepois- son. - Mr. keU ca]Is it « by faj. ^ hes? ^-^ f these authors extant." Marshall. Lond. 8yo. 1723. Unnoticed by Harwood, and seldom found in cata- logues. From the review of it by Ruperti, it may be considered a neat, correct, and useful edition. Hawkey. Dublin. 4to. 1746. Said to be " a very correct and beautiful edition," by Harwood, who, however, calls it a duodecimo in- stead of a quarto. At the Pinelli sale, No. qc7o a copy was purchased by Count Revickzky. What is rather surprising, Ruperti has not noticed a single edi- tion of the date of 1746. b Foulis. Glasguae. 8vo. 1746-50. According to Harwood, the last is a very correct edition : a good copy is worth seven or eight shillings. * Joseph Scaliger, in his epistles to Casaubon, mentions the Commentary on Persius with admiration and rap\uiT« Tan- dem exoptetissimus Persius tuns medms-tertius mihi redditSs fait : atque adeo totur, sum in eo legendo. Si qui sunt, ut sane nonpaua sunt, qui ad illius poetl adyta pe^etras e puten"! tuo Commen arm momt! tarn ab eo abesse fateanturnec^se es quanta proprius sese accessisse putabant. Quanta in pretio s auctoro hmfiierit, Quintilianus et Martialis testes sunt! &c!-l Tu luculenta ,11a espYanatione fedsti, ut mihi non solum mi- nus propter se, sed et melior propter te videatur, &c.-Tu iMi scnpton animam deAsti, &c." Epist. Scalig. civ. : and aga n, epist. cv. « Tuus Perrfus mirifice me capit. Tuns *SS 5T3E? TdXT' a quo antea a,ienuseram> concU JUVEWALIS. ET PERSIUS. 3t Sandby. Cantab. 8vo. 1 763* With numerous plates, from antique gems, &c. The edition is well printed, and forms a respectable companion to the Horace and Virgil published in the same style. Collectors are fond of large paper co- pies, in fine condition. . Manheim. 12mo. 1781. With the life of Juvenal and the Synopsis of Gran- geus at the end of the volume : the editions of Henni- nius and Casaubon are faithfully followed. — . Bipont. 8vo. 1785. A neat and useful edition. It contains the lives of the two poets, attributed to Suetonius ; the arguments of the Satires ; and an enlarged Notitia literaria, from Fabricius and Ernesti. The u Index Verborum" not only explains obscure and doubtful passages, but praises the remarks and moral sentiments of Juvenal and Persius. Ruperti. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1801. 2 vols. Without Persius. I rejoice that the moment is now arrived when i am to notice, in order, this excellent and elaborate edition, from which 1 have so often, and I hope advantageously, borrowed bibliographical information on the comparative merits of preceding ones. The first volume, after presenting us with an engraved title-page, ornamented with a vignette, con- tains 264 pages of introductory matter ; namely, a Preface; Life of Juvenal ; of the Satires of the Ro- -mans; of the Satires of Lucilius, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius ; Index of the MSS. of Juvenal ; Index of the editions, and the various Translations (both of which Indexes occupy about ninety pages) ; Testimo- nies of the Ancients in favour of Juvenal ; and Argu- 32 LtVlUS. roents of the Satires. These treatises are followed bf the text of Juvenal, with short notes at bottom illus- trative of the phraseology and punctuation : the text comprehends 341 pages. It is succeeded by ct Ex- cursus ad quasdam Juvenalis Loca/' which occupied fifty pages ; and the volume is concluded by a copious and admirable " Index Rerum et Verborum," com- prehending 270 pages; so that the entire first volume contains 925 pages. The second volume, which is not so bulky, presents us with a rich fund of Variai Lectiones, Annotationes, &c. &c. It is, upon the whole, a very learned and valuable edition of Juvenal, and contains more information of the author than is to be found in any other edition extant. Some copies are struck off on fine paper, and sell high : it is to be regretted that the common paper copies are not sold at a moderate price. In the year 1803 Kcenigius published Persius alone, with a proeme concerning the life, manner, and writings of the poet 5 with an ample commentary, 0% Dotes. LIVIUS. A.C. 17. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romas. Fol. — — ♦ Editio princeps ; and published about the year 1469. Laire thought the subsequent edition by Gallus anterior to it ; but AudifFredi, Edit, Rom. p. 25, in a very learned disquisition, is decidedly of opinion that the first publication of Livy was by Sweynheym and Pannartz. Harles, in his Introd. Lit. Rom. t, ii# 418, gives entire credit to Laire; but in his SuppL Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 309, he concides with AudifFredi 2 the Bipont editors erroneously agree with Laire -and 9 LiviUS; 33 Harles's first opinion. A fine copy of this work is in the public library at Nuremberg, bound in three volumes. See Rossi, p. 67. Lord Spencer is also in possession of a fine copy, which was formerly in the Bib!. Revick. Suppl. p. 13. See a copy, with the initials finely illuminated, in Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 859, where it is called " the most beautiful edi- tion of Livy that, perhaps, ever was published, at least before the commencement of the eighteenth cen- tury. " In the Imperial library, at Vienna, there was an exquisite copy on vellum, which is now in the possession of Mr. Edwards, of Pall Mall. It is per- haps the most magnificent volume of an ancient classic in the world. Udalricus Gallus. Romae. Fol. — — . Editlo secunda. Fabricius, Ernesti, and Maittaire, supposed this edition to have been printed in 1471 ; Rossi, in 1472; but Laire, Spec. p. 160, and Audif- fredi, Edit. Rom. p. 32, decide it not to be posterior to 1470. At La Valliere's sale, a copy in morocco, 7, vols, was purchased by Count Revickzky for 416 livres (see Bibl. Revickzk. p. 36) : it is now in Lord Spencer's collection. At the Crevenna sale, No. 6233, it was sold for 250 florins : a copy is in the Bodleian library. Vind. Spira. Venet. Fol. 1470. " Cette edition est prodigieusement rare, et tres re- cherchee; Pexecution en est magnifique, et on la re- garde comme un chef-d'oeuvre dePexcellent imprimeur qui Pa mise au jour." De Bure, No. 4801. This description is not overcharged ; it is one of the most rare and beautiful productions of the fifteenth century, and will immortalize the typographical talents of Spira. In the library of Lord Spencer I saw a magnificent vol, 11. £» 54 LIVIUS. copy of it in three large volumes, which struck me as being one of the finest works I had ever beheld. A very fine copy is in His Majesty's collection from the Bibl, Smithiana, p. cclxxiij, where it is thus styled, " fol. magno, 3 vol. lig. Holl. pulcherrima editio, cum minia- turis aifabre elaboratis in principio uniuscujusque tomi appositis." See too Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 1242 J Bibl. Pinell. No. 7724, which last splendid and illumi- nated copy was purchased by Mr. Knight for 54Z. 12s. : in the catalogues of Mr. Edwards, 1796, and Mr. Evans, 1802, this edition is to be found in very elegant bind- ing. The Duke de la Valliere was in possession of a copy on vellum, which is perhaps unique and in- valuable : it was not sold with his other books, having been lent him during life from the public library at Lyons, and on his death it was returned to that place. In the Cracherode collection there is a very sumptuous paper copy in two volumes* Sweyn. et Pannarts* Romae. Fol. 1472. A very beautiful illuminated copy of this fourth tdition of Livy, cuin Flori Epitome, in three volumes, may be seen in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 4639. Audiffredi observes that he has seen two copies of inn work, but without any prefatory epistle, so that the editor remains unknown : it is an edition of very rare occurrence, and was unknown to Fabricius and Ernesti. The following are among the most rare and valuable of the remaining editions of Livy in the fifteenth cen~ tury : Phil, de Lavagnia. Mediol. Fol. 1478. Of this edition a fine illuminated copy was pur- chased at the Piuelli sale, No. 7725, by Mr, Ed- Lmtrs. 3S wards. Saxius, in Hist. lit. Typog. Mediol. p. 569, enters pretty largely into the detail of it, Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1480. A beautiful and rare edition, considered as the chef- d'oeuvre of Zarotus. See De Bure, No. 4804. An illuminated copy was sold for 400 livres at La Valliere's sale ; and a fine one at the Pinelli, No. 7726* Its in- trinsic value is considerable. Manzolinus. Tarvis. Fol. 1480. This edition is erroneously supposed to have been printed at Parma, by Drakenborch, Orlandi, and the compilers of the Harleian Catalogue ; whereas, it is the first edition of Livy printed at Treves. See Edit* Bipont. p. ci. 5 Panzer, t. iii. 37, and the authorities there cited. Minutiani. Mediol. Fol. J 505. The editor and printer of tkis edition was Minu- tianus, to whom we are indebted for the editio prin- ceps of Cicero. In his dedication to Carolus Jaffredus, Minutiaaus observes u se non imitatorem esse eorum temeritateni, qui omnia corrigere ac emendare profi- tentur : sed quae sibi aut dubia aut obscura visa fuerunt, ea se intentate reliquisse, lit per pristina dictionum aliqua vestigia vera et sincera lectio investigari possit." In his dedication of Claudian to the same person, speaking of this edition of Livy, he emphatically re- marks, " sex in toto Livio vulnerum millibus a me curatis, aut splenio contectis." According to De Bure, No. 4805, it is rather a scarce work : a damaged copy was sold at La Valliere's sale : see No. 4858, and Edit. Bipont. p. cv. This work has escaped Ernesti and Harles. P 2 30 LIVIUS. Carbachii. Mogunt. Fol. 1518. Cum Flori Epitome. This scarce and valuable work, printed by SchuefTer, Fust's grandson, fixes a new aera in the editions of Livy. The 33d book, with the first seventeen chapters almost effaced, and the 40th, from the 37th chapter*, were first made known to the world in the present publication ; they were taken " e Cod. antiq. Langobardicis litteris (in mem- brana) scripto S. Martini illius urbis." See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 282. This MS., of the present existence of which we are ignorant, was carefully re- vised and collated by Carbachius with the printed editions, from which he found it vary in two hundred places. Consult Edit. Bipont. t. i. ex.; and Mait- taire, t. ii. 333, who has extracted the Privilege of the Emperor Maximilian granted to Schceffer, the Pre- face of Erasmus, and the Advertisement of Carbachius to the Reader. A copy is in the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 39; and Bibh Crevenn. No. 6238. Aldi (InsEdib.).Venet. 8vo. 1518, &c. 5 vols. The five volumes of this edition bear the following dates — 1518-19-20-21-23: these volumes are some- times bound in four, and sometimes in three. See De Bure, No. 4806 ; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 62395 Bibl. Harleian. vol, i. No. 4659. Andreas Asulanus, the father-in-law of Aldus, published the edition, which is taken from certain MSS. and the Ment£ edition just described : the five volumes, as minutely described by the Bipont editors, are of rare occurrence ; Lord Spencer purchased them at the Pinelli sale, No. 7729. Consult Harles, hitrod. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 421. * The Bipont editors say this edition contains the last part of the 33d book, and the following ones to the end of the 40th t Ernesti says pars posterior libri XL. a capite % 7. LIV1U3. 37 The second Aldine edition * was published in fol. 1520. It is a reprint of the octavo one, and is rare, according to Renouard, but not equal to Manutius's edition of 1555. See a copy in Bibl. Crevenn. No, 62405 Bibl. Pinel!. No. 7730. Gryn^ei. Basil. Fol. 1531. Printed in Froben's office. This is the first edition of Livy which presents us with the 41st, 43d, 43d, 44th, and 45th books; these books were published by Simon Grynaeus (of whom Erasmus has ^iven a very excellent character), from a MS. now in The Imperial library at Vienna, written about the fifth century, and esteemed one of the most valuable in the world, ac- cording to Lambinus's Comment, de Biblioth. Find. lib. ii. c. 8 : this MS., however, has not yet been sufficiently collated. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 283 ; Edit. Bipont. cxviii, where there is a copious account from Gronovius's edition of 1679, Praef. t. i. ; and Drakenborch's edition, t. ii. 335. Pan- zer, t. vi. 280, observes of this work, u edi'tio prin- ceps tertiae dassis, eaque rarissima." See Bibl. Har- Jeian. vol. iii. No. 907 ; Bibl. Revickzk. p. 39 ; Bibl. Pinell. No. 7732. Paul Manutius. Venet. Fol. 1555. This is one of the many editions which were pub- * From these Aldine editions were published the following ; — Junta. Florent. 8vo. 1522. Fol. 1532. See Bibl. Crevenn. No. 6241 ; Edwards's Cat. 1796, No. 3271 ; Maittaire, t. iL 771. The octavo edition is not noticed by Panzer and Mait- taire, but is stated in Banditti's Annal. Juntarum> t. ii. 175. — ■ Soteris. Colon. Fol. 1525. A correct edition; erroneously attributed to Sobius, by Fabricius, Ernesti, and other bibliogra- phers.— Cernicorni. Colon. Fol. 1528. An indifferent edi* tion. See JEmesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. 283. D 3 38 LIVIUS. lished^with the annotations of SraoNius— " qua* qui- dem," says Harles, " nonnullorum bilem moverunt." Kenouard says it is an elegantly printed book, but is rarely to be found in good condition. At Mr. Bridges'* sale a superb copy of this edition, on large paper, was sold for the extraordinary sum of -zcl. ios. See BibJ. Bridges, p. 69 *. J Corvinus. Francof. ad Mcen. Fol. J 068. An uncommon and magnificent edition : it has a number of curious wood-cuts, and the typography is exceedingly splendid. The connoisseur will discover many singular traits in the engravings^-the bustle of a battle and solemnity of a march are sometimes well represented— but he will smile on finding camions and lombs introduced in a Roman siege. The text is printed with frequent contractions, but, from what I have perused, it is not incorrect. The engravings, and general splendour of the volume, will always render it a great acquisition to the library of the curious. Cor- ^ vinus published the magnificent edition of Cxsvr, mentioned at p. 227, vol. i. ante. D. Heinsii. L. Bat. i2mo. 1634. 5 vol. Printed by the Elzevirs, from Grater's edition of 1628, with additional errors. De Bure, No. 4808, has incautiously observed that this edition is preferred to the following one of Gronovius, which is contrary to the unanimous opinion of the. best scholars and critics. Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 423. * The numerous editions by Modius and Gruter, which latter editor first divided the books of Livy into chapters,, are not particularly distinguished for their intrinsic excellence : th(e reader will find a minute and tediously elaborate account <>£ them in the Bipont edition, Oronovji. Lug. Bat. l2mo. 1645-65- 3 vols. Ejusd. Ibid. 8vo. 1679. 3 vols. Printed by the Elzevirs. These are the excellent editions of Gronovius, of which the first is a very neat and valuable one, but the last is generally esteemed the edit. opt. ; the first, however, contains some use- ful notes and remarks which were omitted in the last, and for this reason collectors usually procure the two editions : the text is divided into chapters, which was wanting in Heinsius's edition. Of the edition of 1679, which is correctly and beautifully printed, copies are now become scarce and sell high : Harles thus observes on it — "jure habetur optima — et in- signe exemplum scriptorum Latinorum diligenter ad- curateque tractandorum. Addi tamen debet liber novus observationum Gronov. Daventr. i2mo. 1652 j sive liber quartus in altera Gronovianarum observa- tionum editione, a Frid. Platnero, Lipsise, 8vo. 1755, curata: in quo permulta Livii loca copiosius et dili* gentius excutiuntur atque explicantur." See Fabr Bibl. Lat. edit. 1721, t. i. 188 ; Ernesti's Idem, t. u 285; Harles, lntrod. Lit. Rom. t. i. 423. Hearnii. Oxon. 8vo. 1708. 6 vols. " This is a very accurate edition," says Dr. Har* wood, " and does honour to that industrious anti- quary." The text is from Gronovius, and the edition is compiled from the collation of many MSS., con- taining various readings subjoined to each page. To the sixth volume, besides some new and accurate in- dexes, are added the supplement of Doujat to the de- fects of the five last books, a few notes of Hearne, and the dissertation of Dodwell, " De Fragmento Li- viano." Consult Ernesti, Fabr. B. L, t, i. 286 j Edit, Bipont. t, i. exu *> 4 40 LIVIUS. Clerici. Amst. l2mo. 1710. 10 vota An inaccurate edition, the errors of which are pointed out by Drakenborch : it was republished, equally incorrect, by Matthew Gesner, Lipsiae, 8vo. 1735. See Ernesti and Harles. Maittairii. Lond. J2mo. 1722. 6 vols. €t I read this edition of Livy by Maittaire when I was seventeen," says Dr. Harwood, " and I remem- ber that I then thought it the best edition of Livy that ever was published/' It was reprinted in 1749 by the same printers (Tonson and Watts), in 7 vols. nmo. and is pronounced by De Bure, No. 4817, to be Ci edition tres jolie, et bien exeeutee." Crevieri. Paris. 4 to. 1735, &c. 6 vols. te This edition/' says Gibbon *', " contains a sen- sible life of the historian, a judicious selection of the best remarks on his work, and displays as much intel- ligence as taste on the part of the editor." The Bipont edition has copied the critique of Ernesti, who says of the notes, " breves et sifte ostentatione doctrinae, in- terdum tamen leviores et tironibus quam viris aptiores:" the subsequent remarks of Ernesti are very much in favour of the work. It was reprinted at Paris, nmo. 1746; and at Padua, 8vo. 1759. See Ernesti, Fabt\ JJ.L. t. i. 286; Edit. Bipont. t. i. cxlvi. Drakenborchii. Amst. 4to. 1738. 7 tols. The labours of Drakenborch have entitled his edition to a superiority over every preceding one. Ernesti, Harles, and the Bipont editors, are unanimous in their approbation of this truly critical production, the seventh volume of which is allowed to contain a va- * Posthumous Works, vol. ii. iza. LIVIUS. 41 riety of useful information respecting the editions of Livy. The first six volumes present us with the text of Gronovius, and Freinshem's supplement*, accom- panied hy the learned notes of the editor. Harles, how- ever, thus observes : " Neque diffitendum est, im- mensam Gronovii ac Drakenborchii diligentiam stu- diumque maxime laudabile nondum efficasse, ut nulla omnino ulcera residerent : itmno vero, ut postea vide- bimus, multi qua^dam viderunt, iisque sanandis admo- verunt manus !" Mr. Gibbon remarks, " This edi- tion may be considered, notwithstanding the prolixity of the commentaries, as a good repertory.' ' Mr. Kett has, I think, thus judiciously observed of it: "The edition of Drakenborch is certainly deserving the at- tention of every scholar; but the notes are so prolix and numerous, relating chieflv to points of verbal cri- ticism, that they frequently fatigue and perplex, instead of informing the reader." Some copies are struck off on large paper, and bring a very consideralbe price. The work is beautifully printed, Ruddiman. Edinb. l2mo. 1751. 4 vols. The following are the observations of Dr. Harwood : u I have, within these three years, had occasion to read this edition of Livv twice through, and I cheer- fully pass this sentence upon it ; that it is one of the most accurate editions of Livy ever published. Edin- burgh has as great reason to triumph in the immacu- late purity of this edition of Livy, as Glasgow has to boast of the spotless perfection of the edition of Horace they published in 1744." Some copies of this work are printed on fine paper \ at the sale of Mons. dTIan- gard, in 1789, a beautiful copy of Ruddiman's Livyf of this kind, was sold for 200 livres. See Diet. r» 1 — — . . - — — — . ■"» ' -« * first published in the Belphin edition of 1679* 42 liyius Bihliographique, t. iv. 262. Ruddiman was in his 77th year, with his eye- sight much injured, when he produced this beautiful and accurate edition. See Mr. G. Chalmers's Life of Ruddiman, p. 242-3, An edition of Livy was published at Edinburgh in. 1764 and 1772, i2mo. : the latter is incorrect and badly printed : neither of thein approach within many degrees the edition of 1751, which owes its reputation to the typographical skill and erudition of Ruddiman. A. G. Ernesti. LipsicC. 8vo. 1769. 3 vols. Ejusdem. Ibid. 8vo. 1801-4. 5 vols. This edition, which' is dispatched by Harwood with the exclamation of " Song -book paper /" is respectably mentioned by J. A. Ernesti and Harles : the former says it contains an excellent Glossary, which may be useful to learned men as well as students. It has also the fragment of the 91st book, which was first published by Brims, from the Vatican library; and, in the margin, the chronology is inserted from Crevier's edition, which was wanting in Draken- borch's. The text is a mere reimpression of Draken- borch's, but some emendations are occasionally in- troduced. Of the above editions, the last, which was published after the death of the editor, is the best. The fifth volume, containing the Index, or Qi Glossarium Livi- anum/' is considerably enlarged. Copies of this last edition, on fine paper, form a tolerably handsome set of volumes. . Bipont. 8vo. 1784. 13 vols.* €C Nos textum quidem," say the editors, " Livii Drakenborchianum, sed denuo cum prasstantioribu* LIVIUS. 43 editionibus, Grynseana, Aiding Sigonii, Gruteriana, Gronovian&, et Creveriana, collatum recipimus. Sup- plcmenta a Freinshemio scripta ex ipsa eorum editione Argentoratensi suo loco addenda censuimus, ita ut, quod Clericus neglexerat, nomina auctorum, quos Freinshemius secutus erat, paginis subjiceremus sin- gulis; quern in fin em Doujatianam in Us. Delph. Venetiis accuratius recusam adhibemus." The editors then proceed to state the excellence of their Notitia literaria, comprehending fifty pages, which they chal- lenge with that of Drakenborch, Ernesti, and llarles ; it is, indeed, very minute and valuable, though some- times tediously elaborate, and a little incorrect. The edition is deserving of much praise; yet the student cannot but regret the want of notes under the text, and the indifferent style of typography in which it is executed. Homeiu. Lond. 8vo. 1794. 8 vols. From Drakenboreh's edition, composed by the late Rev. Henry Homer. It is one of the most correct and beautiful octavo editions of a Roman classic that has ever been published ; containing the text without notes, and a verv copious and useful index. Some copies are struck off on large papkr, and bring a considerable price. The index is singularly valuable. ■ Oxon. Svo. 1800. ti vols. Ex recensione Drakcnborchii. This is a very ele- gant and accurate edition, and from its convenient size and beautiful typography, forms a pleasing pocket companion : it has a useful index. The large paper copies are on a medium octavo, the small paper ones are in crown octavo. 44 LONGINUS. A.C. 273. Robertelli. Basil. 4to. 1554. Graece. Editio vrinceps: containing the notes of Ro- "bertellus in the margin. The preface is written by Oporinus, in whose office the work was printed, and the edition is said to contain some good readings from a Parisian MS. See Harles, Jntrod. L. G. t. ii. 279 ; Bibl. Revickzk. p. 68. This MS. seems to have been the foundation of almost every edition of Longinus ; and although Toup was in possession of two collations of it, the one by Isaac Vossius, and the other by Larcherus, he has unaccountably omitted to state any thing concerning its authority. Bibl. Crit. Amst. t. i. pt. iii. p. 33. Paul Manutius. Venet. 4to. 1555. Gr. This is a rare edition, composed by Paul Manutiu* (who was ignorant of the Basil one) from a MS. in in the library of St. Mark, at Venice, collated by Car- dinal Bessarion : it is upon the whole preferred to the preceding one, though not free from faults, and con- taining some very bold conjectures of the editor. The verses of the poets, cited by Longinus, are ju- diciously separated from the text of the critic, and not incorporated with it like the edition of Robertellus. Harles, Fair. B. G. t. vi. 82; L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 290. JEmil. Portx. Genevae. 8vo. I56g. Gr. A repetition of the Venetian edition, with a few al- terations from the editor's conjectural emendations* and not froci any MS. : it was the basis of all sub- LONGINUS. 45 sequent editions till that of Pearce. A copy of this work, with marginal notes from a MS. of Casaubon and Vossius, was in the Biblioth. Franciana (Petri FranciiJ. See Harles, Fair. B. G. Ibid. Tollii. Traj. Rhen. 4to. 1694. Gr. et Lat. The merits of this elegant edition are well known : Fabricius and Harles have given it every praise. Five MSS. were consulted in its composition (though Pearce observes that the Parisian MS., which he him- self principally followed, has been imperfectly cited}; and it contains the entire notes of Roberta! 1 us, Port us, and others, with a French version of Boileau, and many notes by Tollius and Dacier : the various read- ings from the Vatican MSS. No. 285, 294, 141 7 (sent by Zaccagni to Tollius), close the volume. See Fabr. Bill. Grac. t. iv. 438 ; Harles, Hid. X. vi. 83; Idem, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 280. "This edition, "' says Mr. Gibbon, " is a very copious and complete one. Tollius, although a commentator, was a man of taste and genius." Post. Wks. vol. ii. 72. A distinction must be made between this Tollius. und the editor of the same name of the Appian of 1670: vide vol. i. p. 165, ante. The Christian name of the present one was James, of the other, Alexander. Hudsoni. Oxon. 8vo. 1710-18-30. Gr. et Lat. The two latter are the more enlarged editions. The text of Longinus is carefully corrected, and accom- panied by short judicious notes : there are useful in- dexes, and prefixed to the work is a " Notitia de Longino ejusque Scriptis." Some various readings from a MS. of Dr, More, then Bishop of Ely, finish the volume. 45 LONGINUS* PisarciJ'. Lend. 4to. 1724. 8va. 1732-43- 52-75. Gr. et Lat. Bishop PearCe is rightly called by Harles, u Longini Sospitator*;" in the first elegant quarto edition he has presented us with the true text f of his author, a Latin verson, and some elegant and erudite notes. The octavo editions, as above enumerated, were published for the sake of general circulation, and they have pro- pagated universally the critical talents and fine taste of their editor. Pearce's edition was published by Henry Wetstein, Arnst. 8vo. 1733, Gr. et Lat., containing fuller com- mentaries of Portus than were ever before published, ex Bibl. Is. Verburghii : the variations between the first and second editions of Pearce are noticed by Wetstein, and thrown to the end of the volume. See Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 281 ; Idem, Fabr. B. G. t. vi. 84. Foulis, of Glasgow, printed Pearce' s edition in a very elegant manner in 4to. 1763. Mori. Lipsias. 8vo. 1769. Gr. et Lat. This is a very useful and respectable edition. The same learned critic published a tract "Libellus Ani- madversionum ad Longinum, Lipsiae, 8vo. 1773*" in which many passages of this author are admirably ex- * The Bibl. Crit. Amst. however, has the following remark : " Fuit enim hie vir elegantis quidem doctrinae, sed Graccse linguae non satis peritus." f " I was in hopes Mr. St. Amand might have collated afresh the Paris MS. of Longinus, which Bishop Pearce chiefly follows. It is wrote in such a character that I much question whether the former collation may always be just and accurate. I wish we had one from St. Amand, whose ability 2nd fidelity might be depended upon." — Toup's Letter to Warton. Wool's Memoirs of J. Warton^ p. 320. LONGINUS, 4/ plained: his dissertation the whole of which appears to have been the production of Pulmannus. Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. xxiii. Grotius's edition was reprinted ia 1619 and 1626. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1 658-69. Of these Variorum editions, Dr. Harwood says he has read through the first, and can recommend it as a good one 2 Ernesti remarks that they have not all the notes of Grotius, nor do they contain many things E 2 ' 52 LUCAKXJS. which are to be found in the elegant edition of Robert Stephens *. Coktii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1726. Cortius originally intended to have published a very elaborate edition of Lucan, and for this purpose had collected a great quantity of valuable materials from MSS. and previous editions; but, whether he was alarmed at the magnitude of the undertaking, or pre- vented by other causes, which cannot now be dis- covered, he suddenly relinquished the design after fhaving nearly completed it: the unfinished edition, with all its materials, was left to the bookseller, who published it in the present form. " Erat autem,"says Ernesti, u crisis iilius viri recta et moderata ; sed ap- tior aliisscriptoribusquam poetis,nam et interdum lec- tiones praetulit, quae per metri leges vene esse non pos- sunt." Fair. B. L. t. ii. 147. Oudendorpii. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1728. A very excellent edition ; it contains the ancient Scholia, the select notes of various ancient and modern editors, such as Omnibonus, Sulpitius, Micyllus, Bers- mannus, Grotius, and others, with the editor's own remarks and annotations, in which he has explained the subject of his author in a concise and perspicuous manner. Between the text and the notes are excerpta from the various MSS. and editions which Oudendorp consulted. Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 146-7. A copy on large paper, in 2 vols, was sold at Mr, Folkes's sale. P. .Bukmanni. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1740. This is a valuable edition: containing someunpub- * Published in 1545, and not 1554, as Ernesti observes. See "Maittaire's Index Libr. & Ste^k. imgreisor* p« %u LUC ANUS. 53 lished notes of Heinsius and Qudendorp, which are mixed with Burman's at the bottom of the text. As this work, which is generally preferred to preceding ones, does not contain all the notes of Oudendorp's edition, the student is not to imagine he is in posses- sion of every thing relating to the poet i ill he obtains each of the above-mentioned editions : their two works united leave nothing to be wished for, according to Ernesti, Falr.B.L. t. ii. 147. The text of Burman's edition is founded on that of Cortius. Some copies are struck off on large paper, and when in fine condi- tion are greatly treasured. Foults published a neat and correct edition in i2mo. 1751. Bentleii. Strawberry Hill. 4to. 1760. Ernesti seems to have been ignorant of this edition, for he speaks of Bentley's design of publishing Lucan having been prevented by death, or relinquished, either from caprice, or in consequence of Burman's edition : the reader is referred by Ernesti to Burman's preface for an account of Bentley's projected work. The Bi- pont editors merely state the words of Ernesti { so that it would appear as if this beautiful work were little known on the continent. Although it bears Bentley's name, it was not completed by him. Mr. Richard Cumberland was the person to whom we are indebted for the superintendence of its publication, which was at the famous Strawberry Hill press, belonging to the late Horace Earl of Orford, the friend and ad- mirer of Bentley. It is the only ancient classical au- thor ever printed there, and is considered the most perfect specimen of that press. Mr. Kirgate, the printer, told me that uncommon pains were taken with it. This edition contains, among other notes, a few K 3 54 LUCIANU&e animadversions by Bentley : and the work is frequently made a repository for curious nd rare engravings illustrative of the subject of the poem. See Edwards's Cat. 1794, No, 1928; White's ditto, 1801, No, 3517. See, too, De Burc, 2789, . Bipont, 8vo. 17^3. One of the most meagre and inelegant books I ever beheld. It contains a short Notitia literaria, the Phar- salia, and the Poem to Piso. It has neither notes nor index. Djdot. Paris. Fol. 17Q5. *c Ex optimis exemplaribus emendata." The editor of this very sumptuous and correct edition is Antony Augustus Renouabd, a learned bookseller at Paris, to whom we are indebted for that very excellent bibliographical work, Ci Annates de V fonprimerie des Aide.3' Renouard says, in his preface, that his edition is not taken from any particular one ; but that he hopes, as well as its being the most beautiful, it is also the most accurate one extant. It contains the Not. Literar. from Ernesti's Fabricius; and from the hand- writing of Renouard, at the end of thd volume, it would appear that only 212 copies were struck off'. Some few copies are printed upon vellum j sec Diction. Bibliograph. U iv. 265. LUCIANUS. Florent. Fol. 1496. Graece, Editio pkinceps; of exceding rarity and value* and, in the opinion of Count Revickzky, the dearest of all the Editiones Prineifes of the Classics : part of LUCIANUS. 55 this opinion must now, however, be taken with many exceptions, as there are various editions already de- scribed which bring a much larger sum. We are indebted to Audiffredi, Edit* ItaL 350-2, for a very minute and interesting account of this work. Some have supposed Philostratus superintended its publica- tion; but this opinion does not seem to be well founded. The edition though not free from typographical errors, is in many placed a faithful transcript of some valuable and ancient MS. : a great deal of interesting intelli- gence may be obtained concerning it in the preface to Reitzius and Hemsterhusius's edition of 1743- Con- sult, too, Maittaire, t. i. 65-611; Bi.bl. Kevick. p. 60; and Panzer, t. i. 425. A fine illumined copy of this edition was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 22fc£, for 19Z. 8s. 6d. ; at La Valliere's for 720 livres. See Bibl. Pinell. No. 12416, and the Catalogues of White and Egerton, A, D. 1801, in each of which a copy may be found. Dr. Dampier, the present Bishop of Rochester, whose very valuable collection is well known to the curious, has a remarkably fine perfect copy of this editio princeps, as has also Lord Spencer : but a finer one cannot be seen than that in the Cracherode collection. There is a copy in the Bodleian library. " It is a very singular circumstance of this first edi- tion of Lucian, that, in the title-page, the book is pro- fessed to contain the Icones, as well as sundry works of Philostratus : but nothing of Philostratus is to be found in it ; nor does the table of contents at the end of the volume refer to any. €€ This remarkable fact is mentioned in a note to be found in the beautiful copy of this edition preserved in the Cracherode collection." See Beloe's Anecd. of Literature^ vol. i. l\t-2, where the (Latin) note is extracted. £ 4 56 LUCIANUS. Aldus. Venet. Fcl. 1503-22. Gr. The first of these Aldine editions, printed on ex-, tremeiy beautiful paper, is very imperfect, and appa- rently taken from inaccurate MSS., without any col- lation of the editio princeps. The second # is much more valuable, and has served as the basis of manv subsequent editions ; it exhibits in some places * purer text than the Florentine edition, thoupfrj upon the whole, it is not so accurate. Co^uk Harles, Fair, B. G. t. v. 348; Idem, Infjrod. L. G. t. ii. 190; Renouard, VImp. des Jlde, t. i. 61, 164. Avery fine copy of the Jir si edition was sold at the Pinelli sale, Jsjb. 12417, +0r 5/. 155. t; of the second edition, a copy w-- purchased by the late Mr. Cracherode, at Dr. Askew's s G, t, ii. 191. f Ad Luciaoi TinjQDem, c/i. 58 LUCIANUS. Mr. Folkes's sale (formerly belonging to Sir Kendm D*gby), was sold for 4/. 145. 6d* Benedict!. Salmur. 8vo. 16] 9. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. A correct and very excellent edition. The Latin Tersion is improved by the collation of ancient MSS., and by the sound judgment of the editor himself. JReitzius regrets that the reader is not distinctly in- formed of the alterations which were substituted from M6S. or from Benedict's better judgment. See Harles^ Fair. B. G. t. v. 349. Grmvu. Amst. 8vo. 1687. Gr. etLat. 2 vols. This is called the variorum edition, and is a very superficial and inaccurate performance. The Greek Scholia, by sonfte anonymous writer, are not remark- able for their excellence or perspicuity, and the whole work is replete with typographical errors. Each page presents us with the notes of Bourdelot, and the un- published ones of M&na'gius, Gtwetus, andTollius: at the end of each volume are tiblisfoed notes of Graevius and Gronovius. Dr. Harwo* 1 calls it " a tolerably correct edition, and greatly superior to all that preceded it." See Fahr. BILL Gr&c. t. iii. 506 j Harles, Ibid. t. v. 349. Hemsteehusii, &c. Amst. 4to. 1743. Gr. et Lat. 4 vols. This is not only the most beautiful, but the most accurate and complete edition of Lucian that has ever been published: the editors were Hemsterhusius, J. M. Gksner, and Reitzius. The greater part of ilic first volume was particularly the production of JLUCIANUS. 59 Hemsterhusius*, and it contains a rich fund of the most curious and profound criticism relating to Lu- cian ; the second and third volumes were completed chiefly by J. Reitzius ; the fourth volume, published at Utrecht in 1746, and containing the " Lexicon Lucianeum," was compiled by Conrad Reitzius, the brother: Gesner had the care of the Latin version, which is a very excellent one, and accompanied with useful notes. The high character which this edition f has long borne in the classical world, makes it unneces- sary to give a minute description of its contents; the reader will consult Harles, Fair. B. G. t. v. 350; Introd. L. G. t. ii. 191 ; and Gibbon's Post. Works, vol. ii. 236. There are copies, which are very rare and dear, on large paper. Schmidji. Mitav. 8vro. 1776-80. Gr. et LaL 8 vols. This edition, which is not yet finished, presents us * " Quo studio quantas eruditionis opes sibi compararit, supervacuum sit dicere. Eas cum primum in animadversioni- bus ad Lucianum protulisset, homines eruditos in siuporem et admirationem rapuit, expressitque omnibus confessionem hanc* ut dicerent, nihil simile ullam cctatem in hoc genere vidisse 1 Of the variety of Hemsterhusius's reading, and of the great extent of his researches, Ruhnkenius thus observes: " Vix ullus sive Grascus sive Latinus scriptor est, in cujus margine non tales emendationes, quales a principe criticorum proficisci par erat, notarit." Ruhnken. Vit Hemsterhusii, p. 23, &c. Edit. Lips. j8oi. Hemsterhusius had previously published (1708) some select dialogues of Lucian and the Timseus, in a iamo. volume, with notes. f Among the most valuable parts of it are the notes of So- I.anus, who had consulted almost all the MSS, and ancient editions of this writer, and had published a specimen of his projected edition of Lucian, in the year 1708. See pr<*f. t. i. ,xiv. &c, and note to thelkrrnot. Luciam c. 77, p. 830, &c. 60 LUCRETIUS. with the text of Hemsterhusius's edition, and his notes abridged. — . Bipont. 8vo. 1789-Q3. Gr. etLat* 10 vols. A relmpression of Hemsterhusius's edition, neatly printed, with the notes separated from the text, and placed at the end of each volume. The first volume contains a « Notitia literariaj" the last, two Indexes, but not the « Lexicon Lucianeurn/' The editors profess to have copied every thing contained in Hem - tterhusius's edition; to have collated some Parisian MSS., afterwards published by Belin de Bulla ; to have investigated with great care the Basil edition of 1602, which had escaped the researches of former editors ] and to have attentively examined the Saumur edition of 1619, LUCRETIUS. B. C. 54. Ferrandus. Brixiae. Fol. -. Editio princeps : of uncommon rarity, and scarcely known to the classical world. Audiffredi, Edit. lial 42Q9 quotes Biblioth, Port. Mauri et Gambse] pt. ii. p. 28, from which are the following words: " Ha in fine thoma ferrando auctore. Insigne scoperta della prima ed originale edizione di Lucrezio rinora ignota. Ha 104 fogli e 36. versi ogni pagina intera. Si riconosce esser fatta in Brescia, ed anteriore air anno 1473. per aitre s™ili dello stesso stampatore, che noi abbiamo la sorte di essere i primi a far conos- cere/' Panzer, t. iv. 263, has shortly described it, and refers to CI, Boni, 1. c. p. lxxx. Harks, w LUCRETIUS. CI 'Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 149, thus observes! €( De editione antiquissima, et principe, neque antea cognifu, ceL Morrellvus in epistola ad me d. u* Maii, VeneU 1793, data, haec scripsit. Innotuit nu-* per Lucrelii editio, omnium, quas novimus, vetusiis- sima. Ea est in folio, charactere rotimdo, Thoma Ferrando auctore, ut in fine legilur. Brixice fact am fuisse, ex Epistolis Phalaridis aliisque libris ejusdem impressionis satis adparet. Ad annum 1473 referenda videtur, quo Ferrandus idem Brixise statuta civitatis illius impressit. Lucretii primum editorem se Ferran- das prodit, dum Lucrecii, ait, unicum meas in mania cum pervenisset exemplary de eo imprimendo hesiiavi$ quod erat difficile unico dicto exemplo, qua lilrarii essent prceterita negligentia, ilia corrigere. Verum itbi alterum perquisitum exemplar adinvenire non potidz kac ipsa motus difficidtate, unico etiam dicto exemplari volui librum quam maxime rarum communem mult is facere." I saw this very scarce production in the library of Lord Spencer, which, with the editio princeps of Virgil, 1469, are, I understand, the only copies of these works that ever came into England. It is to be regretted that neither Wakefield * nor Eichstadt col- lated this editio princeps of Lucretius, which, for cor- rectness and valuable readings, is considered to be a very important publication. A copy is in the sump- tuous library of Count Angelo D'Elci, of Florence. Fridenberger. Veronas. Fol. I486. Editio secunda. This work, till the discovery of * The editors of Wakefield's Life do not seem to have been aware of the editio princeps of Lucretius being in Lord Spen- der's library: they say, " it is supposed not to exist in Eng- land." Vide vol. ii. 98. 62 LUCRETIUS. the preceding one, was held in great estimation for its rarity ; and at the Pinelli sale, No. 9604, was sold for the sum of 23Z. is. It is very far from being a correct edition ; the transpositions and interpolations are con- siderable, of which Mr. Evans, of Pall Mall, an in- genious and learned bookseller, mentioned to me nu- merous instances. There has been hardly a collection, from Tillotson to Pinelli, that has not contained this scarce but yet defective edition. A copy is in the Bodleian. Maittaire, De Bure, Fabricius, Ernest*^ Harwood, and the Bipont editors, were all ignorant of the preceding edition of Ferrandus. The two remaining editions, previous to the year 1500, are, first, Venet. foh 1495. See Panzer, t. iii. 375; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 79; Bibl. Pinell. No. 9605. Second, Sine loco et anno. See Denis^ p. 606, No. 5312, who mentions a copy in Biblioth. Caesarea Vindobon. Aldus. Venet. 4to. 1500. 8vo. 1515. Of these editions the first is the rarest and most beautiful. Renouard informs us that Fabricius, Mait- taire, and De Bure, have supposed Avancius to be the editor of the Verona edition of i486, from which this fir&t Aldine is taken ; whereas it appears from the preface that the Aldine edition of 1500 was \hejirsl publication of Lucretius superintended by Avancius. The second Aldine edition of 15 15, of which Nauge- vans was the editor, is greatly preferable to the first in correctness and critical utility. See Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 32, 116. Of the edition of 1500, a fine copy was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 2227, ^or 5Z. 75. 6d. See Bibl. Crevenn, No. 3741 ; Pinell. No. 9606; and De Bure, No, 2629. Of the edition °f I5I5> a copy v;as S0M at !>r- Askew's sale, *No* LUCRETIUS. 6S According to Emesti, Fair. B» L. t. i. 79, and Harks, IrJrod. Lit. Rom. t. i. 293, the first Aldine edition was reprinted bv Junta, Florent. 8vo. 151 1; but Wakefield declares there is no such edition of Junta in existence : he supposes the one alluded to is that of 1 5 12, by Junta — in which he is supported by Bandini. Baptists Pii. Bonon. Fol. 1511. A very valuable editien, with the editor's own notes and those of Beroaldus his tutor ; it also contains va- rious readings from some good MSS. and Pius has every where endeavoured, with great labour and erudi- tion, to restore the pure text of his author. This edi- tion, which was of considerable authority before those of Lambinus appeared, is yet held in esteem by the learned. See Wakefield's preface, p. vi. and Eich- stadt's, p. xxvi. It was reprinted by Ascensius in 15 14; and its various readings from MSS. are inserted in Tonson's magnificent edition of 17 12. Haries, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 294. Lambini. Paris. 4to. 1563-70. Ejusdem. Ibid. 8vo. 1565. Francof. 1583. These are the editions of the celebrated Dionysius Lambinus : the first of which contains his collation of fifteen MSS,, and the notes and observations that were occasionally supplied him by Turnebus and Auratus; it has learned commentaries, which evince the .won- derful erudition of Lambinus, but which have been thought somewhat too prolix and conjectural. " Dio- nysius Lambinus, vir exquisitissimse doctrinse copiis,*1 says Eichstadt in prcef. xxvi. ; " et singulari acuminet prseditus, sed idem ingenio nimis indulgens suo." According to the Bipont editors, the edition of 1570 is the best: " The commentary of Lambinus," say they, u is not only one of the very best upon Lucre- 64 LUCRETIUS. tius, but there are few commentaries on any classical author that excel it." The octavo edition was printed by Turnehus without the commentaries. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 80; Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 294. An exquisite copy of the Jirst edition, printed on vellum, and bound in two volumes, is in the Cracherode collection : a more beautiful vellum copy of a classic can scarcely be conceived. It was pur- chased from the Bibliotheca Lomoniana, and probably is the very copy which De Bure, No. 2630, mentions as having once belonged to the Abbe de Rothelin. Gifanii. Antwerp. 8vo. 1565-66. Lug. Bat. 1595. Lambinus was succeeded by Gifanius, who seems only to have made an injudicious use of his predeces- sor's commentaries, and by whom he has been accused of stealing the best parts of his edition. Gifanius was more a grammarian than a critic or philologist ; and though it would be unfair to judge wholly of his merits from these commentaries, all of which he did not him- self publish, yet it cannot be denied that in the text of the poet he has betrayed marks of a great want of taste and erudition : Faber and Havercamp have se- verely censured him. See Eichstadt's preface> xxvii. } Edit. Bipont. Not it. lit. (edit. 1566.) Fabri. Salmur. 4to. 1662*. This edition of Tanaquil Faber is published with * This edition was preceded by the following : . Ant- werp, iamo. 1589. . Lugd. jamo. 1596, from Lambinus and Turnebus. — Rapheling. L. Bat. iamo. 1597, 1606-11* which latter edition is praised by Barthius, in Ed. Stati'h t. iih p. 3 1, who says it was compiled by Lipsius : it was succeeded by some editions printed at Amst. iamo. 1616-20-26. — Pareii. Francof, $yo. 1631. — N&rdi> Floicnt. 4to-. 1647: neither of LUCRETIUS. 65 some useful emendations, conjectures, and short notes. The notes are erudite, says Harles ; ff sed de ingenio, more suo, Lucretium emendavit Faber." Eichstadt observes — €€ Tanaq. Faber, nullis praesidiis adjutus, Lucretio multa impertiit bonas frugis plenissima, in quibus excellens judicium, acumen admirabile elu- cent," praef. p. xxix. Faber's edition was reprinted at Cambridge in i2mo. 1675-86. Creechii. Oxon. 8vo. 1695. If ever there was a man fitted for the illustration of this poet, from his taste, enthusiasm, and particular fondness for the Epicurean philosophy, it was Thomas Creech ; whose erudition, research, and correctness in this excellent and scarce work, are acknowledged by every critic, from Ernesti to Eichstadt. It was re- printed, says Harwood, very incorrectly, Lond. 8vo. 17 ?7. See also De Bure, No. 2632, who is very particular on these two editions. The university o£ Glasgow published Creech's edition in a very beau- tiful and correct manner, in i2mo. 1759. Tonson. Lond. 4to. et Fol. 17 12. A very sumptuous and celebrated edition, of which the large paper copies in folio, with plates., are held in great estimation by the curious. See De Bure, No,. 2633. It contains the various readings from the Bo- logna edition of 151 1, and from MSS. collated by N. Heinsius, Susius, Munker, Vossius, and Creech 1 Harles calls it " splendida atque emendatissima these editions are entitled to commendation. " Daniel Pareus," says Eichstadt, prsef. xxvii. " permagni sed inepti indicis auc- tor, qui noluit periturx chart* par cere" — " Joannes Nardus," says Ernesti, Fabr.B.L. t. i. 82, " edidit Lucretium, &c. parum feliciter in eo negotio est versatus/* VOL. II. F 66 LUCRETIUS. editio." See Act. erudit. Suppl. t. vi. 193 5 Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 300 ; Suppl. ad ibid. t. i. 151 ; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 82. A copy of this edition, on large paper, was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 9618. From this edition Maittaire published a very correct one in nmo. 1713 5 and again in 1715, « in Corp. Poet. Lat. *." Uavercampi. Lug. Bat. 4to, 1725. 2 vol. This is not only a very splendid, but a learned and critical edition, and particularly valuable for present- ing us with the entire notes of Lambinus, Gifanius, Faber, Creech, Vossius (" Isaaci Vossii egregias notas in lucem protulit," says Eichstadt, praef. xxix.), and some select ones of Baptista Pius, with various read- ings from twenty-five MSS. and some ancient editions. It has been said that Havercamp was chiefly indebted for the excellence of his edition to Lambinus and Creech : learned men have given it the preference to all preceding ones, and there are some who will not allow it to have been excelled by any succeeding one. Harwood speaks highly of the work, as do also Ernesti, Harles, and Eichstadt. Eichstadt observes that this edition (" haec Pandora opes") can only be purchased by the rich, as there were scarcely more than 800 copies of it originally struck off, which makes it rare and dear in Germany. There are> I believe^ no copies OI1 LARGE PAPER. Baskerville published a 4to. edition in 1772, and a i2mo. one in 1773; ^ut neither of them are * It was succeeded by an excellent edition by Vulpius, Patav. Comin. 8vo. X721. Coust flier published one at Paris, iamo. 1744, 2 vols, a copy of which, on vellum, was purchased for 100 livres at La Valliere's sale, by Count Re- vickzky, and is now in Lord Spencer's collection. SccDeBure, No. 3635. LUCRETIUS. 0/ remarkable for any thing more than their typographi- cal beauty. . Bipont. 8vo. 1782. This is a convenient edition, in one volume, con- taining the life of Lucretius by Lambinus ; a Notitia jiterana of twenty pages ; the text of Lucretius fol- lowed by Van® Lectiones ; and an " Index rarioris et obsolete Latinitatis." The paper and type are verv indifferent. Wakefieldi. Lond. 4to. 1796, 3 vols. Printed by Hamilton. This is a very splendid and critical edition. We are not, perhaps, sufficiently removed from the prejudices and passions of the age, to appreciate justly the merits and defects of this mag- nificent work ; our recollection of the man interferes so much with our judgment of him as an editor and critic, that we may yet have to wait the lapse of many years, before a correct and candid opinion, in this country, can be pronounced on the Lucretius of Wakefield *. The edition presents us, for the first time, with some manuscript notes of Bentley, found in a copy * Of Gilbert Wakefield, rS M**«?H I seldom think without calling to mind Professor Kapp's description of Camusat, editor of the Bibliotheca Ciaconii, Lipsise et Amst. fol. 1744:— "Quemadmodum vero Camusatus in conversa- tione htterana facilem se, comem, politum, modestumque pra> buit ; ita e contrario in scriptis suis paulo duriorem interdum se exhibuit, et in iis pariter ac in epistolis ad amicos exaratis, nimis grandern et magnorum et multorum operum promts sorcm, se ostentavit." Kappe in Camusat. Fit. et Script, p. lvii. A very beautiful and impressive statement of Wakefield's merits and demerits, as a scholar and a man, was drawn up by the learned Dr. Parr, and communicated to the editors of Wakefield's Life. See vol. ii. 321-5, 437.53, F 2 68 LUCRETIUS. of Faber'a edition, which originally belonged to Dr. Mead ; also some notes from a MS. in the university of Cambridge, formerly in the possession of Dr. As- kew ; and from a MS. in the British Museum. At the end of the text of Lucretius are two indexes, cri- tical and verbal. The work is dedicated, in Latin, to the late celebrated C. J. Fox, and at the end of the dedication are some Latin verses addressed to the same distinguished character. The preface is short, and contains a brief account of former editions. To the third volume is subjoined, besides the indexes usually accompanying similar works, a very excellent critical index on a new and extensive plan, embracing, with other subjects, a general view of the errors incident to transcribers^ Our most celebrated reviewers have, I believe, passed sentence on the edition — with what justice or injustice I will not pretend to determine *„ * Without, however, trespassing on their province, I may be allowed to quote the opinions of two celebrated foreign scholars : " Potissimum quidem Wakefieldus versatim in emen« dandis Lucretii, et per quamlibet occasionem etiam aliorum, praecipue Virgilii et Horatii, locis : sed res quoque et sentential docte eruditeque explicantur ; antiqua autem scribendi ratio, ubiqne est revocata. Sagacitas atque subtilitas ingenii et sin- gularis amplaque eruditio non minus quam audacia in corri- gendis, quas ipsi videbaritur, vitiis, in hac editione elucet." Harles, Suppl. Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. I5X-3, which opinion seems taken from Goiting. Ephem. litU an. 179&, page 979* seqq. •< Prelis tandem Britannicis exirit diu promrssa Wakefieldi cditio, tot tantisque virtutibus explendescens, ut exspecta- tionem, quantum vis magnam, non aequasse, sedlonge superasse, jure existimaretur. Ita redemit perspicasissimus criticus uno- libro, quidquid olim in pluribus reliqtierat, &c. Lucretii nova editio ita inter omnia Wakefieldiana caput extollit, ut majorem et diligentias contentionem, et criticae peritiam, et lectorum reverentiam apertissime ostendat." Eichstadt, in pra:f. sua. In the life of Wakefield, vol. in 375, there is a letter from LUCRETIUS. f>Q Of this work some copies are struck off on ,lakgf papkr, m folio; and, owing to a number of them having been recently destroyed lyfire, with the print- ing-office in which they were deposited, they sell at a very extraordinary price. At a sale of the duplicates of Mr. Heathcote's books in 1803, a copv of this kind, m green morocco, was purchased by Mr. Lunn, of Soho Square, for 50/. 8s. ; I understand that at the time of tms sale only three or four copies were undis- posed of. His Majesty's library contains a large paper copy, and there is the presentation copy, which I have seen, in the library of Mr. Fox, at St. Anne's Hill, beautifully bound in vellum. The small paper is now scarce. Eichstadtii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1801. Vol. I. Of this recent edition, which professes to give the entire notes of Wakefield without the least alteration, only one volume is yet published, containing the text of the six books, with a very copious « Index Nomi- num et Verborum," in upwards of 300 pages. From the preface it appears that the editor has been particu- larly attentive to orthography and grammatical con- Professor Jacobs to the editor, in which the first part of this extract from Eichstadt is also given by the Professor, pre- ceded, however, by the following commendatory remark :— _ I cannot describe to you the pleasure I felt at the vi€W of tms excellent work (meaning his Lucretius), the intrinsic value or which corresponds so perfectly with its external beauty. Ims is so generally acknowledged amongst the literati in Ger- many, that your text of Lucretius, being considered as the most correct by far, has been reprinted, with a few occasional alterations, in a new edition of this poet, undertaken by one .Frotessor Eichstaedt at Jena, an humanist of merit."— At P- 364-5, there is a letter from Professor Ileyne to Wakefield, in which the merits of the edition are strongly described Heyne gave an ample and highly favourable account of it in the kPttmger Anseigen. V 3 70 LYCOPHRON. struction; and from the great good sense displayed in the preface, and the reputation which Eichstadt has justly acquired on the continent, from his edition of Diodorus Siculus *, we have every reason to expect that the remaining volumes, containing the notes and commentary, will display a valuable fund of just and critical illustration of the poet. It seems that Eichstadt was chiefly induced to publish his edition from the scarcity and dearness of Havercamp's and Wakefield's: the German editor is not aware, perhaps, that his own work, when completed, will be as dear as Havercamp's, in this country. LYCOPHRON. B. C. 276. Pekaxyli. Basil. Fol. 1546. Gr. SchoL Tzetzis. 1 he curious will probably have no objection to read the fanciful title prefixed to this work f : " Ly- cophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, sive Cassandra: Poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum : sed ita eruditissimis Isaaci Tzetzis Grammatici Com- mentariis (quae et doctissimo cuique vehementer desiderata sunt hactenus, et simul nunc primum in lucem eduntur), illustratum atque explicatum, ut tarn Historiarum et Fabularum, quam aliarum quo- que reconditarum scituque dignarum rerum studiosi, horum Editione magno se Thesauro ditatos, agnos- cere merito possint. Adjectus quoque est Joannis * For which see vol. i, p. 308. f The editio princeps of Lycophron is in the Aldinc Pindar of 15 13. LYCOPHRON. 71 Tzetce variarum Historiarum Liber, Versibus poli- ticis ab eodem Greece conscriptus, et Pauli Lacisii Veronensis Opera ad Verbum Latine conversus, nee unquam antea editus." In calce. Basilice ex Qffi- cind Jo. Oporini. an. sal. humanae mdxlvi. mense Martio. According to Fabricius, Bill. Grcec. 1. ii. 420, Arnoldus Arlenius Peraxylus had the care of this curious edition : in his prefatory epistle to Cardinal Revenna, he says that he completed it in the library of a college at Bologna, from a copy in the possession of his friend and preceptor, Antonius Antimachus, The history of Tzetzes was given in so satisfactory a manner, that Raphael Regius, who had commenced it, relinquished the undertaking. Gerbelius, in his catalogue and corrections of authors, has compiled his account of Tzetzes, chiefly from the epistle of Peraxylus. In this edition of Lycophron, Tzetzes has well explained many passages of his author, and without him we should have been in almost utter darkness with respect to the text ; yet there are evi- dent marks of omission and neglect. Many of the best passages are taken from an interpreter of the name of Theon. Tzetzes has been attacked by Canter, and defended by Potter. See Harles, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 754. Dr. Harwood thus delivers his opinion of this work : " This is a very curious edition, and contains a hundred notable things which are not in the Oxford edition of Lycophron, by Potter. Happy is the scholar who possesses this treasure of learning ! See a copy BibL Askev, No. 2290 ; Bibl. Pinell. No. 9172 : each of these copies sold for a few shil- lings. The work is now become extremely scarce, and is held in great request. F 4 72 LYCQPHROX. Canteri. Basil. 4to. J 566*. Gr. et Lat, Ejusd. Heidelb. 8vo. \5g6. Gr. et Lat* Apud Conimelin. These editions contain two versions, the one by Canter, the other by Joseph Scaliger. Tbe notes of Canter are short, few, and judicious, taken chiefly from the commentaries of Tzetzes ; many defective passages are improved and intelligently explained : ii^ the margin are various readings. There is also an epitome of " Cassandra," composed by Canter, in Anacreontic metre, in Greek and Latin, Potteri. Oxon. Fol. 1697, 1702. Gr. et Lat. These are beautiful editions^ and much fuller th^n either of the preceding ones : the latter is the Edit, opt. and dedicated to John George Grasvius, from v horn Potter received the Basil edition of 1546, col- lated with ancient vellum MSS., and by the assistance of which he was enabled to correct and enlarge the commentaries of Tzetzes in no less than two hundred places. The edition of 1702 contains a much more copious " index of authors^ according to Tzetzes." — f The last edition I have carefully reajd/' saysHar- wood, " and can pronounce it to be very correct} and an everlasting monument of the learning of the illus- trious editor." Consult Harles, I?i(rod. L. G. t. i. 510; Fabr. Bill. Gr&c. t. ii. 421. There are copies of both these editions on large paper. * The editions of Bogardus, Paris, 4to. 1527 (not much known to Maittaire or Harles); P. Stephanus, Genev. 4to. 1601 ; Scaliger, Paris, 4to. 1584; and Meursius, L. Bat. 8yo. 15975 are not, I believe, entitled to particular notice. lysias. 73 Reichardi. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1788. Gr. et Lat. Reichardus, from his youth, was particularly at- tached to Lycophron, and in this edition he has not omitted any thing which could contribute to the illus- tration of his favourite poet. He collated the edi- tions of Aldus, Peraxylus, Canter, and Potter, with the MSS. in the public library at Wittemberg, and marked the differences between them by interlinea- tions; but he more particularly examined the MS. at Moscow, discovered by the learned Matthai, by which he was enabled to restore many corrupt passages, and to give both a clearer elucidation of the poet, and a more free and luminous version of the text. He adopted Canter's editions as the basis of his own, and has in general substituted his notes in preference to the voluminous ones of Potter. The edition of Reichardus is, upon the whole, a sensible, judicious, and erudite performance. Harles, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 756; Ephem. litt. Gotting. 1788, plag. 139; Jen. Allg. ZeiU 1791, Mens. Mart, cited by JJarles. LYSIAS. B, C. 162. Aldus. Venet. Fol. 1513. Graece. Editio princeps : contained in the first part of the " Rhetorum Gracorum Oraiiones*" of Aldus. * " Ce precieux recueil est une des productions les plus importantes de Pimprimerie Aldine ; et pour donner de bonnes editions de ces divers auteurs, il a fallu que Reiske et autres editeurs modernes, rappelassent une foule d'excellentes 74 LYSIAS. From the dedicatory epistle to Faseolus, a Venetian senator, it appears that these orations had lain hid many years at Mount Athos, in Thrace; and that we are indebted to the researches of Lascaris, and the munificence of Lorenzo de Medici, for their dis- covery. See Maittaire, t. ii. 247, note (a) ; and Art. " Lascaris," in Bayle's Dictionary; also Tay- lor's preface to his edition, p. 70. A copy is in the Bibl. Menarsiana, p. 125, 2 vols, ch, maj. ; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3260; and Bibl. Askev. No. 2466. Two copies, with manuscript notes, are in the Bod- leian library. H. Stephanus. Paris. Fol. 1575. Gr. et Lat. Published with the Oratores ve teres Graci. Ste- phens professes to have enriched his edition of the ancient Greek orators by the collation of some MSS. : to all the orations of ^Escbines, and to some of those of Lysias, a Latin version is added. A copy of this edition was purchased by Sir G. Shuckburgh, at the Pinelli sale, for 8s. See Maittaire, t. iii. 766 j Idem, Vit. Steph. 390. Heibii. Hanau. 8vo. 1618. Gr. etLat. The original editor was Schottus, who did every thing in his power to corrupt the text and destroy the eloquence of Lysias, for which he has been severely attacked by Taylor and Reiske. The edi- tion was reprinted in octavo, 1683, with the notes of Schottus omitted. See Harles, Fair. B. G. t. ii. 772"3- lemons que donnoit Pedition Aldine, et qu'on avoit succes- sivement abandonnees dans les reimpressions subsequentes." VImp* des Aldc} t. i* 103. LYSIAS. 75 Taylori. LoncL 4to. 173Q. Gr. et Lat. Beautifully and correctly printed by the celebrated Bowyer. This is an incomparable edition, and hardly exceeded by any which this country can boast of. John Taylor* was deeply skilled in the knowledge of * u He was appointed librarian to the university of Cam- bridge ; and either before or after, or whilst he was in that capacity, he took great pains in classing the noble present of George I. to the university, consisting of 30,000 volumes of the best books, besides MSS., formerly belonging to Bishop Moore. The Catalogue of the Bible Classt which is so large as to form a moderate folio, is still preserved in his neat hand-writing, and affords full proof of his industry and knowledge in that branch of learning, in which he particularly excelled and de- lighted. I have often heard Km say that he would undertake to shew the library to the best scholar in Europe, or a girl of six years old." Nichols's Life of Bowyer , p. 6z. Taylor's common-place bcofo, which were bequeathed to Dr. Askew, amounted, before he left college, to forty volumes in folio ! He wrote, however, in a very open manner, and never spared paper. Ibid. p. 67. " Mr. John Taylor was born about 1703, at Shrewsbury, where his 'father was a tradesman : he received the early part of his education at the public grammar-school of that town, and was admitted fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, A. D. 1730. One of the earliest, if not the first, of his publications, was f Oratio habita coram Academia Canta- * brigiensi in Templo Beats Marias, die solenni Martyrii Careli ' Primi Regis, A. D. 1730, a Joanne Taylor, A. M. Collegii * D. Joannis Evangelists Socio.' In the year 173 s appeared the proposals for his * Lysias ;' on which Mr. Clarke thus writes to Mr. Bowyer : c I am glad Mr. Taylor is got into your press: * it will make his Lysias more correct. I hope you will not let * him print too great a number of copies. It will encourage a * young editor to have his first attempt rise upon his hands 1 I * fancy you have got him in the press for life, if he lias any to- * lerable success there ; he is too busy a man to be idle.' He afterwards produced his ' Elements of the Civil Law,' printed in 4to. 1755, and 1769: this latter work, it is well known, occasioned a learned but peevish preface to the third volume of the * Divine Legation.' In 174a, he published « Commen- 76 LYSIAS. the Athenian Ia\v_, and in all the niceties of Grecian antiquity. The text is judiciously corrected according € tarius ad Legem Decemviraleni de inope debitorein partes dis- * secando; quem in SchoTIs Juridicis Cantabrigiae, Junii %i9 1741, * recitavit, cum pro gradu solenniter responderet, Johannes * Taylor, L.L. D. Collegii D. Joannis Socius. Accedunt a Viris 4 eruditissimis confectae, nee in Lucem hactenus editae, Notae ad ' Mar m or Bosporanum Jovi Urio sacrum. Dissertatio de Voce * Yonane. Explicatio Inscrintionis in antiquo Mai more Oxon. * De historicis Anglicanis Commentatio,' 4to. In 1743, * Ora~ * tiones duae, una Demosthenis contra Midiam, altera Lycurgt * contra Leocratem, Graece et Latine ; recensuit, emendavit, no- * tasq. adaidit Joannes Taylor, L.L. D. Coll. D. Johan. Soc.' Id the next year he published * Marmor Sandvicense, cum * Commentario et Notis Joannis Taylori, L. L. D.' being a dis eertation on a marble brought into England by Lord Sandwich in 1739; containing a most minute account of the receipts and disbursements of the three Athenian magistrates, deputed by that people to celebrate the feast of Apollo at Delos, in the joist Olympiad, or 374 years before Christ, and is the oldest Inscription whose date is known for certain. His preferments, after he entered into orders, were, the archdeaconry of Bucking- ham; the rectory of Lawford in Essex, in April 1751 ; the re- sidentiaryship of St. Paul's, in July 1757, succeeding Dr. Ter- rick, who is said to have been raised to the see of Peterborough expressly to make the vacancy; and the office of prolocutor to the lower house of convocation, the same year. He was also commissary of Lincoln and of Stowe ; was a valuable member both of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, his name being distinguished in the publications of each ; and was appointed Director of the latter, April 23, 1759, an(^ a^ the next meeting one of their Vice-presidents. He was esteemed one of the most disinterested and amiable, as he was one of the most learned, of his profession : and died univeisally lamented and beloved, April 4, 1766." " Having shewn the preceding part of this note to a friend of Dr. Taylor, to whom I am already so much obliged ; I was favoured with the following curious particulars : * You have * mentioned that Dr. Taylor was too busy a man to be idle, < This is too shining a particular in the Doctor's temper and f abilities not to be a little more insisted upon. If you called on f him in college after dinner, you were sure to find him sitting « at an old oval walnut-tree table, entirely covered with books* LYSIAS. ff to MSS., and the editor's own sagacious conjectures ; ^nd the work is particularly valuable as containing the * in which, as the common expression runs, he seemed to be * buried ; you began to make apologies for disturbing a person * so well employed: but he immediately told you to advance, * taking care to disturb as little as you could the books on the * floor : and called out, *< J^h^ John, bring pipes and glasses ?9 * and then fell to procuring a small space for the bottle just to * stand on, but which could hardly ever be done without shov- ' ing off an equal quantity of the furniture at the other end* * He instantly appeared as cheerful, good-humoured, and * degage, as if he had been not at all engaged or interrupted* < Suppose now you had staid as long as you would, and been * entertained by him most agreeably, you took your leave, and * got half down the stairs ; but, recollecting somewhat more 4 that you had to say to him, you go in again ; the bottle * and glasses were gone, the books had expanded themselves so * as to re-occupy the whole table, and he was just as much * buried in them as when you first broke in upon him. I never * knew this convenient faculty to an equal degree in any other * scholar. He loved and played well at cards ; was fond of * carving, which he did with much elegance. 44 4 His voice to me, who know nothing of music, appeared * remarkably pleasing and harmonious, whether he talked or * read English, Latin, or Greek prose, owing to his speaking 4 through his lips much advanced, which always produces soft- * ness. When we used to joke with him on the badness of his * furniture, which consisted of the table aforesaid, and three or 'four ordinary chairs, and they always filled with books; he 4 used to say that his room was better and more expensively * furnished than any of ours ; which was most certainly true ; * as he sat in the midst of an excellent library, containing a very * fine collection of philological, classical, and juridical books, * which formed the proper furniture of a scholar's room, * though I cannot say that it is the usual or fashionable furniture 4 of the times. The folio Terentianus Maurus, Mediolani, * *497> which cost the Doctor four guineas, out of the Harleian * collection, and which, I dare say, long before he was in easy 4 circumstances, an hundred would not have got from him, was 4 purchased for twelve guineas by Dr. Hunter.' " Dr. Taylor was silent in large companies, but fond of dealing out his entertainment and instruction before one, two, or three persons. He entertained his friends with an hospitality 78 LYSIAS. annotations and critical remarks of the celebrated Jeremy Marklamd. The " Lectiones Lysiacae" of Taylor present us with much curious and interesting information. t€ Of this work, which is now become scarce, only 300 copies were printed on demy paper, seventy-five on royal paper, and twenty-five on a fine writing royal. The Doctor always entertained a fond hope of reprint- ing it, like his Demosthenes, with an equal quantity of notes to both pages : it was in part republished at Cambridge, in 8vo. 1740, * in usum studiosae juven- tutis3." Nichols's Life ofBowyery p. 63, note. Reiskii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1772- Gr. et Lat. Among the C( Oratores Graci" noticed at p. 303, vol.i. The text of Lysias, chiefly from Taylor, is printed in the fifth volume, and in the sixth are the fragments and indexes. Reiske, with his usual liberality to- wards English editors, has severely attacked Taylor and Markland, and called the latter a clergy man f from his frequent references to St. Paul's Epistles ! €( Et tamen fuerunt," says Harles, " qui nimiam in locis, e conjectura mutandis, audaciam Reiskianam culpa- rent." The Latin version of Taylor is superciliously rejected, and that of the editor substituted, but with what justice cannot readily be discovered : there are additional readings taken from a MS. at Helmstadt, with the annotations of Matthseus. Some copies have and generosity that bordered on munificence, and enjoyed him- self in the hours of conviviality. It may be a means of prolonging some worthy man's days to mention, that he shortened his own by a modesty or shyness that prevented him from making his case fully known, and submitting himself to the direction of a physician, though he was most intimately acquainted with several of the most eminent of the profession." See Nichols'j Anecdotes of Bowjer, p 62, &c. 4 LYSIAS. 7Q the title, "Lipsias," vol. i. vol. ii. See Harles, Fair. J5. G. t. ii. 774- Augeri. Paris. 8vo. 1783. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. On this edition the following are the remarks of Harles : iC Emendationes Reiskii, aut illius aliorumque eonjecturas, nulla saepe illarum innotis admodum bre- vibus, nee ad commodam orationis intelligentiam atque interpretationem, nee ad plenam lectionum diversarum cognitionem efficacibus, mentione facta, aut suas ip- sius opiniones crebro in contextum admissit." Auger was in possession of a copy of the Aldine edition, with the manuscript notes of Contius, a professor of law; and, in his preface, he treats of the antiquity and au- thority of other MSS. which he makes use of. See a learned but severe review of this edition in Nov. Lips* Ephem. Hit. 1785, plag. 60; Harles, Fair. B. G. t. ii. 774-5- Some copies are struck off on large paper, and bring a considerable price. See White's Catalogue, 1801, No. 3522. Alteri. Vindobon. 8vo. 1785. Gr. This edition is a faithful representation of the Vienna MS. of Lysias, and the types were cut for the purpose by Trattnern. At p. 317 are the fragments; p. 373 the errors of the Vienna MS. are noticed ; p. 387 are passages of Lysias collected by Stob^us, and some extracts from the Vienna MS. n. lxvii.; p. 391 ex- hibits a specimen of the Greek of Lysias. Harles, Fair. B. G. t. ii. 275? wn0 quotes Beck. 80 MARTIALIS. A. C. 84. Vind. Spira. Venet. 4to. . Editio princeps ; supposed to be printed about the year 1470 : it is a work of great price and extreme scarcity. Maittaire, t. i. 291; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 380; De Bure, No. 2813; Panzer, t. iii. 66, and the Bipont editors, all quote the quaint lines, or epigram, with which it concludes, but which are too long and unimportant for insertion here. At Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1710, a copy sold for 4/. 14s. 6d. ; at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 2296, a fine illuminated copy was sold for 17/.; at La Valliere's sale, No. 2538, a copy was purchased by Count Revickzky, for 1274 livres, which is now in Lord Spencer's collec- tion. See Bibl, Harleian. vol. i. No. 3966, vol. iii. No. 1032; and Bibl. Crevenn. No. 4064. A copy is in the Bodleian library. Some have called this work a folio, but according to La Valliere's Catalogue I should suppose it to be a quarto. . Ferrar. 4to. 147 1. We are indebted to Maittaire, t. i. 307, note 4, for a particular account of this very rare and curious edition, which he thinks was printed by Andrea Gallus, the first man who exercised the typographical art at Ferrara: Maittaire collated it with the editio princeps of Spira, and found them loth taken from different MSS. The book " De Spectaculis" is want- ing. A copy of this curious work was purchased by Count Revickzky at the Pinelli sale, No. 9648, for 20/. \os. and is now in Lord Spencer's library. See Pe Bure, No. 2814J Audiffredi, Edit. Ital. p. 228. MARTIALIS. 81 Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romae. FoL 1473. This is a very uncommon edition, and equal to either bf the preceding in rarity and value; neither Fabricius, Maittaire, nor De Bure, appear to have seen it : Laire, Spec. 192, takes his account from De Bure* who, in turn, borrows from Maittair£. It is to Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. 128* that we must look for a more minute and accurate detail of its scarcity and value 5 he saw a copy of it in the Biblioth. Casanatensi, though he confesses he never saw a copy of either of the preceding editions. See, too, Maittaire, t. i. 326; Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 1 154. Ernesti, Fair. B* L. t. ii. 380, informs us that Scriverius extols this Roman edition to the skies. Jo. de Colonia. Venet. Fol. 1475 *. " Edition fort recherchee dont Texecution est tre* belle." De Bure, No. 2816. See a copy in Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 1025; Bibl. Smithian. p. 298; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 4065 ; Bibl. Pinell. No. 9649, which latter copy was purchased by Mr. Powoall for 8/. 85. These are the most rare and valuable editions of * The Bipont editors specify three folio editions of the date of 1474 ; namely, Gensberg, Romse ; Jac Rubeus, Venet.; Jo. de Colonia, Venet. ; which I conceive erroneous. The Roman edition, by Gensberg, is said to be the first with the commentary of Calderinus ; Panzer makes it of the date of 1480; but Mr. Roscoe affixes to it the date of 1474- See his Lor. de Med. vol. ii. 92. He refers to De Bure, No. 2818. The authorities referred to by the Bipont editors are, Legnich Beytr. pt. ii. 122 ; Catal. Bib!. Hafasi Class iv. crit. p. 503, nr. 85 ; Ibid. p. 523, n. 35. On inspecting the Catalogue of La Valliere, No. 3539 and 2540, I find two of these editions were sold for 281 livres; that is, the Roman one for 150, and the Venetian one for 13 1 livres. See, too, SuppL to La V ^ Here's Cat. p. 8. VOL. II. <£ 82 MARTIALIS. Martial in the fifteenth century, if we except the quarto one, sine ulla nota, which Audiffredi, Edit. ItaL 128, conceives to bear the marks of great antiquity, and probably to be as ancient as the third edition by Sweynheym and Pannartz. This quarto edition is thought by Morelli, in the Pinelli Catalogue, No, Q650, to resemble in its type those of Vindelin Spira: it was purchased by Mr. Wodhull for a few pounds. Aldus. Venet. Svo. 1501-17. Of these Aldine editions the curious set a great value on the first j some v£ry few copies of which were struck oft' on vellum : Renouard mentions a vellum copy in His Majesty's library, in Lord Spencer's, and in the national one at Paris; Mr, Quin*, of Dublin, is in possession of a fine illuminated copy on vellum, which was bought at the Pinelli sale, No. 9654, for 33Z. 12s. ic not an extraordinary price," says Dr. Harvvood, AC considering the beauty and exquisite condition of the vellum. " A similar copy is in Bibl. Mason, pt. ii. No. 327. The paper copies of the first edition are also valuable; at Dr. Askew's sale a fine copy, in morocco, was sold for 2/. 2?. See Bibl. Crofts. No. 1886; PinelL No. 9655; Crevenn. No. 4070, which was a beautiful illuminated copy. Renouard informs us that the Aldine editions of 1510 and 1512 are only imaginary : of the second edition of 15 17, some copies are struck off on fine strong paper. See L'Imp, des Aide, t. i. 44, 137, t. ii. Table des Auteurs, Art. " Martialis." It is to * In the V Imprlmerie des Aide, a handsome compliment is paid to the late Mr. Quin for his taste in rare and curious books. Kenouard says that his collection boasts of the only book, printed on vellum, which is known fo have issued from the Elzevir press ; it is styled, " Uaa. Heinaiua de Contemptu Mortis/* a*mo. ifai. .MARTI ALIS. 83 be -remarked that the Aldine editions of Horace, Vir* gil, and Martial, of 1501, are printed without the anchor*, the device of Aldus, : Colinjeus. Paris, 8vo. 1528. A rare and elegant edition, according to the Bipont editors, Not. lit. p. xxx. A copy, in morocco, was sold at Mr. Croft's sale, No. 1887. Raderi. Ingolst. Fol. 1602. Mogunt. Fol. 1627. Of these editions the last is the more correct and greatly preferable, " The commentary of Raderus," says Ernesti, " may be numbered with the best of those upon Martial ; it is replete with excellent learn- ing, and no man will repent the perusal of itf : Joseph Scaliger held it in great estimation/' Fair. B.L. t. ii. 382. Scriverii. L. Bat. 12mo. 1619. Amst. l650. Besides the notes of Scriverius, this excellent edi- tion contains those of Joseph Scaliger, Brodseus, Adrian Turnebus, Politian, Lipsius, Rutsgersius, and Pon- tanus. " This is one of the best and most valuable editions of Martial ever published/' says Dr. Har- wood ; " it is a very uncommon book, and the very learned and judicious notes of Scriverius greatly add to the classical happiness of that scholar who possesses it." See Ernesti Fair. B. L. t. ii. 383-4; Edit. * On comparing Harles's account of bis copy of this edition (Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. iao) with RenouarcTs description, I have little doubt of its being the spurious one. f Ernesti observes that a copy of this edition, with many manuscript notes, was in the library of Cortius, and from thence conveyed to the library of a Leipsic senator by Professor Kapp. Harles says that this account is erroneous, for that Gensel bought the very copy belonging to Cortius, at the sale «f Kapp's library, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. ia*. a % 84 MARTIALIS. Bipont. p. xxxv- vr. A copy of it at the Pinelli sale^ No. 9663, was sold for iZ. 35. The notes of Scrive- rius, with some select ones of Schrevelius, were pub- lished in an edition, L. Bat. 8vo. 1656-61. Amst. 1670. The edition of 1619 is now rare and dear. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1 66 I -70. Dr. Harwood says that he read through the last of these editions, and found it a very good one. Smidsit. Amst. 8vo. 1701. €* A very valuable edition of Martial,0 says Har- wood, t. ii. 214, seqq. Harwood has devoted only ten lines of dates to this curious Greek writer. MUSIEUS. [Uncertain.'] Aldus, Venet. 4to. Editio princeps. After reading what has been written upon this subject by various bibliographers, I incline to think that the present work is the first edition of Musasus, and published two or three years before the Florentine edition. It has the peculiar value of being X\\q first work which ever issued from the press of Aldus, and is conceived to be the rarest of all the Aldine classics. Renouard supposes the " Lascaris Grammatica" was begun to be printed before the Musaeus \ but that the latter was published anterior to the former. The present edition of Mv'saeus came out about the middle of the year 1494. A copy was bought at Dr. Askew's sale, by Mr. Wodhull, for a few pounds. See Harles, Fair. B. G. t. i. 1275 Panzer, t. iii. 497. ~~ . Florent. 4to. . Gr. " Litteris capitalibus" impressa : at the end of the " Gnomologia Poetica Graeca." This is the last work printed in capital letters, which Francis de Alopa published. It was preceded by the u Anthohgia*" * A copy of this »" " nj ■ 1 ■ mi. neous; as neither Maittaire, in Fit. Bcnenatiy nor other bib* liographers, mention such an edition. Harles probably con-» founded it with the Parisian edition of 1560, by H. Stephens, printed at the end of an edition of Plutarch's worfe however, maay judicious corrections are inserted. Turnebus. Paris. 4to. 1555. Gr. This has been called one of the most beautiful books which Turnebus ever printed : its rarity and intrinsic value are equal to its elegance. The various readings of the Junta and Aldine editions are compared with, some MSS. ; although Turnebus is charged, by- Schneider, with paying more deference (in the work upon Jlshirtg) to his own MS.- and the Aldine edi- tion, than to the superior purity of the Florentine text. In the treatise on hunting, Vascosan's edition has generally been followed. The curious bibliographer will know how to set a proper value on this very rare and elegant volume. Consult Harles, Introd, Ling, Grcec. t. ii. 227; Idem, Fair. Bill, Grcec. t. v» 597, seqq. Rittekshusii. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 15Q7* Gr. etLat. A most excellent edition. Turnebus's is collated * This is the only edition of Oppian mentioned by De Bures see No. 17 14. It is extraordinary that some of the rarest and most beautiful editions of the best ancient classical writers should have been omitted by so industrious a bibliographer. u 2 100 OPPIANUS. with three fresh MSS., and various readings are inserted from all the previous editions. It has also a learned proem upon the life and writings of Oppian. The Latin version is new, and the notes and indexes are copious and useful. What renders it particularly cu- rious is, the having some ancient, and before inedited, Scholia on the treatise o{ fishing. Although this pub- lication has not escaped the severity of Schneider's animadversions, the student will do well to treasure it among the most useful as well as scarce editions of Oppian. Schneideri. Argent. 8vo. 1776. Gr. etLat. If we except an edition of Oppian, which was printed in the " Corpus Poetarum Graecorum" of Lee- tius, at Geneva, in 1606, fol. — nearly two centuries had elapsed, since Rittershusius's publication, before any edition of this interesting poet appeared. Schnei- der is probably the best editor of Oppian, and the value of his edition is so generally known and fully appreciated, that it is unnecessary to enter into an en- larged detail of it. The books on hunting are chieflv from Turnebus's, and in these the editor was materially assisted by Brunck. Those on fishing have received singular illustration by the sagacity of Schneider; whose observations are generally successful in verbal criticism and historical research. The edition is ab- solutely necessary for every lover of Grecian literature to possess. Belin de Ballu. Argent. 4to. et 8vo. 1 78(5. Gr. et Lat. The learned editor of this work seems to have en- tered upon the task, almost expressly with a deter- mination to oppose the authority, and controvert the positions of Schneider, The text is sometimes success- ORPHEUS. 101 fully amended, but upon no alledged authority of MSS. Although the erudition displayed in this per- formance is considerable, I cannot agree with the au- thor of the " Bibliographical Dictionary" (vol. v, p. 138) in supposing that it has caused Schneider's edition to lose the title of " editio optima/5 Some copies are beautifully struck off' on fine paper. ORPHEUS . (Uncertain .J Juntje. Florent. 4to. ]500. Gr. Editio princeps ; containing only the Argo- nautics and Hymns, with the hymns of Lycius. This edition is not only exceedingly rare and beautifully printed^ but is highly valued for its accuracy by the cu- rious collector of Grecian literature. Herman, the last editor of Orpheus, tells us that almost all the subsequent editions have followed it. Gesner (in Argon, v. 791) has treated minutely of it, and was inclined to believe that ConstantineLascaris was its editor : this^ however, requires confirmation. It has no preface: but the general purity of the text indicates the value of the MS, or MSS. from which it was published. Neither Fa~ bricius, De Bure, Harles, nor Bandini have treated copiously on this very rare and important edition : Gesner seems to have been the first editor who has noticed it with an attention proportioned to its merits. Aldi (In Mdib.). Venct. 8vo. 1517. Gr. This edition contains the " Hero and Leander" of Musaeus, with a Latin version ; and, for the first time, the treatise of Orpheus relating to Stones: but according to Tywrwhitt, in his preface to this latter H 3 102 ORPHEUS. Work, from a very corrupted MS. The edition of the Juntas seems to have been principally followed in the present one; which, however, is rather scarce and deserving a place in the collector's library. Junt^e. Florent. 8vo. 15] 9. Gr. Including the work on stones, the Hero and Lean- der of Musseus, and the Batrachomyomachia of Ho- mer, as well as some sentences from various poets. This edition follows the Aldine almost u ad amussim;" but the text of the "Stones" is executed with a little more correctness than the other parts. See Gesner's account, andBandini's Annul. Juntar. pt. ii. 147. Cratandrus. Basil. 4to. J5'23-2(). Gr. et Lat. The editor of this valuable publication is unknown ; the Latin translation is by Cribellus, in hexameter verse. Although it has chiefly followed the first Florentine edition, it has, upon the whole, better read- ings— probably from being taken from a more accurate MS. It ranks among the critical editions of Orpheus. More valuable than any of the preceding editions of this author, is that which was published in the collec- tion of the principal heroic poets, by H. Stephens, in 1566, fol.*. The erudition and sagacity of this incomparable printer are here eminently displayed : well therefore does Herman describe him as " Jure Orphei Sospitator !" Eschenbachii. Traj. ad Rhen. 8vo. 168Q. Gr. et Lat. A very rare edition. Eschenbach was a young man »■' 1 . . 1 1 ■ ■ — » ■ ■ ■ ■ » ill ■ . 1 ■ _ * Lectius published Orpheus, with a Latin version, in his u Corpus Poet. Graecor." Genev. fol. 1606 — entirely from the text of Stephens. ORPHEUS. 103 when he edited it, but he has evinced no common powers of sagacity and erudition in the performance. The text of H. Stephens is almost entirely adopted, and the notes of this learned printer, and of Joseph Scaliger, are incorporated in the volume. It is, in every respect, a curious as well as rare publication. Gesneri. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1764. Gr. etLat. " Few Greek writers," says Harwood, " have been so well published as Orpheus has been, by the very learned Gesner." This opinion, however, is not very general abroad, if we are to judge from the manner in which Herman has brought together the testimonies of Heyne ad Ruhnkenius, as well as his own, against Gesner. Herman calls him " timidus senex, et La- tini quam Gracci sermonis peritior" (in praef. p. i.) ; and again, " quanta modestia, quanta timiditate hie rem gesserit Gesnerus, quam etiam in hoc auctore in partem cautiorem more suo peccare, et vulgatam lec- tionem retinere maluerit, quam temeritatis criticse in- cusari, &x. &c. satis apparet." (Ibid* p. xxxviii.) Notwithstanding these opinions, the edition of Ges- ner is very justly esteemed by the critical student. It is so copious, and conveys so much more information than any of the preceding editions, that it has justly maintained its rank of being the editio optima of its author. Even Herman himself is always studious to introduce the opinions of Gesner : what therefore Michaelis says of Wetstein, in regard to the Complu- tensian Polyglot, may be applied to Herman in respect of this edition — " he degrades it in words, but honours it in fact." See vol. i. 5, ante. Schneideri. Hal. Sax. 8vo. 1803. Gr. Containing the Argonautics only. An excellent edition; eompiled with great judgment and taste* h 4 104 ORPHEUS. The notes are erudite and chiefly critical. It seems that Ruhnkenius had severely attacked some opinions of Schneider, which are here answered with great address bv the latter, in his prefatory epistle. Whatever Schneider does, is well done. The student should not be without this edition. Hermanni. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1805. Gr. et LaU If critical acumen and elaborate research constitute the excellence of editing an ancient classical writer, this edition will assuredly claim the pre-eminence over every preceding one ; indeed, there appears to have been wonderful pains taken with it. The text of the " Stones" has received singular illustration by the discovery of a work of John Tzet- zes, upon Homer's Iliad, which had hitherto been inedited, and was found in a MS. of Homer in the " Bibl. Paulina:" by means of this discovery, the con* jectures of Tyrwhitt, on the text of the " Stones/5 are established by authority. In the opinion of Herman, the text of the Argonautics, which he calls " opus corruptissimum,,, is much more vitiated than that of the Hymns and Stones : to all three, however, he has subjoined emendations, and those, generally success- ful ones. It has the Latin metrical version of Cribellus to the ArgonauticSj and of Jos. Scaliger to the Hymns. The historical and grammatical treatises, and the copious indexes, contained in this edition, render it absolutely necessary for the lover of critical works to possess. I cannot dismiss the article of Orpheus, without recommending the young student of Grecian literature to peruse the elaborate but interesting account of this writer, in Harles's new edition of the BibUotkeca Grceca Fabricii, vol. i. 140. 105 OVIDIUS. B. C. 10. Azzoguidi. Bonon. Fol. 1471. 2 vols. TLditio princeps. This is a work of extraordi- nary rarity ; the copy which Maittaire describes in the famous Pembroke Library, is the only one to which I am able to refer the reader for any printed testimony of its existence. De Bure, No. 2745, de- clared that there was no copy of it in Paris, and that scarcely a cabinet in Europe contained it. Both Fa- bricius and Ernesti were ignorant of it, and Harles takes his account from De Bure, who confesses his obligations to Maittaire. Panzer cites Maittaire, March. Hist, p. 60, Mercier Suppl. p. 49, Tirabo- schi, 1. c. p. 439. Consult Maittaire, t. i. 307, note 3; and Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 46Q. Count D'Elci, of Florence, has a copy of this very rare edition* This work is not only valuable from being the editio princeps of Ovid, but from being the first production of the Bologna press, and of the typographical talents of Balthasar Azzoguidi. I cannot accurately recollect whether it was this, or iht following very rare edition, which I saw in Lord Spencer's library. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romse. Fol, 147 1. 2 vols. Editio secunda. Although the first volume of this edition is equally ancient with the preceding one, yet3 as the second is supposed not to have appeared till the subsequent year, the work is not considered of equal antiquity with the Bologna edition. The second volume is without date, which has given rise to various con- jectures among the bibliographers : Harles thought it might have been printed before the first, namely in 1469 or 1470 j but Audiffredij to whose authority 10t) OVIDIUS. every respect is due, supposes that the whole work was printed before the 22d of March 1472; as the famous epistle of the Bishop of Aleria to Sixtus IV. prefixed to it, and containing the catalogue of all the books printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz #, bears date 1472. See Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 77, &c. But whatever may be the conclusion, it is certain that the work is extremely scarce. A copy was sold at Gaignat's sale, t. i. No. 1636, for 258 livres, along with the edit. " De Trist. et Pont." No. 1650, which was wanting in the edition. See a copy in Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3919. In the Harleian collection, vol. i. No, 3848, there was the first volume of this work ; as also in the Bibl. Askev. No. 2468, at which sale it was purchased by Mr. Mason for 8/. 10$. A perfect copy is in the Bodleian library- Audiffredi was not able to discover a copy of the second volume throughout the whole Vatican ; though * This is the memoj-able catalogue which was inserted in the epistle, or petition of the Bishop of Aleria to Sixtus IV. com- plaining of the want of encouragement which these printers ex- perienced, the great number of volumes which lay as dead stock on their hands, and the inevitable ruin resulting from it. The petition presents the following melancholy picture : " The total of these volumes amounts to twelve thousand four hundred and seventy-Jive !! a prodigious heap ! and intolerable to us, your Holiness's printers, by reason of those unsold. We are no longer able to bear the great expense of housekeeping for want of buyers ; of which there cannot be a more flagrant proof, than that our house, otherwise spacious enough, is full of quire books> but void of every necessary of life ! We are ready, if your good- ness shall judge it meet, to deliver up as much of our wares, i. e. printed sheets, as you please, to yourself, or to whom you shall order : we therefore beseech your great clemency to bestow some place upon us, whereby we may be enabled to maintain ourselves and families I" See Palmer's Hist, of Printing, p. 131, and Orlandi, p. 68. It seems that the printing of De Lyra\* Bibk, in 5 vols, folio, 1471* of which 1100 copies were struck ©ff, had reduced these printers to beggary ! 1 OV1DIUS. 107 Laire had declared both volumes to be there. After searching various libraries, he found three imperfect copies of the work, from which, collectively, he was enabled to give a minute and accurate account of the entire edition. Jac. Rubeus *. Venet. Fol. 1474. A very rare and beautiful edition, of which I shall present the reader with a reference to many copies. Bibl. Bridges, p. 220; Bibl. Folkes. No. 2709, there called €e editio princepsi" BibL Haiieian. vol. iii. No. 1 102, a fine copy in 3 vols, red morocco; Bibl. Smith, p. 341, now in His Majesty's library; Bibl. Pinell. No. 967 7, which fine illuminated copy, in 2 vols. was pun hased by Count Revickzky for 30Z. 195. 6d. and is now in the magnificent collection of Lord Spen- cer, See a copy in Mr. Edwards's Catalogue, A. D. 1794, No. 1048. Ernesti^ Fair. B. L. t. i. 469, mentions a Roman edition, sine anni notd, which he thinks may be more ancient than the preceding one by Rubeus. This Ro- man edition is to be found in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 1 131, where it is supposed to be printed towards the conclusion of the fifteenth century. In La Valliere's Cat. No. 2481, the same work occurs, which DeBure erroneously called the Venetian edition of Rubeus, and which was purchased by Count Re- vickzky for 380 livres : it is to be found at p. 24 of the Suppl. to his Catalogue. Revickzky quotes the authority of Ernesti. In the Catalogue of La Valliere the work is supposed to be printed by Jenson towards the year 1475. * Denis, Suppl. p. 16, says there is an edition of the Meta- morphoses by the same printer, in 147a: he refers to Rossi, Giorn. de Litterat. di Venez. t. xxiv. 101. Ernesti confounds this edition with the Opera omnia of the poet. io8 oviDirs. Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1477- This edition is said by De Bure, No. 2747, and Maittaire, t. i. 383, to contain the entire works of Ovid; which is erroneous. Consult Orlandi, p. 148; and Panzer, t. ii. 29. Zarotus published the Meta- morphoses of this date from Phil, de Lavagnia\s edition of 1475. See a copy in Edwards's Cat. 1794, No. 1050. Panzer mentions a Milan edition by Zarotus, sine a'nni notd, and refers to Maittaire, t. i. 770: I have consulted Maittaire, and find that the edition does not contain the Metamorphoses. Corallus. Parmae. Fol. 1477. 2 vols. Few editions of the fifteenth century are held in greater estimation, both for rarity and beauty, than the present one of Corallus. A fine copy at the Pinelli sale, No. 9678, was purchased by Molini for 17/. 17s. Panzer was ignorant of this copy ; he refers to the Crevenna collection, where I have not been able to discover it. It is neither in the Harleian nor Bodleian catalogues. Azzoguidi. Bonon. Fol. 1480. 2 vols. This is the second edition of Ovid's works, pub- lished by Azzoguidi, and its scarcity is extreme : to ob- tain the two volumes in a perfect state is a circumstance of the most fortunate and rare occurrence. In the Bibl. Mead. No. 1699, it is called " editio princeps :" the copy sold only for iL 12s. 6d. ; at Dt. Askew's sale, No. 2469, a fine copy was sold for 10/. 155. In the library of Lord Spencer I saw a very beautiful copy, with a i(j\v pages of the first volume supplied by MSM which the most experienced eye might have mistaken for the original print ; it was elegantly illuminated with that nobleman's arms. A very beautiful copy of the first volume is in the Cracherode collection 3 and there is a copy of both in the Bodleian library. fcVIDIUS. I0§ Lichtensteint. Vincent. Fol. 1480. 2 vols. A scarce and valuable work ; for which consult Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3920; Bibl, Pinell. No. 9679, purchased by Mr. Wodhull, which contained only the *' Am ores et Fasti :" the Metamorphoses were dated 1480. See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 563 Panzer, t. iii. 5*3-*+ Of the entire and separate works of Ovid in the fif- teenth century, consult the editions in Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. p. 183-4, &c. and Panzer, t. v. 339-40, &c. Aldus. Venet. 12mo. 1502. 3 vols. Aldi (In JEdib.J. Ibid. 1515. l2mo. Vol. I. 1516. Vols. II. and III. Ejusd. Ibid. 1533. J2mo. 3 vols. These are the beautiful, rare, and valuable editions of Ovid which were printed in the office of Aldus. The edition of 1502 seems to have been compiled chiefly by Aldus himself: the text is pure, and the work has been highly praised by H. Stephens in his Pseitdo Cic. p. 71, and Epist. de Typog. sace Statu, p. 22-59. Some copies are struck off on vellum ; but to obtain the three volumes complete, is a piece of good fortune which rarely occurs to the most indefatigable collector. Lord Spencer has a fine and perfect copy on vellum, which was bought at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 210, and in the Catalogue is described in very warm terms of admiration. His Majesty possesses the second volume (the u Lilri amatorii"J on vellum ; and the third (" Lib. Trist. et Fast.'9) is to be found in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iv. No. 18400. The edition of 1515-16 is the most valuable for its intrinsic excellence, and was compiled by Nauge- 110 oviDitrs. rius*, who has been applauded by Ernesti, Harles> and the Bipont editors. Some copies were struck off ON VELLUM. The edition of 1533 is less rare and beautiful than the preceding ones ; though there are some copies on Jne large paper, which are held in great estimation. A copy of this kind in the Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3925, was purchased for some English collection, according to Renouard. See L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 57 to 60, ii7-iZ4to 126, 192 to 194. Ernesti, Fahr. B. L. t. i. 47c ; Harles, Introd. Lit. Ronio t. ii. 453, Wechel. Francof. Fol. 1601. With the commentaries of various learned men. '* An excellent edition, " says Harwood, " and very deservedly esteemed abroad on account of the many use- ful notes that every where illustrate the text," The contents of this valuable critical volume, which is divided into three parts, are minutely detailed by Er- nesti, Fair. B. L. t. i. 471. * " Superiores enim editores paucis libris scriptis usi sunt, iisque fortasse non optimis, et in corrigendo non satis diligenter futrc, cum satis haberent, e libris forte oblatis singula? partes edere, sublatis. quae videbantur, librariorum peccatis, aut supe- riori 1 exemph sine mutatione repetere. Naugerius dicit in prasfatione, se optimos codd. habuisse. Qu:e professio etsi non satis certa est ; tarnen bonam operam ab eo navatam esse, com- paratio hujus editionis cum superioribus docct." Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. XLIX. Theory/ vol. of 15 15, containing the " Llbri amatorii" was' counterfeited by the Junt;e in 15 19 ; who dated some of their copies 1519, but others 1515: they also forged the anchor of Aldus ; which, however, they were unlucky enough to put the wrong way I so that the fraud was easily detected. In the copies dated 15 15 they suppressed the prerace of their editor, f rancinus ; but in the copies of 15 19 this preface is to be found. Renouard thinks the two remaining volumes were also forged; If Imp. des Aide, t. i. 118. OV1DIUS. 1 1 I N. Heinsu. Amst. 12mo. 1661 • a vols. Printed by the Elzevirs. The editor, Nic. Heinsius, " verus Ovidii sospitator, multis antiquis libris, per opportunitatem itinerum per omnes cultoris Europaa paries, collatis, textum accurate correxit, additis notis eximiis." Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. p. lxi. Fine copies of this very excellent and elegant edition, with broad margin, are greatly coveted by connoisseurs. As the preceding editions of Dan, Heinsius* are. not much praised by critics, I have ventured to re- commend this edition of 1661, well spoken of by Er- nesti and Harles, and forming the basis of everv sub- sequent variorum edition. Schrevelii. Lug. Bat. J2mo. 1662. 3 vols. An elegant edition, " cum notis selectis variorum," jatnd exhibiting the text of N- Heinsius : there are also some neat plates. Cnippingii. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1670-1702. 3voIs. This is emphatically called the variorum edition, and is professed to be an improvement upon N. Heinsius's ; ijt contains many additional notes, and passages are explaiaed by frequent reference to ancient history. This edition is undoubtedly superior to that of Schre- velius, although Burman held the labours of Cnippin- gius in contempt. Harwood calls the edition of 1670 the best of the variorum editions ; and that of 1702, usually styled the lest by booksellers, he considers a* inferior, A fine copy of the tirst variorum edition cannot be obtained under 2/. * ' * .... , ■ 1 1 1 -1 1 - 1 1 - ■ • 11 hum' 111 1 .■ 11 .nine i m »- * Lug. Bat. iamo. 16*9, 3 vols, erroneously called by De Bure, No. 2756, " the best edition given by the Elzevirs." It was reprinted, Amst. jsmo, $630, 1649? »«d. 1653. See Er- aesti, Febr.B.L, t. L 471;. 112 OVIDITJS. P. Burmanni. Amst. 4to. 17^7- 4 vols. " This edition,,, says Harwood, " may justly be esteemed the chef-d'oeuvre of Burman ; it is one of the noblest and correetest of the Dutch classics/' The elegant edition of Nicolas Heinsius formed the basis of it, though Burman has not unfrequently corrected the errors and censured the boldness of that learned scholar. Besides containing the most important notes to be found in preceding editions, it presents us, for the first time, with some additional notes of N. Heinsius, which Burman obtained in that editor's own hand-writing, and which had never been before pub- lished. In his preface, Burman takes an opportunity of regretting the captiousness and quarrels of the book- sellers, which induced him to publish the work much sooner than he originally intended. According to the Bipont editors, he had composed a long and learned preface, which did not appear till fifteen years after his death *. Notwithstanding a few imperfections, this beautiful and erudite performance may be consi- dered as the " editio longe prastantissima" of Ovid : its various readings, sagacious criticisms, and judicious selection of the most valuable parts of ancient editions, render it a work almost indispensably necessary to those students who wish to enter minutely into the beauties and illustrations of the poet. Some copies are struck off on large paper, and bring a considerable sum, in fine preservation. * Published under this title: " Petri Burmanni Praefatio ad Ovidii Editionem majorem excusam Amst. An. cppcc.xxvn. iv. voil. 4to. nunc prim urn edita.'' 1756, 4to. See Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom t. ii. 458. Barman's quarto edition was preceded by two duodecimo ones, in 1714-17. Harwood mentions a very correct editio% Ultraj. iamo. 1713? 4 vols. PAITSANIAS. lis Pischeri. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1758. 2 vols. This is a good edition, though indifferently printed. It is formed on the basis of N. Heinsius's, and con- tains the whole of his notes, with some additional ones from Burman. The preface is by the famous Ernesti: there is added a copious " Index Verborum." Bipont. 8vo. 1783. 3 vols. A useful edition, containing the life of Ovid from Aldus, and a Notitia literaria of MSS., editions, and versions. The first volume comprehends the smaller poems of Ovid; the second and third the re- maining ones, with an useful index. It is not printed with much elegance; but professes to be " ad optimas cditiones collata." PAUSANIAS. A. C. 170. Aldus. Venet. Pol. 15 16. Grace. Editio princeps. The editor was Marcus Musurus, and the work contains 282 pages of text, with a Greek title at the top of each page, and a sum- mary of the contents. Kuhnius adopted this Aldine edition, a copy of which he found with many manu- script notes of Is. Casaubon : Renouard speaks of it as a rare work, and mentions a copy in his possession struck off on fine large paper, similar to his copy of the Aldine Herodotus, mentioned at p. 356, vol. i. SeeL'/mp. des Aide, t. i. 129; Fabr. Bill. Grcec. 1. 111. 470. An elegant copy was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 7454, VOL, XIa t 114 PAUSANIAS. Xylandri. Francof. Fol. 1583, Gr. et Lat. The Aldine edition is here corrected in many places, with the valuable notes and illustrations of Xylander, which, after his death, were continued by Sylbur- gius. The notes follow the text. There are two co- pious Indexes, with a dissertation €C De GrammatieU Pausaniae Anomaliis i'* the work also contains a de- scription of Greece from Strabo, Ptolemy, and Pliny, The Latin version separately printed, which is com- posed by Amas^us, and corrected by Sylburgius, is said by Harles to display a very sagacious judgment, and to have been taken from MSS. much purer than those which formed the basis of a variety of preceding; Latin editions of Pausanias. This Frankfort edition was reprinted verbatim at Hanover in 1 613, with the Latin version subjoined to the Greek text. ITarles? Introd. L. G. t. ii, 1805 Idem, Fair. B, G. t. v. 311, note q. KiiHNir. Lipsiae. Fol. 1696. Gr. et Lat. This is emphatically and justly called the edit, opt* of Pausanias. It is a very elegant and useful work, containing the most valuable parts of preceding editions, and having the advantage of being divided into chapters, with the arguments prefixed to each book, and the notes of Xylander and Sylburgius ac- companying each page; it also contains the preface of the Hanover and Frankfort editions : the Greek text is given with great purity by Kiihnius, to which are added his valuable and learned notes. It has been ob- served that Kuhnius followed the Aldine edition, a copy of which he found with Casaubon's manuscript notes ; he was also desirous of giving the collation of four Parisian MSS., but found them as defective as the editio princeps. See Harles, Fair. J8. G. t. v. PETRONIUS ARBITER. 115 311. This work is becoming scarce, and copies sell at a high price. Facii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1794. Vol. I. 3 795. Vol. II. According to Harles, this Greek and Latin edition is an excellent and critical one; the text of Pausanias IB corrected from the collation of a Vienna and Mos- cow MS. The third volume is not, I believe, yet published. PETRONIUS ARBITER. A. C, 66. . . 4to. J 476. Editio princeps; at the end of Pliny's Pane* gyric. Bibliographers had generally imagined that the edition of 1499 was ^e ^rst °f Petronius- Arbiter ; but it appears from the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 80, that there was an edition of this writer at the end of the Panegy- ric of Pliny, printed at the above period, and which the reader will find specified in proper order. See the Edit. Bipont. p. xx. which treats copiously and criti- cally of it; also Panzer, t. iv. 15. Both Burmaa and Antonius appear to have been ignorant of this editio princeps. A copy is in Lord Spencer's collec- tion. Bernard Venetus. Venet. Fol. 1499. This edition is very rare ; according to Burman's preface it is incorrect and imperfect; some passages, however, are good and complete, and have been em- bodied in the editions of subsequent editors : u Ea habetmultas lacunas/' says Antonius, " multas vero etiam probas lectiones." A copy at La Valliere's sale,. I z 116 PETRONIUS ARBITER. No. 4209> was S€>ld for sixty livres ; see, too, Bibl. Crevenn. No. 5269 : a copy is in the Bodleian library. This edition appears to have been faithfully reprinted by Tanner, and edited by Buschius, at Leipsic, 4*0. 1500-8. Chalderii. Paris. 4to. 1520. €C Edition rare, et fort estimee." Bibl. Crevenn. No. 5270; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 154. This edition, however, according to the authority of Sam-' Incus, does not appear to be superior to the preceding ones, there being hardly a single line but what has some defect or other. Antonii Edit. Recens. p. xxi- ii. The words of Antonius are copied by the Bipont editors. Sambuci. Antwerp. 8vo. 1565. Printed by Plantin. This is a very choice and rare edition. Sambucus was prevailed upon to publish it by Pulmannus, and the valuable MS. which he col- lated for the compilation of it, renders the readings of this edition particularly important : Burman was un- able to procure it, but Antonius collated it with great success. Antonii praef. xv. Receris. Edit. p. xxii. Goldasti. Helenop. (Franco/. J. Svo. l6lO, A critical edition, containing excerpta from the Bongarsian MS. (of considerable reputation), and the observations and emendations of various learned men, some of them never before published. The name of Goldastus is supposed to be concealed under that of Erhardus. The " Catalccta Vetroniana" and Epi- grams, with the corrections of H. Stephens, are added to the edition. PETRONIUS ARBITER. 11/ Bourdelotii. Paris. i2mo. 1 618-45-63-77. The first edition is so scarce, that Burman was un- able to discover a copy of it. See Bib!. Mead. No. 1678, which copy was sold for il. as. All these edi- tions contain learned notes and a useful Glossary j the two first are the most valuable, the third is very er- roneous, and the fourth is a copy of the errors of the third. See Antonius's account of these editions ; and Ernesti, Fair. B.L. t. ii. 156. Lotichii. Francof. 4 to. 1629. Gonsalis de Salas. Ibid. 4to. 1629. The first is a very prolix and inconvenient edition • the second part of it comprehends the dull and volumi- nous commentary of Lotichius; it comprises, however, some few useful things, which can only be discovered at the expense of much toil and laborious research. Ihe second edition of De Salas contains a corrected text from the editor's conjectures : the commentary is allowed to be an excellent one. Antonii Recens. Edit. p. xxiv.; Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 22-3. Variorum. Utr. 8vo. 1654. Amst. 1669-87. Dr. Harwood says that the Amsterdam edition of 1009 is one of the most beautiful and correct of the octavo Variorum classics. Ernesti speaks highly of both, the Amst. ednions. Antonius particularly com- mends the edition of i66q for its elegance and cor. rectness. , Burmanni. Utr. 4to. J 709. Amst. *to. 1743. « Some years ago," savs Dr. Harwooe, " I read through this edition of Petronius Arbiter, published by Uurman at Utrecht in 1709, and can affirm it to be one of the best edited of the Dutch classics. Bur- man, by his immense erudition and critical saga- 1 3 118 PETRONIUS ARBITER. city, hath so wonderfully illustrated this difficult writer* that it is almost impossible for the best scholar to read Petronius in any other edition." According to the same authority, the curious prefer the first edition of 1709: this, however, is not true : the second, though esteemed rather incorrect, contains additional notes, and excerpta from various fresh MSS., which has al- ways given it a precedence in price to the edition of 1709^. Large paper copies of the first edition arc very rare and much sought after. Antonii. Lipsiaei. 8vo. 1781. This appears to me to be the best edition of Petro- nius Arbiter yet published \ it contains the various readings noticed by Burman, from MSS. and ancient editions, and particularly from Sambucus's edition ot 1565, which Burman was unable to procure; the editor has also given readings from the Leipsic edition of 1508, the Frankfort of 16 10, the Amsterdam one of 1669, and the supplement of Nodotius, unknown to Burman, with some conjectures of Lotichius's edition (in app.) which had also escaped the Dutch critic. This work, by Antpnius, contains a sensible preface, a short review7 of editions, and a copious and ex- celled index, which may also serve as a commentary. The notes are erudite and numerous, and neatly printed *mder the text. * Of the,edition of 1743 Ernesti remarks— 1727- This is the celebrated edition of Burman, which was preceded by some smaller ones in 1698, 171 8, and 1 7 19. It contains Burmairs and Bentley 's * notes, a new commentary, and an admirable critical preface, in which the modesty of Burman is contrasted with the boldness of Bentley : " Haec igitur," says Ernesti, €€ haud dubie editio Phsedri est princeps omnium. " — > * Bentley published the text of Phsedrus, with various readings in the notes from Pithceus, Rigaltius, Heinsius, and Gudius, in his edition of Terence 1726 : for which, vide post. An account of these editions of Terence and Phaedrus will be found in the New Memoirs of Literature, vol. iii. 48. Bentley was attacked upon this edition of Phxdrus in a critical letter printed by Tonson and Watts in 1726, 4to, pp. 150. The letter is in Latin, and is not only very scarce, but considered to be a very fine piece of classical criticism. , 122 PH^DRUS. €i 1 have carefully read over Burrnan's edition of Phas- ,'' says Harwood, u and it is very correct, and oes great honour to the singular erudition and critical acumen of that great man. It is astonishing to me," continues Dr. H. " that they should use Phaedrus in s< collated by Hceschelius, in the text of the " Olympia and Fy- thia." The text contains many valuable readings from ancient works, and various passages of the poet are explained in a sagacious and successful manner : it is allowed to be a more erudite edition than either of the preceding, Schmid published a specimen of it in 1611, 4to. See Harles, Fair. B. G. t. %ii. 71-2; Idem, Introd. L. G. t. i. 272. The copies on large I>aper are rare and much sought after. Benedict!. Salmnrii. 4to. 1620. Gr. ct Lat. Schmid's edition is chiefly followed, but Benedict 3s allowed by scholars to have given a more correct and valuable one, It is a rare and desirable publication. 128 PINDARUS, Westii et Welstedii. Oxon. FoL l6g7. Gr. et Lat. \ This beautiful and celebrated edition is formed on that of Schmid, adopting its version, and the argu- ments and annotations of Benedict. It contains the readings of five MSS. in the Bodleian library, not, however, of any particular importance ; it has also a multitude of other readings, which were collected chiefly by Schmid. Of this edition Heyne observes, "Modestiam et sequitatem virorum doctorum facile probes ; etiamsi doetrinoe subtihatem, criticum acu- tum, et subacturn in admittendis vel rejiciendis inter- pretationibus et lectionibus aestimandis desideres in- genium." Dawes, in MiscelL Crit. sect. ii. p. 37, 68 (edit. 1781), has given " Oxoniensium Pindari editorum desiderata unction; specimen, " which the reader is requested to consult, with the appendix of Burgess, p. 353. Upon the whole, we must allow that the editors of this magnificent work have taken infinite pains to bring together every thing which could illustrate and improve the reading of the poet 5 and notwithstanding they have since been eclipsed by the taste and erudition of Heyne, their edition will long remain a splendid monument of classical research and typographical beauty. The large paper copies of this work, which were unknown to De Buie, are extremely rare, and bring a very great piiee. A copy is in Bibl. Bridges, p. 208 : at Dr. Askew '3 sale, No. 2651, a most sumptuous copy was sold for 14/. 105. Lord Spencer is in posses- sion of a copy from the Bibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 16. Mr. Faulder, in his Catalogue of 1797, ^°- 755, marked a copy in vellum binding at 21Z. A copy is in Mr. White's Catalogue of 1801, No. 11096, without price. It is curious enough that two copies of PINDAJUJS. 129 this edition of Pindar, in the year 1704 (seven years after its publication) were sold for 10s. and 12s. at the sale of a Mr. Humphryes's library, at Oxford. Foulis. Glasguae. 12mo. 1744-54-70. 3 vols. Of the first of these Greek and Latin editions Har- wood observes : " I have carefully read this edition twice through, and affirm it to be one of the most accurate of the Glasgow editions of the Greek clas- sics. " The edition of 1770 is not so correct, accord- ing to Harles. Bowyer edited and printed a very elegant and cor- rect little edition in 1755, Gr. et Lat. ; the Latin version is from the Oxford edition of 1694: it is now scarce. The reputation of this learned printer has long made all his classical publications rare. This edition is slightly mentioned in Nichols's Anecdotes of JBoivyer, p. 259. The Greek text is exactly the same as Foulis's. Heynii. Gotting. 4to. 1773-4. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. Ejusd. Ibid. 8vo. 1798. Gr. et Lat. 3 vols. The first edition by this celebrated scholar and critic was highly treasured by the learned world #. The great judgment displayed in the choice of the text and its punctuation, the various readings, and the care with which all former editions appear to have been consulted, render it a performance far exceeding all * " I have read this edition of Pindar," says Harwood, " and it possesseth singular merit : I can pronounce it by far the best edition of Pindar. The Greek type is singularly beau- tiful. My friend Dr. Lowth, the late worthy and learned Bishop of London, once shewed me a copy of this edition on writing paper, and I think it was one of the most elegant books I ever saw." ▼OL. II. K 130 PINDARUS. previous publications. M In the preface/1 says Harles, " ail the fountains and rivulets of Pindaric literature are laid open with the utmost beauty and perfection." The second volume contains a critical account of ma- nuscripts and editions (which Harles has almost inva- riably copied), and the Latin version of Koppius, cor- rected by Heyne. In the Catalogue of Count Re- vickzky, page 13, there is described to be a large PAPER'copy of these two volumes on fine vellum paper, which was given to the Count by Heyne. himself: " I consider it," says the former, " as the most beautiful production which has issued for some time past from the German press !" This valuable copy is now m the library of Lord Spencer. In the year 1791 Heyne published " Additamenta ad Lectionis Varietatem in Pindari Carminum Editione, Gotting. i773,notatatn ab Editore C. H. Heyne." In the year 1798 Heyne brought out his second edi- tion of Pindar, which far surpasses the first, great as its merits undoubtedly are! It is published in three thick volumes, which would be better divided into six, as the two last volumes have each two distinct parts. This edition has received many valuable acquisitions, not onlv from the Professor's enlarged knowledge * of the poet, but from the " Pindari Fragment^ of Schneider t, the work of Misigarelli, and the " De Pindari Metris" et " De Metrisferascorum" of Her- mann as. The first volume contains the entire* text of * Heyne, in the first page of his preface, thus modestly speaks of the comparative merits of his two editions : " Con, sequutus eram opera rnea, qucd volebam, utinpromptu essent exemplaria ad scholas interpretando Pindaro habendas, utque studium Pindari inter nostrates accenderetur. Interpretatus eum sum aliquoties ; quoties autem novas lectiones institue- rem, videbam mult a quidem me nondum satis inlelUgere, incide- bam tamen nee minus in loca, in quibus sentiebam, ipsum mi- tmtea nihil iniellexisse aut parum acute vidisse*17 f Argent, 4to. 1776, PINDARUS. 131 Pindar, under which are the copious notes of Heyne and others. The first part of the second volume con- tains the Latin version, with the " Scholia in Olym- pia;" the second part of the second volume/ the Scholia on the remaining poems. The first part of the third volume contains the valuable Pindaric fragments of Schneider, corrected by Heyne, about which the Professor seems to have been particularly anxious (see praef. p. xx.) : the second part ofvthe third volume has three indexes— of words, proper names, and the most memorable writers of the Scholia ; the whole of which were compiled by a learned young man of the name of Fiorillo. The indexes are followed by an epistle of Hermannus to Heyne, concerning the Rhythms of Pindar, After an edition so full, correct, and profoundly learned as this second* one of Professor Heyne, the public, perhaps, cannot expect much further elucida- tion of the sublime strains of Pindar. There are some fne paper copies of this work, which I would recom- mend the student to procure if he is anxious to make marginal notes, as the common paper copies are very wretchedly printed : those on fine paper sell for a con- siderably larger sum than the common ones. Ejusd. Oxon, 8vo. 1807 . Gr.etLat. 2 vols. This is a very beautiful reprint of the text of Heyne's edition, with various readings, annotations, and indexes. It is among the earliest typographical productions of Mr. N. Bliss, and is extremely creditable to his press. There are copies on thick demy, and royal octavo. * In the year 1791-5, Beck published two volumes of his edition of Pindar, including only the three first poems. In his preface, p. 19, Heyne speaks of having followed Beck }n the bcholia, though with considerable corrections, chiefly from a Taluable MS. at Gottingen. * K 2 132 PLATO. B. C. 340. &LDUS. Venet. Fol. 1513. 2 vols. Graece. Editio princeps. Bibliographers are fond of recording the words of Aldus prefixed to this laborious and beautiful work : " Etsi opere in magno fas est obrepere somnum (non enim unius diei hie labor est noster, sed multorum annorum, atque interim neo jnora nee requies), sic tanien doleo, ut si possem, mu- tarem singula errata nummo aureo." See Maittaire, t. ii. 45, note a. The editor was Musurus, who has inserted an elegiac poem on Plato, which so de- lighted Pope Leo the Tenth, that, on that account alone, it is said he created him an archbishop*. Although the editorial talent displayed in this edition have been greatly excelled by subsequent scholars, yet it is entitled to our attention, as a number of good manuscripts and ancient publications were consulted in the compilation of it. Harles, Fabr^B. Q. t. iii. 128; UemiIntrod.L.G. t i. 396*5 Bibl. Revickzk. p. 27. It is by no means a scarce work ; many copies have been sold at the principal sales, the London booksellers being frequently in possession of it. At the * Such is the generally received opinion— but it was not solely from these verses that Musurus obtained the arch- bishopric of Maivasia in the Morea. He had been deputed by Leo, on the recommendation of the celebrated Lascans, on an embassy to Greece, to procure " ten young Grecians, or as many more as he thought proper, of good education and vir- tuous disposition — who might compose a seminary of liberal studies, and from whom the Italians might derive the proper use and knowledge of the Greek tongue." See Roscoe*s Leo X. vol. ii- 238-9. 4to. edit. The success of this embassy, united probably with the complimentary strains of the dedicatory $oem% raised Musurii* to the rank of archbishop. PLAtO. 13S Pinelli sale, No. 6213, a fine copy was purchased by Professor Porson for a few pounds ; at Dr. Askew's sale a copy on vellum was purchased by the cele- brated Dr. Hunter for 55/. 135. : this very copy was originally in the Harleian collection (see vol. i. No. 5404), and was afterwards marked by Osborne (who purchased the library) at 21Z. in his Catalogue of 1748, No. 1957. I have seen it, and both the vellum and ink are, as French bibliographers express it, "d'une beaute eclatante." Three hundred guineas would not procure such another copy. It is indeed exquisitely beautiful. A similar one is in the Medicean library, according to Harles and Renouard ; and there is one with the prefatory part, or life of Plato, cut out, in Westminster Cathedral library, which is in very excellent condition. It will be difficult to discover another vellum copy, as they are, perhaps, as scarce and valuable as the Virgil of Spira, and the Pliny of Sweynheym and Pan- nartz, printed in like manner. The finest paper copy I ever saw, is the one in the Cracherode collection. Grynjei. Basil. Fol. 1534. Gr. This is an elegant, rare, and excellent edition, and is the joint production of Valderus the printer, and Simon Grynseus, a well-known scholar and critic* The " Timaeus" aad " Political have the commen- tary of Proclus*} it does not exhibit so pure a text as * During Grynaeus's visit in England, where he was graciously received by Sir Thomas More on the recommendation of Eras- mus, he was shewn, at Oxford, some MSS. of Proclus — >and had permission to carry them away with him, for the purpose of forming the above edition. The Chancellor More begged his acceptance of them. Consult the Dedicatory Epistle pre- fixed to this edition. We are informed by Erasmus (Epist. 39, lib. 36.) that the chief object of Grynaeus's journey to England was, the desire of inspecting the university libraries* 134 PLATO, the Aldine edition ; many sound and excellent passages of which have been corrupted by subsequent edi- tors^ " libidine corrigendi abrepti." Harks, Introd. L. G. t. i. 396; Idem, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 129. A copy of this edition, which is not frequently met with, was purchased by Lord Spencer at the Pinelli sale for a small sum. Arlenii. Basil. Fol. 1556. Gr. This edition, which is in general a copy of the pre- ceding one, has many curious passages and remarks ; it was compiled by Arnoldus Arlenius, who, in tra- velling through Italy, collected some manuscripts of Plato, and in his own copy of Grynaeus's edition marked down the corrupt passages of that work, sup- plied the chasms, and sent the copy thus corrected to Hopperus, the son-in-law of the primer Petrus, to have it published accordingly : nevertheless, it has maty errors in common with that of Grynaeus. Serrani. Paris. Fol. 1578. Gr. etLat. 3 vols. Printed by H. Stephens. This celebrated and mag- nificent edition is well known in the history of classical literature. The first volume is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth ; the second to James the Sixth of Scotland (then a boy, and afterwrards James the First of Eng- land) ; and the third to the Republic of Berne. In purchasing it, care must betaken that these three dedi- catory epistles are not omitted. This edition has not escaped severe animadversion : the assistance which it professes to have received from different sources is, in fact, from Ficinus, Aldus, Arlenius, Hopperus, and Cornarius*, though their names are studiously sup- * " Platonis Dialogi," Cornario : in qffic. Froben. Basil, 8vo. 1549; ed. " Eclog. decern in Dialog." fol. 1561. PLATO. 135 pressed. The Latin version is said to be not so faith- ful as that of Ficinus *. See many excellent re- marks ->n 1 his edition in the preface of Fischer's €€ Dialog. Platonis," JVipsise, 8vo, 1783; R.Simon's BibL Ckoisie, t. i. 360; and Brack er m Hist. Pki- losoph. Crii. t. i. c. Sxii- p. 659. The pardonable vanity of Serranus ! been sharplv attacked by Reiske and Valckenacr. See Haries, Introd. L. G. t. I ^97- Notwithstanding these defects, the text of this edi- tion is deemed very accurate and faithful — " infmitis Gra^cas linguae copiis ingeniique fertilitate instructus, textum emendatuin et editionem auhuc perstantem curavit H. Stephanus," says liarles, in Fair. B. G. t. iii. 131. The work has long been considered as a very valuable acquisition to the libraries of the learned, and * Ficinus was the avowed and enthusiastic admirer of Plato; the works of this ancient philosopher were constantly the object of his meditation. Panzer makes the first Latin edi- tion of Plato, by Ficinus, in 1491 ; Schelhorn, in Amcenitat. litter, t. i. 91, note w, supposes the first edition to have been in 1482 or 1483, in the Gothic character, accompanied by no less than seven pages of errata. The anxiety of Ficinus about this translation was extreme ; he shewed his first attempt to Marcus Musurus, who very gravely dipped his fingers into the ink, and entirely defaced the first page of it, telling him it was too bad to mend, and that a fresh one was necessary. Be- fore he published his amended translation, he shewed it to six or seven scholars of the first repute in the fifteenth century, among whom were Politian and Landinus. See Schelhorn, t. i. 95-6. I recommend the classical student to the elegant and interesting life of Marsilius Ficinus, comprised in 118 duodecimo pages, in the preceding volume cf Schelhorn. Mr. Taylor, who has lately published a very voluminous translation of the philosopher's works, in 5 vols. 4to. informs us that the early Latin translations by Ficinus are very valu- able, as they were taken from an excellent manuscript in the Medicean library, which is now supposed to be lost. K 4 135 PLATO. for its magnificence and variety of critical materials must be always held in estimation. See Fabr. Bibl. Grcec. t. ii. 35 ; Maittaire, Fit. Steph. p. 407 ; Bibl. Revickzk. p. 27. At the Pinelli sale, No. 6216, a very beautiful copy, containing the three dedicatory epistles, was purchased by Mr. Heber. Some very few copies are to be found with a broad margin which are called large paper, and they are as dear as they are rare. There is a beautiful one of this kind in the Cracherode collection. ~. Lugduni. Fol. 1590. Gr. et Lat. . Francof. Fol. 1602. Gr. et Lat. These editions follow the order of Ficinus in the arrangement of the books, and contain his notes and commentaries. In the opinion of John Fabricius (Hist. Bibl. Fabric, t. iii. 189) they are the best edi- tions of Plato, and preferable to that of Serranus : Harles, however, does not subscribe to this opinion. The Frankfort edition follows the one at Lyons, though it frequently adopts the readings of Serranus's : it is called the better edition of the two. A copy of it was purchased at the Pinelli sale, by Mr. Elmsly, for a moderate sum. Crollii, &c. Bipont. 8vo. 178I. Gi\et Lat, 12 vols. This is one of the few Greek writers edited by the Bipont Society, and this edition has the advantage of being the only one of the entire works of Plato published in an octavo form : the Greek text is taken from Serra- nus, and the Latin version is Ficinus's. The first volume contains an account of the manuscripts and editions of Plato ; the ninth volume has an excellent tract, or t( Introduction to the Reading of the Works of Plato :" the illustrations and arguments of the PLATO, 137 <% Dialogues," in a separate volume, are by Professor Tiedemann. " On a tire," says Count Revickzky, tc un nombre d'exemplaires sur du beau papier d'Hol* lande, qui ne laisseroit rien a desirer si les caracteres Grecs etoient d'une plus belle forme, et s'ils avoienc un peu plus de corps." Fischer has long promised an edition of the entire works of Plato, with a " Clavis Platonica" of which, however, nothing is yet published but the Dialogues ; first at Leipsic in 1760, and afterwards in 1783, both octavo volumes : this last edition is deemed superior to any other extant. Of the Dialogues of Plato, an edition was published by Foster, Oxon, 8vo. 1745-52-65: the first is the most valuable and rare. Beister published the " Menoy Crito, and both the Alcibiades \" of Plato, with some notes of Gedike, Gottleber, and Schneider, Berol. 8vo. 1780, and again more fully in 1790. In 1 771, Elwall published at Oxford, in 8vo. the Alcibiades and Hipparchus, to which he prefixed the Life of Plato by Olympiodorus, and the Introduction of Albinus. The Euihy demus and Gorgias were published in 1784, 8vo. Oxford, by Dr. Routh, the President of Magdalen College. It is an -excellent specimen of classical editorship. 138 PLAUTUS. B. C. 180. Spira. Venet. Fol. 1472. Editio princeps*. The editor of this very scarce and beautiful work, Geokgius Mekula, for 43/, : this was far from being a splendid book.. At La Val- liere's sale, No. 1445, a copy was sold for 1699 livres; and at Lomenie's sale, an exquisite one was purchased by Count Revickzky, for 3000 livres : this I saw in the library of Lord Spencer. Consult Bibl. Revickzk. Suppt. p. 3, 4. His Majesty is in possession of a sumptuous copy, which I have also seen. The copy in the Crevenna collection, No. 2 115, was lought in at the sale. Sir Joseph Banks is in possession of an imperfect one : see the Catalogue of his library, by Dryander, t. i. p. 73; edit. 1796-1800. A copy was in the Harleian collection, vol. i. No, 5414; and there is a very fine one in the Cracherode collection; but of all the copies in this country, and probably in Europe, that in Dr, Hunter's collection stands pre- eminently magnificent ! a finer book can hardly be conceived ! There is one in the Bodleian library, Hardouin was ignorant of this editio princeps*. De Bure mention^ a report of there being a copy on vellum in a religious house at Antwerp \ but it does Hot seem to be well founded. SWJEYN. etPANNARTZ. RomaB. Fol. 1470. Editio secunda. This is an extremely scarce and valuable edition, and not to be found in the catalogues of Folkes, Smith, Askew, Crevenna, or Pinelli. The reader will consult Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 48, to great, advantage, as he is more minute than either Mait- taire, De Bure, or Panzer. " The late Dr. Hunter/' says Harwood, " was in possession of one of the most * The Bipont editors thus observe of this work, from Rez- zonicus : " Vitiose expressa multa, sed tamen multa mdiora qiiam in aliis editionibus ; unde ad textum Piinii constituenduna Becessaria est." Consult Ernesti, Fajtr. B* L. t. ii. 186. 148 PLINIUS SENIOR. magnificent copies of this edition, perhaps in Europe." [Qu. If this be not said, by mistake, for the editio prin- ceps?] I have heard that Lord Spencer has a copy on vellum ; which perhaps is unique, and equal to the vellum Virgil of 1470 by Spira. A paper copy is in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 861, which Osborne afterwards marked at *]L *js. in his Catalogue of 1748, No. 1229. A copy is in the Bibl. Mead. No. 171, and there is one in the Bodleian library. It is a work of excessive rarity : its intrinsic worth is well described by Ernesti in Fair. B. L. t. ii. 187. Con* suit also Bibl. Revickzk. p. 83-4. Jensox. Venet. Fol. 1472. One of the most splendid, rare, and magnificent editions of Pliny, the typographical art ever pro- duced. The work is highly treasured in the cabinets of the curious. A very fine illuminated copy was sold at Dr* Mead's sale, No. 166 *, for 18/. 185.; it was purchased by Willock the bookseller. At Dr. Askew's sale, an equally fine copy was sold for 23L At the Pinelli sale, Nos. 6664-5, two ^ine copies were sold for the moderate sums of 10/. 10s. and 12L 5s. Lord Spencer has a magnificent copy, from the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 85, where the work is well described : see too Bibl. Crevenn. No. 21 16. A copy is in the Bodleian library. Audiffredi, Edit. Rom* p. 49, saw two copies of it on vellum ; in Bibl. Angelica, et Casanatensi, at Rome. Lord Ox- ford was in possession of a copy on vellum, as may be seen in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 3252, and His Majesty is in possession of a similar copy, from * Maittaire has described this very copy with great accuracy and minuteness, from having examined it in Dr. Mead's library, in his Annal. Typog. t. i. p. 34, edit, 1719. The Bipont edi- tors have quoted Maittaire' 8 description. PLINIUS SENIOR. 14Q Consul Smith's library, p. 377. A copy on vellum was in the Cat. de la Valliere, No. 1448 ; but on the death of the Duke, it was returned to the public library at Lyons, from which he had borrowed it. Probably the finest paper copy of it in existence, is the one in the Cracherode collection. This edition, says Ernesti, is beautifully splendid. It has not the errors of the Roman edition, but it is, nevertheless, not free from interpolations, either ow- ing to the original MS., or to the inattention of thi corrector. See Fair. B. L. t. ii. 189. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Komae. Fol. 1473, This edition, according to Ernesti, is founded on the first Roman one of 1470, but is neither so beauti- ful nor so accurate. It is supposed to contain upwards of 270 palpable errors, either owing to Perottus, who corrected the MS., or to Brotheus3 who superintended the publication of the work. See Fair. B. L. t. ii. 187-8. It was unknown to Harwood, and a copy is not to be found in the collections of Mead, Smith, Askew, nor Pinelli : De Bure calls it " tres rare, et tres recherchee." Consult Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 129; Maittaire, t. i. 325; Panzer, t. ii. 437; and Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 874; which copy had u manuscript references throughout, and was one of the most beautiful to be met with/' Jenson. Venet. Fol. 147 "6. A reimpression of the Venetian edition of 1472; mentioned in Lengnichii Notit. Libr. rarior. t. ii. 60, according to the Bipont editors, but unknown to Fa- bricius, Maittaire, De Bure, Ernesti, Sardini (in his Storia critlca di Nic. JensonJ , Panzer, and many other bibliographers. See a copy in Osborne's Catalogue of 1748, No. 1223, and a magnificent one of it in the L 3 150 PLINIUS SENIOR, Cracherode collection, which almost rivals the Jen- sonian edit, of 1472. Harles has improperly changed his first opinion, which was in favour of its existence. See his Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 25. In the same year, 1476, Jenson printed a sumptuous, and now rare, Italian translation of Pliny, Corallus. Parmae. Fol. 1476. According to Ernesti, this edition is formed on the basis of Jenson's, but if is corrected in many places by BeroalditSy who superintended its publication, and whose epistle appears at the end of the work. An elegant copy was purchased at the Pinelli sale, No. 6666, for 4Z4 This Parma edition was succeeded by two others, in 1480 and 1481 : these two last editions were printed by Portilia : the second (1480) has a few typogra- phical errors of the first amended, and the name and epistle of Beroaldus omitted. The third of 1481 is merely a reimpression of the second. These Parma editions are valuable. Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 189. A copy of the third, in cor. turc. was sold for $1 5s. at Mr. Paris's sale. To this account of the early editions of Pliny may be added the " Casiigationes PUniante Hermolai Barbari *, Romas, fol. 1492-3 ; a work, says Mr. Roscoe, " which entitles the author to rank with the most successful restorers of learning." Lor. de Medici, ch. x. note x t. Benedicts Venet. Fol. 15(17. The editor was Alexander Benedict, a Venetian r- ■ — ■ ■ 1 1 . * Beroaldus is said to have corrected 5000 errors in these €t Castigationes Plinianas Barbari." See Mazzuchelli Scrittori d'ltal. vol. ii. pt, i. p. 260, as cited by Harles in his Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. f Chevillier has given us a lively and interesting account of the errors attending the early editions of Pliny, the Natura- list. UOrig.derimprim. p. 190, &c. PLINIUS SENIOR. 151 physician, who took great pains in collating a very an- cient MS. In the margin are some doubtful readings; at the end are others, followed by an " Index Rerum." The " Castigationes Hermolai Earbari" are to be found in some copies. This edition was reprinted in 1510, sine loc. et typog. Venet. 15 13 et 151 6, but without the €t Castigationes, he." Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 191-2. Bellocirii. Paris. Fol. 1532. A very beautiful edition ; its short and elegant pre* face is highly spoken of by Rezzonicus in his Disqui- sitiones PLiniana. See an interesting account of this work in the Edit. Bipont. : it is compiled chiefly from the Parisian editions of Budaeus. Ernesti, who gives an animated and highly favourable description of its merits, thus concludes: " It would be worth the while of any future editor of Pliny to examine well this curious edition, which is now become as rare as it is valuable; for few editors of Pliny have noticed it, and Rezzonicus was able to find only two copies of it in Spain, and not a single one in Italy. According to Rezzonicus, the real name of the editor was Dane- sius, for the preface is to be found among the u Opuscula Danesii." Fair, B. L. t. ii. 194. In the Bibl. Menarsian. No. 461, this work is styled " editio nitidissima." Paul Manutius. Venet. 8vo. 1530, &c. 4 vols. In JEdibus Aldi. " Edition fort belle, peu com- mune, et recherchee avec raison de ceux qui aiment les editions de cet imprimeur." De Bure, No. 1465. The second volume is supposed to have been printed before the first, and is dated 1535? the fourth volume contains the Index, and is dated 1538. When the fouF volumes are found complete, this edition is considered is 4 152 PLINIUS SENIOR. rather valuable, and is held in some little request. See L'lrnp. des Aide, t. i. 206. At Mr. Paris's sale, the9e four volumes, in perfect condition, and in vellum binding, were sold for 2I. 11$. Manutius printed an edition of Pliny in fol. 1559; which contained nearly the same index as appeared in the octavo edition ; and which has the corrections and annotations of Gelenius from the Lyons edition of 1548, in fol. A very beautiful edition was published at Lyons in 1553, not known to the Bipont editors, but mentioned by Fabricius in Bibl. hat. t5 ii. 616. Ckispinus. Genev. Fol. 163]. A work beyond all praise ; but in no subsequent edition has it yet been sufficiently noticed. If a more attentive investigation of earlier editions and MSS. of Pliny, with the emendations of Daiecamp (who published his edition in fol. Lugd. 1587), and the varias lectiones of Gelenius and Pintianus, were added to this Geneva edition, nothing perhaps more perfect could be reasonably desired. See Bipoot. Ediu JSfot. lit. edit. 1631. Variorum. Lug. Bat. l2mo. l635. 8vo. \66g. 3 vols. Printed by the Elzevirs. Of these Variorum edi- tions, the last is by far the best; the first is called 41 emendatissima" by Ernesti, and contains, in the last volume, various select readings and annotations of learned men, including many of Salmasius*, The * Salmasius published his ** Exercitat. Plinianxin Solinum" Paris, ap Drouart. fol. 2 vols. Hardouin says, that " they contain many things very learnedly explained, many things quite foreign to the illustration of Pliny, and that whatever good or probable observations occur, are taken i q% aiienis borth'S' Xdit. Bipont, PLINIUS SENIOR, 153 edition of 1669 is indeed a very excellent one, and is now both scarce and valuable : it comprehends the commentaries of all preceding editors, from Hermo- laus Barbarus to Is, Vossius, and the " variae lee- tiones" of many MSS. accurately described in the margin of each page* The notes of J. F. Grono- Vius accompany it. The edition,, say the Bipont edi- tors, used to he attributed to Gronovius ; but it seems he only made the publishers a present of the notes which he had written in the margin of his own copy of Pliny, These notes were not given till the firs- twenty books of Pliny were struck off. A fine copy of this Elzevir Variorum edition of Pliny is worth upwards of 2Z. 2S. Haeduini. Paris. 4 to. l685. 5 vols. Ejusdem. Ibid. Fol. 1723. 3 vols. Of these editions, by the celebrated Father Har- douin, the first was written "in UsumDelphini," and will be noticed in its proper place. The second edition, of 1723, is by far the more copious, splendid, and cri- tical performance. In forming the text, fifteen MS& were consulted, but only eight of them collated : the excerpta of the remaining seven MSS. were given us by former editors. Explanatory notes are placed under the text, and critical ones are inserted at the end of each book. " I have remarked,'' saysErnesti, "many vicious readings in the text, commori to the modem editions of this author, but which, by comparing them with the more ancient ones, might have been easily corrected : this, and many other faults, from the rhag- nitude of the undertaking, may be excused. " Ernesti further remarks, " Boni utique multum est, imprimis per comparationem Plinii oum locis scriptorum, e qui- bus profecit atque hausit sua, numos multos ad illus- irandum allatos, &c. &t\ Multa loca etiam male 154 PLTNIUS SENIOR. correxit, et in numis interpretandis valde deliravit." The work concludes with an Index Emendationum, Index Geographicus, Index Personarum, et Index Verborum et Sententiarum, Fair. B. L. t. if. 198-9. Hardouin was sharply attacked, on the publication bf this work, by Crevier, the editor of Livy; an ac- count of whose two letters on the subject, with Har- douin's reply, may be seen in the New Memoirs of Literature, vol. iii. and iv. Crevier afterwards pub- lished a third letter. This edition is upon the whole a very erudite and valuable performance, and may be considered as one of the most useful and extensive works by which the genius and writings of Pliny have been illustrated. The student should possess, as a necessary appendix, Hardouin's tract " De Numis antiquis Urbium et Populorum." Of this voluminous edition some copies are struck off on large paper, and about two or three upon vellum. This latter circumstance has unac- countably escaped De Bure. The copies on large paper are not very rare. At Dr. Askew's sale, No. 2813, a copy on vellum was purchased for the Duke de la Valliere, for 42I. ; at the sale of that noble- man's books this very copy sold again for 1190 livres. I cannot confidently state the number of copies on vellum, but I believe they do not exceed three. Franzii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1778-Ql, 10 vols. This is a very excellent and critical edition of Pliny ; it contains many emendations of Hardouin's text, and its judicious notes and useful indexes render it a per- formance of great critical value. Those who are anxious to peruse the pages of Pliny, will resort to this elaborate edition^ and will esteem themselves fortunate PLINIUS JUNIOR. 155 in possessing the fine paper copies of it, as the com- mon paper ones wear a most wretched and forbidding aspect. At a sale of the duplicates of Mr. Heathcote's books in 1803, No. 994, a fine paper copy, in elegant binding, was sold for 5/. 125. Brotierii. Paris. l2tno. 1779- 6 vols. Beautifully printed by Barbou. " It is said that this edition of Pliny by the celebrated Brotier, the late editor of Tacitus, contains above two thousand correc- tions, which had escaped the learned researches of Fa- ther Hardouin." Harwood. This work is not noticed by the Bipont editors. It is now very rare. — . Bipont. 8vo. 1783. 6 vols. This is a very elegant edition, containing the text of Hardouin, with a new " Index Rerum et Verborum.'* Prefixed to the body of the work, in the first volume, there is an account of the various editions of Pliny, which is executed in a careful and correct manner. It is considered as one of the most popular of the Bipont Latin classics. PLINIUS junior. A. C. no. I. EPISTOLuE. Carbonis. . Fol. 1471. Editio princeps. This is a very elegant and uncommon work, without printer's name or place. The editor was Ludovicus Carbo, and as he was ac- customed to correct the work for the press of Val- darfer, there is good reason to suppose it was executed by this printer at Venice. See Maittaire, t. i. 3025 De 150 PL1NIUS JUNIOR. Bure, No. 41 15 : Cat. de la Valliere^ No. 4436 ; ant! BibJ. Crevenn. No. 5595. A sumptuous copy of this first edition, with the Greek passages inserted in fine writing, was purchased at La Valiiere/s sale, by Count Revickzky, for 802 livrcs : it is now in Lord Spencer's collection. See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 106. A copy is in the Crachercde collection and in the Bodleian library. Mr. Beloe says *, speaking of Carbo being the corrector of the press, that " it is not very probable such a person should dedicate, or write the dedication of the book, to an illustrious prince :" but it must be re- membered that Erasmus corrected the press for Froben —and who was more competent to write an elegant and appropriate dedication than 6C such a person" a& Erasmus r Schurenerus. Romae. Fol. . Editio secunda : sine anno, loco, et typographo f . •in "I ■ ■ . 1 1 .i . 1 .I, I,. * Anecdotes of Literature, vol. i. 121. •J- The Bipont editors specify three editions sine anno, loco, et typographo. The first is supposed by Fabricius and Ernesti to have been executed in Germany at the dawn of the typogra- phic art, and consequently to have been the editio princeps of this author : but Count Revickzky, who was in possession of this very work, formerly belonging to Ernesti, informs us, that it could not have been printed before 14745 as it has signatures, which seldom or never occur before that period : he further observes, that its not being printed in Gothic letters, is a pretty clear proof of the edition not having been executed in Germany as, in that country, they almost invariably made use of the Gothic letters in the fifteenth century. See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 107. The second edition specified by the Bipont editors, appears to have been printed at Milan, in 1482 (on the autho- rity of Saxius), along with the Panegyric of Pliny ; though Amtzenius and Schwarz have referred it to the period of 1476. The third edition is somewhat of later date, as the text of the Panegyric, contained in it, seems an exact copy of that in the preceding Milan edition. See Edit* Bipont* Not. lit* p. xxxi*. PLINITJS JUNIOK. 15/ From the account of Audiffredi, who saw four copies of it, this work seems evidently the production of the above printer at Rome, about the year 1474. This edition was unknown to every bibliographer before Audiffredi, and has escaped both Harwood and the Bipont editors. It contaius nine books of the Epistles, See Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 164; Denis, SuppL p. 640, who borrows his account from the foregoing authority. A copy of this extraordinarily rare work was in the Bibl. Crevenn, No. 5596, but was bought in at the sale. Moravus. Neapol. Fol. 1476. A rare and very beautiful edition, which Ernesti says corresponds exactly with the one, sine ami. loc. et typog. supposed by him to have been printed in Ger- many. Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 411 ; De Bure, No. 41 16 ; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 5597. Audiffre- di observes that Ernesti is wrong in saying this edition contains but eight books : he himself saw two copies Of it, and found it to contain, as well as the Roman edition of 1490, nine books. On consulting Ernesti, it appears that he spoke more decidedly of the ancient German edition (which was in his own possession), containing eight books ; and as this Neapolitan edi- tion in general corresponded with it, he observed, " Hinc intelligitur priorem, certe Neapolitanum, habere tantum lihros octo." Consult also Panzer, t. Yu 157. Phil, de Lavagnia. Mediol. Fol. 1478. This is a work of no common occurrence, but I ap- prehend of no particular value. It is noticed by Mait- taire, t. i, 387 ; Saxius, Hist. Lit. Typ. Mediol. 569; ;and the Bipont editors, JSfot. lit. p. xi.; who specify an edition printed at Treves in 1483, wfyich was 158 PLINIUS JUNIOR* communicated to them by the celebrated Laney^ thea Prefect of the library of the Elector Palatine at Man- heim. In examining the catalogued libraries of our greatest collectors I find but very few editions of the Younger Plimj in the fifteenth century* Aldus. Venet. Svo. 1508-1518. Containing ten books, with many Epistles never before published : it has also the Panegyric. These are the only editions of Pliny's Epistles that ever issued from the Aldine press, though bibliographers have er- roneously mentioned an edition of 1504. The edition of 1508 is curious from being the first work in which the subscription announces the partnership of Aldus and his father-in-law Asulanus. It is compiled from some MSS. which Mocenigo brought from France to Italy, and which Aldus says are " not only very cor- rect, but which one would suppose to be as ancient as the time of Pliny himself." Ernes ti informs us, that the text of these Aldine editions has been severely at- tacked by Sichardus, in his edition of 1542, Svo. printed by Cratanclrus. The edition of 151 8 is merely a reimpression of the first of 1508, with a few typo- graphical errors corrected. Consult L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 87-8, 140 : Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 413; Edit. Bipont. xliii-xlvi. ; Harles, SuppLNot. Lit. Pom. t. ii. 58-59. An elegant copy of the first Aldine edition was purchased at Dr. Askew's sale, for His Majesty. Schurerus published a quarto edition at Stras- burgh in 1514, which contains a pompous title-page, but is nothing more than a reimpression of the first Aldine edition. PLINIUS JUNIOR. 159 H. Stephanus. Paris. 8vo. 1581 . Genev. 15gK These are elegant and valuable editions, especially the last, which contains various readings in the mar* gin, and is enriched with the notes of Casaubon, son- in-law of Stephens. It was reprinted by Paul Ste- phens at Genev. 8vo. 1 599-1604-1611. According to Maittaire, the first edition has no year, place, or printer's name. A very elegant epistle of Franc. Moditis to Stephens, on the publication of his first edition of Pliny, may be seen in the Vit. §teph. p. 422 : for the second edition, consult p. 453. Se$ also Edit. Bipont. li-ii. Elzevir. Lug. Bat. ]2mo. 1640. With the Panegyric* An accurate and beautiful Tittle edition ; it has a few various readings at the end, and was reprinted in 1653, under the care of Box- horn, who wrote a preface, and gave an index of some various readings, but added no notes. Edit. Bipont. Not. Lit. lvi-viii. Variorum. Lug. Bat, 8vo, 1 669. " This," says Dr. Harwood, u is one of the scarcest and most valuable of the octavo Variorum classics. The text of Pliny is correct, and the select notes of Veenkyseen do great credit to his learning and judgment. " Besides many notes of Veenhyseen, it contains some fresh ones by J. F. Gronovius; and whether we consider the elegance of its typography, the accuracy of the text, or perspicuity of the notes, we shall have equal reason to congratulate ourselves on the acquisition of so elegant and desirable an edition. See Edit. Bipont. p. lix. Thomasii. Lipsiae. 8vo. l6/5. A very excellent edition: containing the learned 4 160 PLINIUS JUNIOR. prolegomena of Thomasius, concerning Pliny and these v\ aye illustrated his works. It has also some select variorum notes, and the unpublished ones of Barthius. It was reprinted Hal. Sax. 8vo. 1686} - iSise, 8vo. 1695. Hjsarnii. Oxon. 8vo. 1703. In this very respectable edition the text is formed on the basis of the Elzevir one of 1640. Of the Epistles, the editor consulted three MSS. ; but he was unassisted by a single one of the Panegyric ; though he was for- tunate enough, to find a copy of the Aldine and Ste- phens's edition, in the Bodleian library, with a quan- tity of various manuscript readings in the margin : in Stephens's editions, the readings were inserted by Jos. Scaliger. lit this Oxford edition of 1703, the notes of Hearne are very short. The Life of Pliny was written by Massonus. It was reprinted, con- siderably enlarged, at Amst. 8vo. 1709. See Edit. Bipont. lxiii. Longolii. Amst. 4to. 1734. This is a very critical and elaborate edition, calcu- lated for those who wish to enter minutely into all the niceties of grammatical construction and historical il- lustration. No pains have been spared to collect what- ever information the more ancient, editions could afford, and the elegant Epistles of Pliny have here re- ceived as large a portion of classical commentary as was ever contained in any publicatiou of an author whose writings were equally confined. The work was begun and chiefly compiled by Cortius ; but, on his death, his pupil Longolius put the finishing stroke to the undertaking, adding a great number of his own notes and emendations. This elaborate edition con- tains the prefaces of Hnantlmts (Veronse, 4to. 1502)* PLINIUS JUNIOR. lOl Aldus, and Stephens (Edit. 1591) : it also compre- hends six indexes, of which, say the Bipont editors, the first is composed with the absurd minuteness of the Dclphin ones. Dr. Harwood speaks highly of this work, and it is called by Ernesti " luculenta et optima editio.*' See Ernesti, 'Fair. B. L. t. ii. 416; Edit. Bipont. lxv-vi. Gesneri. Lipsiae. 8vo. ] 739-70. These editions, which contain also the Panegyric, are very sensible and excellent ones 5 less calculated for the eritic than that of Longolius, but affording to the curious student much judicious matter, with appro- priate illustrations of the text: the' edition of 1770 is the preferable one, as it contains some additional in- formation by Gesner himself, which he wrote in the margin of his former one; and which, on his death, was inserted by G. A. Ernesti, with an elegant and critical epistle by J. A, Ernesti*. ■ — . Bipont. 8vo. 1789. 2 vols. With the Panegyric. The first volume of this edi- tion presents us with a life of the author by Cellarius, with Gcsner's annotations thereon ; a very valuable Notitia literaria ; and an Index of Writers 'praised by Pliny, The text is formed after the best editions. It has no notes, and is not printed in a manner very pleasing to the eye. Payne. Load. 8vo. 1700. Edited by the late Rev. Henry Homer. This is one of the most beautiful and correct editions of the text of Pliny that has ever appeared. Those who have * The Glasgow edition in 4to. and i^mo. 1751, is an ele^ gant and esteemed one. YOL.'I.N M 162 FLINIUS JUNIOR. neither opportunity nor means of purchasing preceding editions, unaccompanied by notes, may rest contented with this truly elegant pocket volume; in which the accuracy of the text, and beauty of the typography, re- flect great credit on both editor and printer. It is published by Mr. Payne the bookseller ; whose name only appears in the title-page, All the works edited by Mr. Homer are without his name. Gieiugii. Lipsiae. 4to. 1800. 2 vols. Containing the Panegyric also. This edition seems to have been compiled with considerable care — the editor tells us that, in examining previous editions, he found the greater part of them to be reimpcessions of the errors of each other. The second volume contains a useful " Clavis Pliniana," and some excellent critical notes — in which the substance of the remarks of for- mer critics and philologists is in general very happily exhibited. The copies of this edition on fine papjk are extremely beautiful. II. PANEGTRICUS. Plutkolani. . 4 to. 1476. Editio princeps : without place or printer's name. Panzer, t. iv. 15, refers us to Schwarz's index of editions (Edit. Schwarz. p. 733). Consult Edit. Btpont. p. xxxvin. Count Revickzky informs us, that it is an exceedingly rare book, and little known to bibliographers* It appears, from its beautiful type, to Lave been printed at Milan, by Phil, de Lavagnia. At the end of it is distinctly dated mcccclxxvi. See JBibl. Revickzk. p. 10S: which copy is now in Lord Spencer's collection. This work is very valuable from Containing the. editie princeps of Pstsonius Au#i~ PLINIUS JUNIOR. 163 ter : a circumstance which, till lately, had escaped all the editors of this latter author. The Panegyric of Trajan, by Pliny, was printed in many of the early editions of the Epistles. Vabiobuk. Amst. 8vo, 1G75. This is called the lest Variorum edition of the Pane- gyric ; it contains some hitherto unpublished notes of Baudius, and is neatly printed, Auxtzenii. Amst. 4to. 1738. " The edition of Arntzenius/' says Ernesti, ff is to be commended for its cxcerpta from many manu* script works, and for inserting the learned conjectures of N. Heinsius and Perizonius : it has also many ju- dicious notes selected from former editions, with many good ones by Arntzenius himself. The only fault of it consists in defending too pertinaciously the common readings." Fair. 13. L. t. ii. 423. Schwakzii. ^ Norimb. 4to. 1746, This is emphatically and properly called the editio optima of the Panegyric. Its great merits are so well known in the classical world, that it may not be neces- sary to enter minutely into a description of it. It i& said that Longolius's edition of the Epistles owes a great part of its excellence to some useful hints and emendations which Schwarz threw cut in his proposals for printing the present work. The eulogy which has beqn conferred on the edition of Longolius may be well bestowed on this of Schwarz. It is a masterly- performance, and contains every thing curious ami useful relating to the subject of the author. Some? copies are struck off on large 1>Aper, and are botfr scarce and dear, M 2 1C4 PLUTARCHUS. A. C. 120. I. OPERA OMNIA. H. Stephanus. Paris. 8vo. J 572. Gr. ct Lat. 13 vols. I his is the first edition of the entire works of Plutarch, which came out in 6 vols. Gr. : the Latin translation, by Cruserius and others, was added after- wards; making, in the whole, 12 or 13 volumes. £>.f Bure, No. 6079, informs us, that the thirteenth volume (u Plutarchi Vitarum comparatarum Ap- pendix"), although frequently wanting, and contain- ing the notes of H. Stephens and other learned men, b absolutely necessary to make the set complete. With respect to the critical merit9 of this edition. Dr. Harwood says, that he read it through with atten- tion, and judged it to be one of the most correct books that great man (H. Stephens) ever published. Thrs criticism is opposed by the opinion of Xylander (Praef. t. ii. Edit. Frankfort.) and Reiske (Praef. t. i. et AnU Tnadversiones, &c. t. ii. 116). Stephens has undoubt- edly done much, considering the imperfect state of the materials which he employed ; though many passages are rashly and hastily given without the authority of MSS. or prior editions. Consult Hades, Fair* B. G. t. v. 206 ; Frey tag's Analect. p. 900, &c. " Ths edition of Henry Stephens, the most portable and con- venient one which has yet appeared, abounds with va- cant spaces which that editor was unable to fill up, and aviih corruptions so glaring and fatal as to defy the ut- most license of conjectural emendation." Edhtb. Re- view9 April 1803. TJbis edition h ciow'becoming scarce. PLUTARCHUS. 1 05 Cjruserii. Francof. Fol. 3 099. Gr. ct Lat. 2 vols. Printed by the successors of Wechel. The first volume contains the Lives, with the version of Cruse- mis, accompanied with his notes, and those of Stephen^ and Xylander. The second volume contains thv Morals, the version of Xylander, with his notes an Of the Aldine edition there is no critical account. In the margin of each page, which is very wide, there are references to various works, and to passages of Scripture, &q» &c imitated by the author. The second volume concludes with two copious Indexes, " Rerum et Verborum/* The work is executed with taste and fidelity. Some copies are struck off on large paper. See Mr. Kvans's Cat. 1802, Nos. 6985 699. :=s: QUINTILIANUS. A. C. 83. Phil, de Lignamine. Romae. Fol. 1470. Editio princeps. One of the rarest and most valuable of all the publications of me fifteenth century, and which has given rise to endless controversy; nei- ther Maittaire nor Burman appear to have had accurate information concerning it, and doubts even now e^cist whether it was printed bv Udal. Gallus, or Lignamine, though Audiffredi, who saw two copies of it, attributed it to the latter. In the Bibl. Creveuna, No» 3231, it is given in favour of Lignamine, and the work sold for 405 florins, or about 36/. sterling. A staperb copy at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 168, was --old For 26/. 5$. Consult Cat. de Gaignat, t. i. 391, which copy was sold for 807 livresj Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2333; N- 4 184 QUINTILIANUS. Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 5292; De Bure, No* 2446; Laire,. Spec. 149; Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. 46- 47 ; and Panzer, t. ii. 417. Neither the Bipont editors nor Spalding give us any information about it. A copy is in the Bodleian, and British Museum : I saw a very beautiful one m the library of Lord Spencer; the Greek characters were uncommonly fine and large, similar to those in the Complutensian Polyglot, of which I have given a specimen in the frontispiece of this work. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romae. FoL 14/0. Editio secunda. This work is of considerable rarity and value, and, as well as the preceding, contains a firm and beautiful Greek type. A copy was sold at Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1260 : at the Pinelli, No. 1067 1, it was purchased by Mr. Knight for 15/. In tho Bibl. Sarraz. pt. i. No. 1623, it is described as being " the most beautiful, and nearly the rarest, of all the editions of Quintilian." See De Bure, No. 2447 ; Maittaire, t. i. 291 ; Laire, Spec. 159, note k ; Audif- fredi, Edit. Rom. p. 63. According to the Bipont editors, Not. lit. p.xxvi. Gibson consulted this work; and Freytag treats copiously of it in his Adpar. litterar. X. iii. 70. It is of very rare occurrence; there is a copy in the Cracherode collection. Jenson. Venet. FoL 147 1- A beautiful and magnificent work, and, according to Spalding (prsef. p. lv.), has been described by Gesner and others*: it has no Greek characters like * Ernesti has observed that this edition is very beautiful, but incorrect ; it has, however, some good readings, which have not been adopted by subsequent editors. Gesner, in his edi- tion of Quintilian, has very carelessly quoted them. In lib. ix. c. iv. occurs the reading " dochmius" which Ernesti thinks the QUINTILIANUS. 1 85 the preceding editions. Some copies of it are printed on vellum ; De Bure, No. 2448, notices one in the library of the King of France, and of Mons. Gaignat, which latter sold at the sale of his collection for 491 livres; at La Valliere's the same vellum copy was pur- chased for 499 livres; at Dr. Askew's* sale, No. 2841, a paper copy was sold for 11L See a copy in Bibl. Pineli. No. 10672; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3232. Maittaire, t. i. 772, says that Beughera has mentioned a Parisian edition of this date. On examining the i( Incunabula Typographic," p. 115, I iind only the following remark by Beughem : " QitcB sub nomine M. Fabii Quint iliani, Romce, 1496, Paris. 1471, et cum Comment. Venet. 1493 prodlerunt^ non dubito quin sint ecedem Instilutiones." Maittaire doubtfully ■mentions a Parisian edition by " Crantz and Friburg" of the above date; but as it is not noticed by Chevil- lier, in his list of their books, p. 36, 68, 98, or by Panzer, the work is probably not in existence. Of the Venetian edition by Jenson, see a copy in Bibl. Har- leian. vol. iii. No. 1139. A copy is in the Bodleian library. It is very rare. The remaining editions in the fifteenth century-— Mediol. 1476; Romas, 1475, 1 49 6 5 Venet. 148 19 true one, and preferable to " dochimus" Leonicenus, the editor of this Venetian edition, of 1471? does not inform ua what authorities he followed in compiling it. See Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 267. * Dr. Harwood says the British Museum purchased a fine copy of the Roman edition for 11/. — I presume at Dr. Askew's gale. On inspecting the Bibl.Askev. there is no Roman edition to be found : the above was the work which sold for ri/. Dr. H. confounded the Venetian with the Roman edition. I have, observed that the British Museum contains the Roman edition of 1470 ; but this was lately acquired from the " Bibliotheca Cracherodiana," in which sumptuous collection it may be •een. 186 QUINTILIANUS. are not deserving of particular notice, as I find littk value attached to them by bibliographers* Aldus. Venet. 4to. 1514-22. These editions were compiled by Naugerius and Ramusius; the latter contains the preface of the for- mer, the table of chapters, and of Greek words, which were omitted in the first. Consult L'Lnp. des uilde, t. i. 113, 154. Juntje. Florent. 8vo. 1515. According to the Bipont editors, p. xxxn, Gibson and Burman mention an edition by the Juntae, of the date of 1510; but the present is the only one which was ever printed at their press. Consult Bandini, AnnaL Juntar. pt. ii. 93-4. Harles says it is a mere reimpression of the Aldine; but this seems doubtful. It is very elegantly printed : see a copy in Bibh Crevenn. No. 3237. Bad. Ascensius. Paris. Fol. 1516-19. €€ The first of these editions/' says Spalding (przef. p. lvii.}, " I have carefully inspected, as well as the work or MS. of Laurentius Valla, specified in the title- page, and find it to contain much excellent information, which seems to have escaped later editors. The edition of 15 19 varies wonderfully from the first, being more in conformity with recent editions : it wants all the notes of the first. Spalding is in possession of both works; the latter edition is preferred by Barthius, as it illustrates and corrects many passages in the De- clamations, from an ancient book formerly in the Biblioth. Lexoviensis Collegii. See Edit. Bipont. Noh lit. xxxii. QUIKTILIANUS. 187 Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1665. This edition was compiled chiefly by Schreveliusf and, on his death, finished by Frederick Gronovius, whose notes are to be found only in the u Declama- tions." It contains the notes of various learned critics, which are said by Harwood to be judiciously selected; the text, according to the same authority, is published with great fidelity. A copy, in 2 vols, was said at the Pinelli sale, No. 10682, for a considerable sum. Gibsoni. Oxon. 4to. 1693. Gibson has been accused by Spalding of not having investigated with sufficient attention the three MSS. which he consulted; namely, one in St. John's Col- lege, Cambridge; another in Baiiol College, Oxford; and the third in ihe Bodleian library. The same mo- dern editor hopes some learned man will take upon him a more accurate investigation of those MSS. Dr. Harwood calls Gibson's " a good edition, and not. sq much regarded as its merit requires. " It was reprinted with some short notes, from Turnebus and others, in Lond. 8vo. 17 14-16. See Ernesti, Fah\ B. L+ t. ii. 274. Burmanni. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1720. 2 vols. By this elaborate edition of Barman, the celebrity o* all former commentators has been eclipsed. We are here presented with the unedited notes of Aimeloveen, Gallseus, Turnebus, Gibson, and Obrechtus*^ the * Argent. 4to. 1698. ExRecens, Uhici Obrecliti. "Obrech* tus, lit supra monui, morte occupatus fait, quo minus pecu'iare *volumen9 quod notas suas et pracipUQS insuper erudiiorum 'variorum commentaries compketeretur*, emitteret. Adhibuit.vir dbctus ad repurgandum textum opes Gibsonianas, Bodleiamim prsscipue, ut in epistola dedicatoria ad Gibson am testatur codice ; sed et proprias dotes offert liber, quippe codicis MS- Bibliothecae Aryentoratensis scripturas exhibens." Spalding, praef. lx. 1S8 QUINTILIANTJS. u Annates Q.uintiliani,, of Dodwell, the various featd-* ings of three MSS. never before collated, and the emendations of Peter Francinus : all these materials are to be found in the first volume. The second vol., comprehending the " Declamations/' displays the diligence and correctness 'of the editor, in his excerpta from every work and MS. before collated : very co- pious indexes accompany it. The prefaces of Campa- nus, Aldus, Gibson, and others, are carefully inserted; and Burman has given a tolerably ample and correct review of all the editions of Quintilian : he, however* mistook the editio princeps, supposing it to have been in 1468. Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 274; Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 5371. A copy of this work was sold at the Pinelli sale. Burman's edition was reprinted at Padua, 8vo. 1736, 2 vols. ; " Studio Vulpiorum fratrum 1" a very beau- tiful copy of which, printed on Hue paper, was pur- chased by Lord Spencer at the Pinelli sale, No, 10687* for a comparatively small sum. Capperonerii. Paris. Fol. 1725. This is a splendid edition ; and though inferior to Burman's in general critical utility, is nevertheless of some importance, as it illustrates the author by re- ferences to the Greek orators*. Copies on large paper are beautiful and much sought after. Gesneri. Gotting. 4to. 1738. A very useful and admirable edition. The editor <»»i- . .i - 1 1 1 - 1. 1 1. .a in 1. 1 . , * " Quidquid enim maledicit et ridet in Epist. ad Claud. Cap- peronerium scripta (Lug. Bat. 4to. 1726) Burmannus, rheto- rices artificialis notitia, qualis erat profecto haud exigua in Capperonerio, necessaria pla?ie est ad interpret andum Fabium% imo ad pretium variantibus scripturis assign andum." Spalb- ing, prsef. Lxui. QUINTILIANUS. 1 $Q has examined the Gothanian MS. and the Venetian edition of Jenson, but not with sufficient accuracy and attention. It contains a preface and copious index — " Admodum bona hasc est editio," say the Eipont editors, u et studiosis ad intelligendum Quintilianum accommodata," p. xliii. " Gesnero quantum debeat Quintilianus/> says Spalding, " nemo ignorat : neque meum est de tanto decessore sententiam ferre." Spald- ing, prsef. lxiv. Dr. Harwood speaks highly of this work, and calls it 6* the best edition of Quintilian yet published." *-— -— — r. Bipont. 8vo. 1784. 4 vols. *# This edition seems tittle more than areimpression of the text of Gesner in the Institutions, and of Burman ia the Declamations ; it professes to have occasionally- consulted Obrechtus and other ancient writers : it has no notes, but * copious index. Spaldingii. Lips. 8vo. 1798-1803. Vols. I. II. It was the wish of Ernesti t that some ingenious and erudite scholar, " florens adhuc setate," would favour the classical world with a complete edition of this wri- ter; who, notwithstanding the labours of Burman and Gesner, still remained subject to great obscurities and * The editions of the Institutes by Rollin, Paris, iamo. % 7 15-34, a vols. " in usum scholarum," have been frequently reprinted, and lately, at Oxford, in a very handsome and ser- viceable manner : it is used as a lecture-book among the junior students. The preface of Rollin has been much admired as an elegant piece of classical composition. ■j* See Ernesti, Fabr* B. L. t. ii. 276. " Sed omnino Quinti- liani perfectam, a parte quidem critica, editionem nondum ha- bemus, &c. &c." Ernesti concludes the sentence thus : " Vix credibile dictu est, quantopere textus nunc vulgatus, ab anti- quis editipnibus discrepet, interdum sine necessitate." 1 90 QUINTILIANUS. contradictions. The above excellent production of Spalding seems to have realized this wish. The first volume, which contains only three books, begins with a dedication of the editor to his father, JL J. Spalding ; this is followed by a preface, giving much curious information concerning the name and writings of Quintilian, with some account of the MSS. and editions of the author : this latter article is much to be preferred to the elaborate and tedious detail of the Bi- pont editors. At the end of the preface the editor in- forms 11s of the assistance which he has received from various learned men, either in investigating ancient MSS, and editions, or by critical illustrations of the text of his author; from which it evidently appears that he undertook the task of editing Quintilian with such a quantity of valuable materials, as no critic be- fore him ever possessed. Subjoined to the text, which is printed in a firm character, on tolerable paper, are very copious notes, relating to similar passages in other authors, or illustrations from MSS., and critical dis- quisitions on the meaning, force, and spirit of certain important passages of the text. In the margin are figures corresponding with the pages in Bunnan's edition. The second volume contains the fourth, fifth, and sixth books of Quintilian, In the preface Spalding informs us that, through the friendly interference of Professor Heyue (who seems both ihe venerable lather and patron of literature), he has had acce&s to the ediiio princeps of his author 5 and has also been fortu- nate enough to procure a correct collation of jhe MS. in St. John's College, Cambridge, by Mr. George Butler, " vir juveuis eieganier doctus." Professor Pgbsgn is said to have superintended this collation, and to have greatly added to the riches of the editor's stores, by a copious account of the various readings of QUINTUS CUBTIU8. 1QI Quintilian, and many other critical observations. By these helps, Spalding has been better enabled to de- tect the errors of Gibson's collation of the Cam- bridge MS. Such are the great advantages of Spalding's edition of Quintilian. Of this work so admirably begun, and so likely to become one of the most popular editions of the author, I was in hopes, in this third edition of my Introduction, to have presented the reader with an. account of the concluding volumes, . Oxon. 8vo. 1805. 2 vols. This is a beautiful and accurate reprint of Gesner's edition, containing a judicious preface, and a very copious index. OUINTUS CURTIUS. A. C. 54. Vind. Spira. Venet. Fol. — — . Editio princeps ; and, according to most bib- liographers, printed in the year 1470 : the Bipont edi- tors assign it the date of 1471. See De Bure, No. 4775; Maittaire, t. i. 292: it is a work of exceed- ingly great rarity and value. A copy is in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 4666 ; Bibl. Smith, p. 140; and Bibl.Crevenn. No, 6092. At La Valliere's sale, No. 4838, a superb copy was purchased by Count Revickzky for 620 livres, which is now in the collec- tion of Lord Spencer ; at the Pinelli sale, No. 7601, a fine copy was purchased by the late Mr. Elmsly for 25Z. 10s. There is a copy in His Majesty's collection, and another in the Bodleian library. De Bure has taken great pains to shew that a sup- posed edition of Q, Curtius, by Spira, printed along 1Q2 QUINTUS CURTITJ5. with the Apophthegms of Plutarch 1471, can be n# other than this present one, accidentally bound up with it, IjAver. Romae. 4 to. . There is much doubt whether this work be anterior or posterior to the preceding one. See De Bure, No. 4776. AudifTredi, Edit. Rom. 387, throws no parti- cular light on it; though Rossi, 66, as referred to by Panzer (t. ii. 525), assigns to it the date of 1470. At La Valliere's sale, No. 4837, a copy, the first sheet MS., was sold for 122 livres ; at the Crevenna, No. 9091, a very fine copy, with broad margin, was sold for the bum of 380 florins ; it is there called u premiere edition." Fol. 1474. Both De Bure and Panzer refer to Ernesti, torn. ii. 347, in their account of this edition ; by whom we are informed that it was in the possession of Barthius, and that Freinshem made use of it. Of its rarity and value I am not able to give any particular account. Aldi (In Mdib.). Venet. 8vo. 1520. This edition, the only one of Q. Curtius which was printed in the office of Aldus, and in the compilation of which various MSS. were consulted, is rather rare. Renouard informs us thai Harles thought there were two editions of the same date ; but after carefully ex- amining various copies, Renouard was not able to dis- cover the least difference between them. See L'lmp. des Aide, t. i. 1 5 1 . ; Ernesti, Fair. B.L. t. ii. 348, BitUNONls. Lngduni. 12mo. 1584. Tins work, containing the preface and supplement of Christopher Bruno (from the Basil edit, of 154$* QUINTUS CURTIUS. 1Q3 fo\.)9 and the emendations of Modius, with various readings from an ancient MS., is not only a very rare, but a very excellent edition, Freinshem regretted he was not able to obtain a sight of it. Heumannus has given an accurate account of it in his Schediasm. de Libr. anon, et pseudon. p. 127. Elzevir, Lug. Bat. l'imo. 1633-53. The true and original edition of the impression of 1633, which isunnoiiced byDeBure andHarwood,may be distinguished by having two plates of a buffalo's head \ namely, one at the dedication, the other at the commencement of the text 3 and the page which, ac- cording to the regular numbers, would be marked 81, should be without a number, presenting a plate of the temple of Jupiter Amnion. " These are the marks," says Count Revickzky, u which serve to distinguish the true from the false edition." See Bibl. Revickzk. The edition of 1653 is not only very beautifully, but accurately, printed. The temple of Jupiter Amnion, is at p* 75: it has a plate at the title, a map, and a head of Alexander. FitEiNSHEMii. Argent. 8vo. l640. 2 vols. Of all the editors of Q. Curtius, there is none to whom we are more indebted than to Freinshem ; " who made Curtius/' says Harwood, " his particular £tudy, and who, in his Supplement, has so admirably imitated his style." It contains various readings, co- pious and learned notes, a new supplement, an4 an ample index. The prolegomena to the fourth chapter, in which the age and diction of this historian are discussed, will be found replete with curious and erudite matter. Ernesti has given a variety of evidence iji support of the excellence and true critical merits of *QJ>< lit O 1Q4 QUINTUS CURTIUS, this edition, t. ii. 351. It is a rare work. Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 16, has justly observed that both Ernesti and the Bipont editors have erro- neously assigned the date of 1648 to Freinshem's first edition of Curtius. Variorum. Amst. 8vo. 1 664-63-73-85-96. Dr. Harwood says, " the edition of 1673 is the most correct and beautiful." It must not, however, be forgotten, that the edition of 1685 contains notes, an index, the dissertation of Mottevayerus " De Curtio," the Supplement of Freinshem, and many other useful tracts, with a few plates. The edition of 1668 was published at Frankfort, and contains part of the commentaries of Freinshem. Edit. BiponU t. i. xix. Henrici Rapp. Argent. 4to. 1670. This is a very excellent edition, being an improve- ment of Freinshem's, and enriched with a vast number of notes by that editor. The commentaries and index are greatly enlarged. " This edition," say the Bipont editors, "excels every other; it contains many good things from the commentaries of Raderu§, and we have followed it in preference to all the rest." Dr. Har- wood has erroneously called it an octavo. It is & scarce looks and, thus recommended, cannot fail to become more so. Cellarii. Lipsiae. 12mo. 1688-91-96. A very useful work, with notes, supplement, and geographical tables, by the celebrated Cellarius. The supplement is written in a very elegant and concise manner, equally free from the sterility of Bruno, and tiie redundancy of Freinshem. Edit- Bipont. xx. The QUINTUS CURTIUS. 1Q& commentary of Cellarius was reprinted Hag, Com* 8vo. 1727, 2 vols. See Bibl. Pinell. No. 7621. Snakenburgii. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1724. This is the celebrated quarto Variorum edition of Q. Curtius, by Snakenburg, which contains many valuable extracts from Bruno, Modius, Freinshem, and Cellarius: the text is formed according to the first edit, of Freinshem, from which it never departs but with the most scrupulous caution, and when warranted by a better reading. In compiling; the work, Snaken- burg consulted one good ancient MS. and two modern ones; but with the early editions of his author heap- pears to have been but ill provided, as he consulted no edition more ancient than the Aldine. *4 This editor," says Ernesti, " as is too often the case, undertook the publication more from the importunity of the book- seller, than from the conviction of being able to com- pose a useful work from previous study, and diligent accumulation of materials/' It must, however, be con- fessed that this edition of Snakenburgisa very valuable performance, and is deservedly held in high respect : Dr. Harwood has pronounced a warm eulogium upon it, and the editor is by him declared to have " mani- fested an accurate knowledge of ancient manners and customs/' Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 352. Some copies are struck off on large paper, and, in fine preservation, bring a considerable sum. . Bipont. 8vo. 1782. 2 vol. This edition, like the greater part of the Bipont Latin classics, is executed without taste on an indif- ferent paper; but it is useful, as it contains an excel- lent Notitia literaria, the Supplement of Freinshem, and an Index. The text is formed on the famous Strasburg edition of 1670. o 2 ig6 SALLUSTIUS. Cunzii. Helmstad. 8vo. 1795. Vol. I. " E recensione et cum supplements Jo. Frein- shemii, varietate lectionis atque perpetua adnotationc illustrata." The remaining volumes are not yet pub- lished. I have made many inquiries for this recent edition, but without success, and can therefore only present the reader with the preceding extract from Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rotn. t. ii. 17. SALLUSTIUS. B. C. 35. Spira. Venet. Fol. 1470. Editio princeps : from the colophon it appears that only 400 copies were struck off. This is esteemed a very rare and valuable work ; but from Maittaire, t. i. 289, note 2, who is followed by De Bure, No. 4861, there appears to be another edition equally an- cient with the present one, without place or printer's name, but dated 1470 : of this latter edition Panzer takes no notice. A copy is in the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 1087; and Bibl. Mead. No. 1621. Of the above editio princeps bySpira, a fine copy was pur- chased by Dr. Askew at Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1622 : the same at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 2998, was sold at 14/. 35. 6J. See Bibl. Crevenn. No. 6207 3 and Pan- zer, t. iii. 64. ■ . 4to. — — . Absque ulla nota. From the colophon it appears to have been printed at Sorbonne, about the year 1470, as there are eight verses which allude to the war of Lewis XI. against Charles Duke of Burgundy. " T# SALLUSTIUS. 1^7 know the value of this edition," says Dotteville *5 u it must not be forgotten that it is the second printed look ever published in France " After reading what is said by Chevillier, p. 44, De Bure, No. 4862, and Dotteville, p. 378, I think there is little reason to doubt of this edition being printed by Gering, Crantz, and Friburg, at Paris, in the year 1470. De Bure mentions a copy on vellum ; as does Che- villier, at page 36. Count Revickzky purchased a copy of this rare edition at La Valliere's sale. Lord Spencer is in possession of a copy, and there is one in the Bodleian library. Harles, who praises this work, thinks Beroaldus was the editor of it ; though it does not appear suf- ficiently evident whether he has not confounded this Parisian edition with the one mentioned in the note below f. 1 ■ 1 ■ 1 1 , ■ ■ ■ ■ . m, — ■» . . ■■ - 1 . -.. ■■ 1, * Edit. Sallustii, Lat. et Gall. Rouen, $vo. 1781, fourth edition. Dotteville is remarkably minute and interesting on this work. f An ancient edition of Sallust, printed by Gering alone, was published at Paris, without date ; but which Dotteville thinks must be anterior to 1478, as the name of this printer, be/ore that period, never appeared without those of Crantx and Friburger* In the year 1478, Gering printed the work of " Joannis Nider, Consolatorium timoratse Conscientiae," which has the very same subscription as this edition of Sallust ; namely, " per magis- trum Ulricum cognomento Gering." Dotteville appears to have attentively examined both the Parisian editions : the last is more voluminous, and contains a greater number of tracts than the preceding one above mentioned in the text. The editor was Beroaldus. This is probably the edition to which Panzer refers in quoting Laire, Ind. t. i. 179. See the latter part of De Bure, No. 4862. In the Cat. de la Valliere, No. 4889, there is a curious old edition of Sallust, in the Gothic letter, supposed to have been printed at Ulme,by Reutlinger, and of the type of which an engraved specimen is given. 1Q8 SALLUSTIUS. Spira. Venet. Fol. 1471. This work is described at large in De Bure, No, 4863 *. Panzer, t, hi. 72, makes no less than three erroneous references in treating of this edition ; namely, to Maitt. t. i. 412; Gaignai, t. ii. 64; and Askev. p. 115; in neither of which authorities is the work to be found. Phil. Venetus. Venet. Fol. 1472. cc Catal. Biblioth. Suaier." p. 16 : referred to by Panzer, t. iv. 429, as the only authority for the exist- ence of this work, The remaining editions of Sallust in the fifteenth century (of which about thirty are mentioned by Dot- teville and Panzer), that are particularly prized by bibliographers, are as follow : — Jo. de Colon. Venet. Fol. 1474, of which a copy was purchased by Sir G„ Shuckborough, at the Pinelli sale, No. 7819. — Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1474. A copy of this edition. was purchased by the late Mr. Elmsly, at the Pinelli sale, No. 7820 : there is a copy in the Bodleian library. Panzer notices an edition of 147 1, sine loci notd9 which he thinks was printed at Milam, and re- fers to Rossi, p. 70. Aldus. Venet, 8vo. 150Q-21, Of these editions, which are compiled with great care, and throw considerable light upon Sallust, the second is esteemed the more beautiful, rare, and correct, * At Gaignat's sale, No. 2901, a closely^cut copy of this edi- tion was sold for the moderate sum of twenty-one livres. D$ Bure takes occasion hence to observe, that some people have imagined a quarto edition of Spira of the date of 1471, which is perfectly erroneous : the copy at Gaignat's sale was very muck cut away in the margin, so as to resemble a quarto* SALLUSTIUS. IQQ A fine copy is now become very valuable. Renouarc! observes, that De Bure, No. 4871, is wrong in calling the first edition less ample than the second ; they both contain the same quantity of matter, though the second is more accurately executed. These Aldine editions were counterfeited by an octavo one of 1504, the date of which is printed at full length ; and which, says Renouard, is most shamefully incorrect. This is the edition which probably occurs in the Bibl. Askev. No. 2883. See L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 92, 154-5; t. ii. 201. Badius Ascensius. Paris. 4to. 1504. Idem. Lugduni. 4to. 1526. The dedicatory epistle of Badius, addressed to Francis de Rohan, Archbishop of Lyons, concludes with these words : " Vale, dulce literarum literatorumque decus et praesidium ; ex officina nostra calcographa ; Parrkisiis, pridie kalendas Novembris anni hujus Mcccec. quarti." This curious and uncommon edi- tion is ornamented with two wooden plates, illustra- tive of some historical subject mentioned in the work : the frontispiece is printed in red and black. The date of the dedicatory epistle in the Lyons edition shews that it is only a reimpression of the Parisian one. See Dotteville, 383. P. VlDOUE. . 8vo. 1537. Without place or date, but most probably published at Paris, in 1537, by Father Vidoue, who commenced printing in 1518, and died about the year 1543, ac- cording to La Caille. This edition was printed for a bookseller, whose name is not mentioned, but whose arms was a tree, with an opened book on the top, con- taining this inscription: " Pondere pressa altius ex- tollituu" Dotteville, p. 383-4. o 4 200 SALLUSTIUS. Elzevir. Lug. Bat. J2mo. l634. This is a pleasing little edition, which was counter- feited \ but to distinguish the genuine one, it need only be known that at p. 126 there is a vignette of the head of Medusa with two extended pikes. See Bibi. Re- vickzk. p. 30. A copy was purchased at the Pinelli sale. See too Cat. de la Valliere9 No. 4898. DeBure has not described the genuine edition. Variorum. Lug. Bat. Svo. 169O. This is the best Variorum edition ; it was preceded by several others, namely, in 1049 ^4-5^ 6 .,--7, anc^ 1686. " The edition of 1690," says Harwood, " is infinitely the best, as it is enriched with the excellent notes of Gronovius." Besides the notes of Grono- vius, it contains the entire commentaries of RiviiiSj Paul Manutius, Ciaconius, and others ; with the select ones of Gruter and uiarcanus, &x. &c. It is a valu- able book, and not of common occurrence* Wassii. Cantab. 4to. 17 10. An excellent edition; the merits of which have teen long acknowledged by the literary world. Wasse compiled the text from a careful investigation of nearly eighty MSS., and some very ancient editions. He made Gutter's edit, of 1607 the basis of his own ;^ though his notes are not always borrowed from pre- ceding editors, but, on the contrary, contain many original remarks. After the example of Victorius and Pareus, he compared his author with the ancient Greek writers, and, in consequence, obtained much valuable information. A " Lexicon Sallustiannm" is added to the work. Consult Harles, Jntrod. Lit. Mom. t. ii. 258-9 ; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. U i. 244* SALLUSTIUS. 201 Cortii. Lipsias. 4to. 1724. The diligence and research of all preceding editors are eclipsed by this admirable production of Cortius. The text of Sal lust is given with great care and correct- ness, accompanied by a collation of thirty MSS. and many ancient editions, the vaiious readings of which are detailed with an accuracy and pieeision that reflect distinr ished credit on the editor. Cortius is called bv carles " optimus Latinitatis Sallustianae inter- pres." See his Introd. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 258-9. Cor- tius's notes, says Ernesti, are the very best for a stu- dent to peruse, if be wishes to understand the text of Sallust with accuracy and profoundness, and to col- lect many excellent observations of learned men. The preface of this edition is very valuable, and will be carefully consulted by those who are anxious to become acquainted with the comparative merits of the ancient editions of Sallust. It is very elegantly printed, and was republished at Venice in 4to. 1737 ; though the first ht'ipdc edition is always preferred by collectors. H-AVERCAMPi. Amst. 4to. 1742. 2 vols. A splendid and very elaborate edition. " Textus velut cymba m oceano, ita in notis natat," says the figurative Ernesti ; " oneratque potius lectorem copra quam aojuvat." The basis of this edition is Wasse's; where V asse is departed from, Gruter is followed. It contains the entire notes of Gruter (which is not the case with Wasse's edition), but unfortunately does not present us with a single note of Cortius. Of his own, it does not appear that Havercamp has inserted any thing; except in the notes on the " Fragmenta Sallustiana." The indexes are very copious 5 of the second index, M Grammaticus et criticus/' Harles 202 SALLUSTIUS. gays it is replete with exquisite learning. See ErnesUy Falrr. U. L> t. i. 245 ; Harles5 Introd. Lit* Rom. U ii. 261* -. Edinb. 12rno. 3 755. u This most beautiful edition of Sallust/' says Har- wood, " was purposely printed for the prize then offered by the university of Edinburgh, and deservedly obtained it. I have read it five times through, and have not discovered a single error." : — . Bipont 8vo. 1779 %■ iC The learned editors of this work," says Harles, €C having consulted the best editions, and especially the iUdine, which they carefully collated, have adopted some ancient readings which former editors had aban- doned ; and have illustrated passages, which before bad appeared corrupt and obscure ; so that this Bipont edition departs from every preceding one, but I fear without meeting with the approbation of the learned/' It was followed by another edition, which professed to be enlarged and corrected. See Harks* I?Urod. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 263. ■"■"■ - " ■ ....... .... ■ ■ — ' 1 — -■■■■ •"»"■ — • ■■ • ■■ ' "■ — ■-■■■' ■ — * The famous Latin and Spanish edition of Don Gabriel, in imperial 4to. 1 773, must not be omitted. It is highly spoken of by Count Revickzky. The letter is italic, but of quite a different form to the italic type of Aldus and Co.li- naeus : the plate of the bust of Sallust, &c. is contemptible. Nothing but the magnificence of the volume, and the extreme beauty of the paper and press-work, can reconcile it to the eye of taste. The printing and the paper are entitled to every praise. This edition is very rare and dear, as the Prince, Don Gabriel, reserved all the copies for presents. I have seen five or six copies in the possession of different booksellers in London. See Cat. de la Valliere, No. 4904; Bibh Revickz^ P-3I- SALLUSTIUS. 203 IIomeri. Lond. 8vo. 178C). A beautiful and correct book, edited by the late Rev. Henry Homer. The text is given with the like purity and elegance as the editions of Csesar, Livy, and Pliny, by the same excellent scholar. It contains an index of the various readings according to Haver- camp's edition. " This edition/' says a learned correspondent, (c is absolutely immaculate : so are all Homer's edi- tions : the accuracy of the editor was wonderful* The Sallust is extremely scarce; and the other edi- tions, when better known, will rise in price. " Telleri. Berol. 8vo. 1790. This edition is founded on Cortius's, though the editor departs from it where he conceives himself jus- tified by the various readings of a rare and ancient edi- tion, published at Brixia, fol. in 1495. It contains a review of the Spanish version of Don Gabriel, an ex- amination of the various readings, an interpretation of E laces, and an " Index Latinitatis." It was also very eautifully reprinted by Didot. Harles, Suppl. Not* hit. Rom. t, i. 302. Harlesii. Noriberg. 8v~o. 1 797- This is the last and lest edition of Harles, with ad- ditional excerpta from the Cod. Erlang. and some few readings from a MS. communicated to the editor by Henlius, Kunharpti. Lubec. 8vo. 1799. On the basis of Teller's edition, with some of the notes ; though the greater part are by the editor him- self. Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 504. 234 SENECA, A. C. 65. I. OPERA OMNIA. Moravus. Neapol. Fol. 1475. Editio princeps. This is a very rare and valuable production ; some copies are thus dated, m.Ixxiiiii. ; leaving out the intermediate four cccc : the error was discovered after a very few were struck off, and the greater part, therefore, bear the following re- gular subscription, M.ccccixxmii. De Bure, No. 1286, informs us, that there is no kind of difference, as to the text, between them. The curious prefer those that have the omission of the four c's, on ac- count of their rarity. A superb copy of this kind was purchased at La Valliere's sale, No. 1244, by Count Eevickzky, for 800 livres. It is now in Lord Spencer's collection. See Bibl. Crevenn. No. 1576) Bibl. Mead. No. 120; Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t, ii. 110; Maries, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 506. Bern* de Colonia. Tarvis. Fol. 14/8. Editio sccunda *. At La Valliere's sale, No. 1245, a copv of this work, in morocco, was purchased for * Of the " Epistles of Seneca" an edition was published, Romas, fol. 1475, in demo Petri de Maximis ; but whether by Panuartz, is not determined by Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 181. It is printed in a small neat Roman character. See De Bure, No. 41 13 : at the sale of La Valliere's collection, a copy of this Roman edition was sold for 500 iivres. Count Revickzky was fortunate enough to obtain a very fair copy, at a sale in Leipsic, for llittle more than a crown 1 See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 74-6. Of the same date* an edition was published at Paris, which thd Bipom editors KiCTuion at p. xxix, &c, and of which I fend a SJEUECA. 20S the moderate sum of 30 livres. See Bibl. Mead. No, 122; Crevenn. No. 1577 ; Maittaire, t. i. 387 ; and Panzer, t. iii. 35. At the present day, when the value of books published in the fifteenth century is so much increased, a fine copy would bring a consider- able sum. FSiasmi. Basil. Fol. 1515-29*. Printed by Froben. These are very excellent edi- tions, especially the second, which professes to correct 4qoo errors of former ones. The " Ludus in Clau- dium," about that time found in Germany, first ap- peared in the edition of 1 51 5, with the notes of Rhe- nanus. The second edition is so greatly superior to that of 1 5 15, that it is said Erasmus would willingly 4iave withdrawn his name from the first publication. Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. p. xxx-xxxi. copy was sold at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 477, for 4/. 14/. 6J.; there called " first edition." Maittaire has erroneously- dated this work 1470. See Chevillier, p. 56. A copy is in the Bodleian library. * Harles observes, that he is uncertain whether any editiom of Seneca's works ever issued from the Aldine press : he refers to Ernesti, Fabr.B.L. t. ii. in. who observes " Sequitur editio Veneta apud Aldum an. 152a, 4to. ubi naturalium libriy &c. ;" clearly alluding to a detached part of the works of Seneca, namely, the " Natural, ^xa-st. libr. vii." with the an- notations of Fortunatus. It is indisputable, that none of Seneca's works, except this Treatise and the Tragedies (pub*, lished in 1517), were ever printed in the office of Aldus. Of the " Naturalium Qusestionum lib. vii.,,, Renonard observes, that it has long been considered as one of the scarcest of the; Aidinc volumes." The editor, Fortunatus, boldly declares in his preface, " mult a milia monstrorum quae Senecse campos ohsederant, jugulavimus.'3 Vbnp\ des Alde> t. i. 161-a. On inspecting the Bib.l. pinell. No. 6402, I find that a copy of this scarce tract was purchased at the sale, by Lord Spencer, for 4 very moderate sum. 206 SENECA. Mureti, &c. Paris. Fol. 1 602-07- 13-1 Q-27* This is called a very excellent edition by Ernesti ; it contains, besides the collation of some valuable MSS., the notes of Muretus, Erasmus, Pintianus, and Obsopoeus ; and in the " airoKoXoavvTua-^* those of Rhenanus and Junius. The edition of 1607 contains, besides the preceding materials, some notes of Lip- sius ; the third, fourth, and fifth, comprehend L*2 notes of Christianus, Dorleans, Scriverius, Ponta- nus, &c. Commelin. Heidelb. Fol. l604. Cf In qua, praeter observata variorum jam memorata, occurrunt notae quae veteribus roc^vy^ois apud Ro- manos in usu fuerunt, Tironis ac Senecse nomine in- signitae." Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 113; and see the long and curious notes b. Harvvood calls it " an excellent and uncommon edition." These notes were republished with great care by Gruter, in 1707, with some additional ones by Gudius and Gronovius. Lipsji. Antwerp. Fol. l605-J4-32-37-52. Printed by Plantin. These are called very excellent editions by Ernesti. According to Harwood, the second edition " was said to have been printed with silver types :" it is a book of very common occurrence in this country, and may be obtained at a moderate price. Of the last edition of 1652, a very fine copy on large paper was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 3003, for 4/. 4$. Harwood speaks highly of the magnifi- cence and beauty of the volume, and of the excellent notes of Lipsius : the Bipont editors call it " Edit, rara et nitida," p. xxxix. Elzevir. Lug. Bat. 12mo. 1640. 3 vols. This is the best duodecimo Elzevir edition j it wa» SENECA. 207 . reprinted in 4 vols., with the notes of Gronovius, in 1649. The curious generally prefer having the fourth volume of this latter edition (containing the notes of Gronovius) bound up with the third volume of the first, to make the set complete, De Bure, No. 1287, informs us, that in chusing this fourth volume, we must be careful to procure the fine paper copy, as better corresponding with the beauty of the first Elze- vir edition. A copy according to this description, in fine preservation, is valuable. Variorum. Amst. 8vo. 1672. 3 vols. Printed by the Elzevirs. " This," says Dr. Har- wood, u is by far the most beautiful and correct edi- tion of Seneca/' It is a scarce and valuable book. Ernesti observes, that the third volume contains the writings of the younger Seneca, the rhetorician, which are entirely omitted in the Antwerp editions. This edition of Seneca is one of the rarest and dearest of the octavo Variorum classics : its typographical beauty is equal to its editorial correctness. Scholars who possess it will do well to treasure so valuable and com- modious a work. Weidmast et Reichlius. Lipsia*. 8vo. 1770. This edition is formed on the basis of the Elzevir of 16495 but many errors have been admitted into the text. Edit. Bipont. p. xl. . -. Bipont. 8vo. 1782. 4 vols. This edition is to be recommended from its pos- sessing a useful Notitia literaria. The text is professed to be formed on the basis of the most approved edi- tions. It has an index; but the execution of the work, like that of the greater part of the Latin Bipont classics, is far from being pleasing or elegant. 208 SENECA. Ruhkopfii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1797-1801. 3 vols.. Of this excellent and critical edition I have not yet been able to investigate a copy. It is noticed in the Dictionn. Bibliograph. t. iv. 491. Haries mentions the first volume in his SuppL Nof. Lit. Rom. t, i. 510* He also notices a promised edition by Fesslerus> who has many years been engaged in the work, II. TRAGCEDIJe.. Andrea Gallus. Ferrar. Fol. — . Editio princeps ; of exceedingly great rarity. It appears to have been unknown to De Bure, and is not to be found in the collections of La Valliere and Cre- venna. Maittaire, t. i. 748, and Panzer, t. i. 398, suppose it to have been printed about the year 1474; but Count Revickzky, and the Bipont editors, assign to it the date of 1481- SeeBibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 11. ; Edit. Bipont. p. ix. It appears that Gallus printed another edition of the Tragedies of Seneca at Ferrara in 1484. See Audiffredi, Edit. Itcd. p. 241. Higman et Hopil. Paris. 4to. . This curious and rare edition, sine anno, was sold at LaValliere's sale. No. 2589, for 330 livres : it ap- pears to have escaped Maittaire, De Bure, Panzer, and the Bipont editors, and I am not able to refer to any other collection for its existence. In La Valliere's Catalogue it is called " premiere edition." Che- villier has not mentioned the names of these Parisian printers, in his excellent work ** L'Origine de Vim* primere de Paris." A very curious edition of Seneca's Tragedies, sina $nna et loc.f in fol.^ along with €€ Pompi Festi Col- SENECA. 200 lectanea priscorum Verborum, sine loc. 1477/' was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 3002, The Lyons edition of 149 1, and the Venetian of, 1492 (erroneously considered by De Bure the first edi- tions of Seneca's Tragedies), are not held in particular estimation, Aldi (In JEdib.J. Venet. 8vo. 1517. The editor, Avantius (who published the Aldine Lucretius of 1500, see p. 62, ante) boasts of having corrected 3000 errors. It is a beautiful book. An illu- minated copy at Dr. A skew's sale, No. 2912, was purchased by Lord Lisburn. At LaValliere's sale, No. 2591, a copy on vellum was sold for 152 Hvres only. Delkionis. Antverp. 4to. i 5/6. A very excellent edition, in which Delrio has suc- cessfully amended the text of his author: his notes are learned ; and many passages, which accident or the carelessness of preceding editors had perverted and corrupted, are here restored to their original purity. The difficult passages bf the writer are also happily explained, " a quovis facile intelligantur," say the Bipont editors, p. xiv., who profess to follow this work in their own edition. An enlarged edition, with a7new commentary of Delrio, was published at Antwerp, in 4to. 1593-4. Consult also Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 135. Planting Antverp. 8vo. 1568* This very elegant edition is divided into two parts, separately numbered in the pages : the first contains the Tragedies ; the second, the Epistle of Lipsius to tlaphelengius, in which the writer discusses the nature of the Tragedies, and makes some general observations vol. 11. p £10 SENECA. on Seneca. By the assistance of a MS., added to his own ingenuity, Lipsius has been enabled to re- store many corrupt passages of the text. See Harles, SuppL Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 514. A beautiful copy of this edition was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 291 1. Scriverii. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1621. 2 vols. This edition contains the notes of many critics be- sides those of Scriverius ; and the text is diligently collated and corrected by ancient editions. It is a work of some respectability. Edit. Bipont. p. xv. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1 60 1-6 1-82- 1708. The first is a very good edition : the last contains some notes of Scaliger and Gruter ; but the third, which is very neatly printed, and contains the notes of J. F. Gronovius, and his son James, with a copious index, is equally esteemed. The engraved frontispiece, representing the subjects of the several plays, is very spiritedly executed. The Bipont editors have partly followed it. It was published at Amsterdam. Schrgsderi. Delphis. 4 to. 1728. A very elaborate and celebrated edition ; it contains the entire notes of Gronovius, some select ones from Lipsius, Gruter, Commelin, Scaliger, both the Heinsii, Famabus, and some observations of Grotius : the edi- tor's own notes are also frequent and judicious. It is accompanied with anew and excellent index by Grim- sehlius, of almost all the words and phrases of Seneca. " This edition," says Dr. Harwood, " has a very cor- rect text and ample commentary, and, in point of lite- rary and critical excellence, is not inferior to any of the most famous Dutch editions of the Latin classics in 4to." It appears that Cortius very severely attacked this work in Act. Erudit. Lips, an. 1728^ p. 448; S SILIUS ITALICUS. 211 which was defended by the editor, in a pamphlet published the same year. Duker engaged in the con- test against Schroeder, of whom he has spoken with unbecoming severity, in the preface to his edition of Thucydides. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 136-7; Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 5165 Journal des Savansy 1729, Aout, p. 435. ■ . Bipont. 1785. Formed on the editions of Delrio, the Variorum of 1682, and Schroeder's. It contains a short but useful Notitia literaria, but has neither notes nor index. The typography is very wretched. According to Harles, Baden has promised the clas- sical world an edition of the Tragedies of Seneca. He has examined about seventeen MSS. and various an- cient editions; and in the year 1798 published the " Hercules furens" in octavo, as a specimen of his projected work. See Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. of Harles, t. i. 516. SILIUS ITALICUS. A. C. 77. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romas. Fol. 1471. Editio princeps. " This," says AudifFredi^ €C is the first edition of Silius Italicus, which Crevenna praises as being extremely beautiful and rare. The copy which I saw in the Casanatensian library," con- tinues he, Ci is a sufficient demonstration of its beauty, for no edition published by Sweynheym and Pannartz ever exceeded it in elegance and splendour. In the Vatican library are two line copies of it, and there is one P 2 212 SILIUS ITALICUS. in the Corsinian library/' Edit. Rom. p. 74-S* All bibliographers dwell on its extreme beauty, and its rarity is unquestionable, as only 275 copies were struck off. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 174; Maittaire, t. i. 3033 Panzer, t. ii. 424. Consult Bib!. Mead. Askev. No. 3012; La Valliere's Cat. No. 2514: at the Pinelli sale, No. 9864, a copy was purchased by Mr. Knight for 48/. See Bibl. Crevenna, No. 4008. This work, which was neither in the Harleian nor in Consul Smith's collection, may be found in the Bodleian library, and in the Cracherode collection. Lord Spencer has a fine copy from the Bibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 4. Laver. Romae. 4to. 147 1. Editio secunda. De Bure, No. 2793, informs us, that this edition is even rarer and in greater request than the preceding; and Laire, Spec. 165-6, says, that (C it was unknown to every bibliographer but De Bure, who erroneously attributed it to Sweynheym and Pannartz ; whereas it is evidently printed by Laver —for Pomponius, who was the editor of it, had the sole direction of that printer's press. No copy of it is known to exist, besides the one in the royal library of France." Audiffredi, the indefatigable reviewer of Laire, does not decidedly pronounce whether or not it was printed by Laver ; but he observes, that if Laire had taken the trouble to have examined some of the libraries at Rome, he might have found three or four copies of this work. Audiffredi himself particularly specifies six copies of it. See his Edit. Rom. p. 88. At the sale of the Pinelli library, No. 9865, a copy was pur- chased by Count Revickzky ; at the Crevenna sale, No. 4009, a copy was sold for 200 florins. It is ia the Bodleian library. SILHJS ITALICUS. 213 . Rojnae. Fol. 1474. The sole authorities for the existence of this work are Emesti (Fair. B. L. t. ii. 174) and Drakenborch ; the latter mentions it in the list of editions prefixed to His own, and declares he saw a copy of it : Cellarius is also corrected by him in calling it the editio prin- ceps. Audiffredi briefly states it, without referring to a single library. Maittaire, De Bure, Laire, and Pan- zer, have omitted it. The Bipont editors rely on Drakenborch. See Not. lit, p. xi. . Romae. Fol. 1480. It is on the authority of Drakenborch that Audiffredi and Panzer notice this edition : the latter writer refers also to Maittaire, t. i. 407, who has specified it sine loco, and cites Bibl. Heinson. — I have diligently con- sulted the " Bibliotheca Heinsoniana," and have not been able to discover it. Both this and the preceding edition require, perhaps, stronger evidence of their existence. Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1481. This is a very rare and valuable edition, and, as well as the two first editions, much sought after by the cu- rious. Drakenborch, who consulted it, found it to contain some very good readings. The editor was Philelphus, who complains of the incorrectness of the Roman editions. It concludes with these words : iC Lector benevole vale perpetuo." See De Bure, No. 2795, and Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. p. xi. I have not been able to discover a copy in any cata- logue. It is in the Bodleian library. . Parmae. Fol. 1481. This edition, which was collated by N. Heinsius (whose manuscript notes have been inserted in Dra- p3 214 SILIUS ITALICUS. kenborch's edition), is generally found in the libraries of the curious. See Bibl. Harleian. vol. i. No. 3936; Bibl. Mead. No. 1704; Askev. No. 301 1 (purchased for the British Museum) ; Smith, p. 442 ; Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2515; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 40105 and Bibl. Pinell. No. 9866. A copy is in the Bodleian library. Aldi (InJBdib.). Venet. 8vo. 1523. This edition, by Asulanus, is almost a copy of the incorrect one of Philip Junta, Florent. 8vo. 15 15. It contains, for the first time, eighty-one additional verses (from v. 144 to 225 of lib. viii.), which were discovered in some old books in France. The genuine- ness ofthe.se verses has been doubted by Heinsius and others, yet they have been inserted by almost every subsequent editor. This Aldine edition is rendered of some value from its being the only one of Silius Itali- cus published in the office of Aldus. See UImp des jilde, t. i. 170. An elegant copy, in vellum binding, was sold at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 214. D. Heinsii. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1600. This edition was compiled before Heinsius had reached his twentieth year : it contains notes under the title of " Crepundia S liana:" the edition was pro- fessed to have been taken from an ancient MS. It was republished at Cambr. i2mo. 1646. DAusauEii. Paris. 4to. l6l5. In the opinion of Ernesti, " Dausqueius has not always adopted the best readings; he deserted Molius and Heinsius, where it would have been better for him to have followed their footsteps." Barthius, however, thinks highly of his ability " ennarandis poetis." See Emesti, Fair. jB. L. t. 11. 1763 Edit. Bipont. p. xv. SILIUS ITALICUS. 215 Barthius, who obtained excerpta from a MS. in Queen's Coll. Oxford, by Gruter, also illustrated Silius Italicus, in his " Adversaria," Francof. fol. 1624. Some copies of Dausqueius's edit, are dated 1618. Cell ami. Lipsia*. ]2mo. 1695. A very useful edition ; containing some short notes, geographical tables, and an excellent " Index Rerum, et Latinitatis." Cellarius was in possession of a book, lent him by Carpzovius, in which N. Heinsius had noted down the emendations of Joseph Scaliger. Er- nesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 177. This work is called by Harwood " the best small edition of Silius Italicus/* Drakenrorchii. Traj. Rhen. 4to. 1717* This is the celebrated and elaborate edition of Dra- kenborch, which ranks among the most sumptuous and valuable of the Variorum classics in 4to. It con- tains every thing worthy of perusal in the preceding editions; and, for the first time, the notes and emen- dations of N. Heinsius ; also excerpta from an Oxford MS., and one belonging to Puteanus. Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 177. Dr. Harwood gives this edition great praise, and observes that it is become scarce. The copies on large paper, says De Bure, No. 2798, are very rare and much sought after. Ernesti informs us, that Drakenborch was very anxious to consult a few MSS. (though rather modern ones) in some libraries abroad, but could not obtain permission. To a scholar of established character, and acknowledged talents, no greater mortification can be imagined ! Villebrunii. Paris. 8vo. 1781. This edition by Villebrune has escaped both Har- wood and Harlesj it contains various readings from *>4 21 6 SILIUS ITALICUS. four MSS., and from Layers edition of 1471, never before collated by any editor. Many passages are re- stored to their genuine meaning; but although the poet has received great advantage from the materials which Villebrunc employed in forming his edition, yet it must not be forgotten, that the many rash con- jectures of the editor, and the haughtiness of his re- marks on his predecessors, acid neither to the credit of Villebrune, nor to the utility of the work. This edition was published in the same year with a French transla- lion, in 3 vols. See Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. p. xvn. — . . Bipont. 8vo. 1784. The Bipont editors have given the text of the poet from the edition of Drakenborch, unaccompanied by notes. At the end are various readings from Ville- brune's edition. The text is preceded by a life of Silius Italicus by Crinitus, and a useful Notitia literaria. T. Ernesti. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1791. 2 vols. A very excellent publication, by Theophilus Ernesti. To the first volume is prefixed a learned disquisition f< De Carmine Siliano :" to the second volume there is an useful supplement to the same. Faulder. Lond. l2mo. if9<2< 2 vols. This useful little edition, which exhibits the text very elegantly printed by Buhner, is edited by Mr. Heber, a gentleman with whose taste and erudition the literary world is well acquainted. The text is formed on the editions of Drakenborch and Villebrune \ the various readings from th tms probably led Harwood into the error of specifying two editions of Turnebus; one of 1552, the other of 1553; which are, in fact, the same work. It is a very rare as well as elegant publication. H. Stephanus. Paris. 4to. J 568. Gr. cc An edition," says Harles, " at the present day, both rare, and held in great estimation. Stephens, in general, follows the readings of Ranconetus, without approving of the whole of them, or subscribing to the general correctness of Turnebus's edition. To each page are affixed the Scholia of the old Roman edition of 1 5 18, and those in Turnebus's edition, corrected by Stephens/' See Harles, Fabr. B.G. t. ii. 222; Freytag. Adp. Hit. t. ii. p. 766, cited. The annota- * The remaining principal editions wbich preceded Turne- bus's, are the following: Camerarii. Hagenose. 8vo. 1534. Gr. Cum SchoL — Brubachius. Francof. 4to. 1544-55. Gr. Cum SchoL — Idem. 8vo. 1550-55-67. Gr. Sine SchoL Consult Harles, Fabr. B, G. t, ii. aai, &c. 220 SOPHOCLES* tions of Stephens on Sophocles and Euripides, sepa- rately published the same year, should accompany the edition in order to make it complete. A fine copy of this rare and valuable work was sold at Dr. Askew 's *aie, No. 2967. See too Bibl. Pinell. No. 9288. It was reprinted by Paul Stephens, less beautifully and less accurately, at Geneva, in 410. 1603, Gr. et Lat. Canteki. Antverp. 12mo. 1579- Gr. Sine Schol. Printed by Plantin. cc A beautiful and correct edition," says Harwood : it is also well spoken of by Harks and Brunck. The merits of Canter are very considerable ; for, according to Brunck, it is to him that we are indebted for the present form of the ar- rangement of the Plavs. SeeHarles, Introd. L. G. t.i. 2.98; Idem, Fair. JB. G. t. ii, 22?. Professor Dalzel calls this work " Editio rarissima." See his Collect. Grcec. maj. t. ii. 101. At the end of the vol. is the date 1580. Johnsoni. Oxon. 8vo. 1705. 2 vols. Lonch 1746- Vol III. Gr. etLat. Cum Schol. Ejusd. -Glasguae. 8vo. 1745. 2 vols. 4to. 1 vol. Ejusd. Londini. Svo. 1758. 2 vols. Ejusd. Etonas. Svo. 1775. 2 vols. Of these editions, which are confusedly stated by Harwood, the Oxon edit, of 1705, with the third vol. printed at London, 1746, is generally preferred to the remaining ones. The octavo Glasgow edit, is deemed an inaccurate, but the quarto a very correct edition. The London edition of 1758 is incQrrect*; the Eton In Nichols's Life of Bowyer, p. 3S2, a particular account SOPHOCLES. 221 edition " is a very accurate and excellent one, and does honour to the diligent and learned editor J, T. (Tweedie, a Scotchman)." Harwood, p. 18. Harles has not given a favourable account of any of these editions. Capperonnekii, Paris. 4to. 1781. 2 vols* Gr. et Lat. This splendid edition was begun by Capperonnier, librarian to the King of France, and finished by Vau- villiers, a learned Greek professor; the former having died in 1777. The edition, which is more beautiful than critical, represents the Greek text, Latin version, and Scholia of Johnson's edition, with a few alterations and corrections. Vauvilliers has, however, displayed great diligence, research, and knowledge of the Greek language, in having investigated the notes and obser- vations of Dawes, Brunck, Heath, Valckenaer, Toup, Musgrave, and others. He frequently accedes to the conjectures of Brunck '*, and has adopted his readings without being aware of it. When he departs from the preceding critics, he does it with candour and diffi- dence t. Yet are the objections to this work consider- able; its grammatical researches, various readings, comparisons of parallel passages in other writers, and want of diligent collation of those fragments which are is given of these editions. Mr. Bowyer printed only the four piays, Ajax-t Eleara, Antigone, and the Trach'mi^, u In re- vising the Ajax and Electra, Bowyer had the assistance of the famous Pal ai ret ; and throughout the whole four plays c the < public are indebted to him for more than barely the manual operation'." * Who had published the " CEdipus Tyrannus" of Sophocle* in 8vo. \ " Ea autem liberalitate conflavit sibi odium Brnnckii, qui in notis ad Aristophanem et ad majorem Sophoclis editionera cum valde carpit acerbiusque refutat." Harles, 222- SOPHOCLES. inserted in the books of ancient writers, from the lost plays, have been questioned and condemned. " This edition/' says Professor Dalzel, " which was a long time in the press, and had excited considerable expec- tation, quite disappointed the literary world : this I regret the more, as I was formerly acquainted with Capperonnier, one of the most learned, benevolent, and amiable of men ! and particularly attentive to visitors who came to inspect the royal collection, of which he was librarian. I make this declaration, therefore, with the greater pain, because 1 have been benefited by his kindness. " Collect. Maj. Grcec. t. ii. p. 102, not^e. See Bibl. Crit. Amst. vol. ii. pt. vi. P 38-55$ Harles, Fair. B. G. t. ii. 224. . Etonae. 4to. 1 786. Gr. With various readings from Aldus and Turnebus. At the end of the Greek text, which was corrected by Harwood, are some short notes : these are succeeded by one of the most copious and excellent indexes, by Morell, that ever accompanied a classical work. BnuNCKir. Argent. 4to. 1786. Gr. 2 vols. Ejusdem. Ibid. 8vo. i 786-9. Gr. et Lat. 3 vols. The beauty and excellence of this truly critical edition are well known. At the latter end of the first volume, and at the second part of the second volume, are the Scholia and notes of the editor; in the third part are the fragments of the lost plays, a " Lexicon Sophocleum," and indexes. The Greek text is printed by itself, and is succeeded by a Latin version. The Aldine reading is principally adopted, as well as the ancient Roman Scholia ; to which are added, at the Lottom of the page, the deviations of Francinus's edition of 1522 (just mentioned at page 218). SOPHOCLES. 223 The Scholia of Triclinius are placed separately, with many judicious omissions. The principal emenda- tions, in this edition, substituted by Brunck, are from Tyrwhitt, Van Eldick, Valckenaer, and Ruhnkenius. The dearness of this quarto edition prevented many from purchasing it. Brunck, therefore, brought out an octavo edition, in three vols. 1786-8; containing the Scholia and indexes, fully as complete as the quarto one. In the year 1789 Brunck published another octavo edition, in three vols., very handsomely printed, of which only 250 copies were struck off, at his own ex- pense. In this latter edition, the Scholia of Triclinius, and other recent ones, are omitted, and some fresh notes are added. Harles ** Fair. B. G. t. ii. 224-5; Idem, Introd. L. G. t. i. 300, &c. Dr. Harwood informs us, that he prefers many of the readings in the Aldine edition (the text of which Brunck has frequently altered without good reason) to those in the two first Strasbunr editions. ■ Oxon. 1800. Gr. 3 vols. Cum SchoL This beautiful edition is very justly held in general repute. It is a reimpression of Musgrave's, with the Fragments of Sophocles, the Scholia, and a Lexicon Sophocleum from Bru nek's edition. It has also, at the end of the second volume, " Index locorum So* phoclis a Suida citatorum," composed by Musgrave ; as well as a general Index. The third volume com- prehends the Scholia from Brunck's edition, and the ancient Scholia of Triclinius. Between the Greek text and notes, are some few various readings, taken from the ancient editions of Aldus, the Florentine, Colinceus's, and Turnebus's. There are copies of this * According to Harles, Beck is preparing a new edition of Sophocles. 224 STATIUS. this useful and accurate work struck off on large paper. Bothii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 180(). Gr. etLat. 2 vols* Sine Scholiis. In the preface, Bothe begins by telling us that the learned may probably wonder at his boldness in having undertaken an edition of Sophocles after the consum- mate skill which Brunck had displayed upon this au- thor— u ut vix et ne vix quidem melius faciendi spes superesse cuipiam videatur." Bothe, however, thinks that Brunck is deficient in a knowledge of Greek metres, so requisite to the undertaking; and that Her- man's work on this subject may be considered as the means of supplying many valuable remarks. Bothe complains, too, of Brunck's wanting that " wrox"*/' without which he intimates that neither erudition nor critical acumen form the complete philologist. The first volume contains the Greek text with a Latin version beneath — the second, the annotations on the tragedies, comprehending the whole of those of Brunck — a Lexicon Sophocleum and index of Greek words close the second volume. There are copies printed on fine paper. The edition is handsomely executed. STATIUS. A. C. Q5 I. OPERA OMNIA. Romse. Fol. 1475. Editio princeps. All bibliographers appear tm borrow their information of this work from Orlandi, who observes, that " it has no printer's name, and contains a different preface from the edition printed by PannarU of the Sylv<$, the same year*" See Origin, STATIUS. 225 iiel Stamp, p. 72. The Eipont editors inform us, that a copy of it was in the Bibl, Hulsiana, and they refer to Legnich, Beytaege, pt. ii. p. 121. I have sought for it in vain among catalogues. — — ~. Romae. Fol. 1476. Panzer, t, v. 413, places this work among the 9 &c. &c. : this tract is found at the beginning, gr end, of the volume. In His Majesty's library there is a copy of the edition of 1502, on vellum, from Consul Smith's collection; see Bibl. Smith, p. 452; but the grammatical tract, just specified, is wanting. Renouard speaks of a vellum copy in the possession of a physician at Verona. See Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 56, 145. Ernesti observes, that the corrections in the Aldine editions are purely conjectural. Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 333. At the Pinelli sale, No. 9879, a copy of the first edition was purchased by Lord Spencer for a small sum. Colin^eus. Paris. 8vo. 1530. This is an elegant and very accurate edition, worthy of the reputation of Colinseus. TiLiOEROGiE. Paris. 4to. ]600. Published at Geneva and Heidelberg the same year. The editor was Lindenbrog, under the feigned nam* of Tiliobroga. This is esteemed as the first critical edition of Statius's works, and contains the Scholia of Lactantius (or Lactatius) on the Thebais and Achilleis; the latter, for the first time, from a MS. of Pithoeus. It has various readings, notes, and a copious index. The edition may be considered as a useful repertory, compiled with great care, and every way worthy of the critical talents of Lindenbrog. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 333, note g> Edit. Bipont. p. xviii. The Bipont editors observe that there is a copy of this work, with some fresh emendations and manuscript notes of the editor, in the Biblioth. Joannea^ at Ham- burgh* Giioivoyii. Amst. 12mo. l653. Printed by Lewis Elzevir, and edited by J. F. Cr0- STATIUS. $2 J novius. This edition has been exceedingly praised by Reinesius, in ii Epist. ad Daumium." — €€ The accu- rate notes of Gronovius," says he, M please me ex- ceedingly, from their being neither too long nor too short." See also " Grotii Epist. p. 673:" Grotius gave a few original conjectures towards the illustration of the poei. Gronovius first published his " Diatribe in Statii Libros," in 8vo. 1637. Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 335. Dr. Harwood calls it " a very scarce edition of Statius." It was reprinted at Manheim, in 2 vols. 1782. Barthii. Cygneae. 4to. 1664. 2 vols. The celebrity which Barthius acquired by his Com- mentary on Claudian (see vol. i, p. 294, ante) was Increased by this luminous exposition of Statius. No man, who has not had occasion to examine it (some per- haps may have had the courage and felicity to go through, the whole) can have any idea of the variety and depth of learning which it displays. It was fortunate for Barthius that he had such a friend and editor as Dau- mius 5 for having died before the work was committed to the press, this latter scholar undertook the superin- tendence of it. The edition contains the commentaries and ancient glossaries on the Thebais and, Achilleis, a great part of which was never before published; also the Scholia of Lindenbrog's edition, corrected in many places. u Sed omnino prajfatio Daumii/* isays Ernesti, " legenda est de hoc opere Barthiano.,> This edition, according to Harwood, is deservedly much esteemed by the learned, for the critical and explanatory notes of Barthius, which are indeed very excellent. It rarely occurs in a perfect state. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1671. Published bv Veenhusen, and cont.Vmine the select a % . 228 STATTUS. ttotes of various editors, with those of Barthius and the "Diatribe" of Gronovius. It is not only beauti- fully printed, ex qffic. Hackiatia, but it is a very scarce, accurate, and valuable production. In the Bibl. Cre- venn. No, 4.025, there is a fine morocco copy in two volumes. There are few of the Variorum classics, in octavo, which exceed the present one, either in rarity vv intrinsic worth. Aikinii. Warrington. ]2mo. 177$. 2 vols. This is a neat and respectable edition, and has re* reived the commendation ofHarwood. 1 . Bipont. 8vo. 1/85. " Ad optimas editiones eollata." This is a useful edition, though inelegantly printed, and without notes or index. The Notitia literaria is little more than what is contained in Fabricius and Ernesti. II. SILVJE. PakTjktartz. Roma?. 4to. 1475. Rditio secunda: the first edition having been pub- lished along with the Catullus, Tibullus, and Proper- tins, of 1472. (See vol. i. p. 238.) This work con- tains the commentaries of Calderinus. Audiffredi, Hdit, Rom. p. 183, has given a copious and valuable account of it. De Bure, No. 2800, has confounded 'it with the Roman edition of the " Opera omnia" of 1475, sine typog. nomine. The rarity of this edi- tion is extreme: a copy of it, at the Pinelli sale, No. #$88, was purchased by Mr. Frowd for 14/. 35, tcL In the Bibl. Crevenna, No. 4027, there is an ancient edition of theSilvae sine loc. ann. et ti/pog. (circ. 1473), which- I have not been able to discover in any other eollectipa* STATIUS. 220 Stephens. Cantab. 8vo. ] 65 1 . Printed by Buck. This edition is both a scarce and excellent one. Marklandi. Lond. 4to. 1728. Printed by BowYER. Ernesti tells us that u those who are desirous to become acquainted with the rela- tive value of MS. editions, and a critical knowledge of the language of this writer, should, by all means, peruse the preface of I Tarkland : hewever he may have sometimes rather indulged his ingenuity and exquisite learning against the expressed authority of book? Vs Fabr. Bill, hat, t. ii. 336. The notes and emenda- tions of Markland * are worthy of his great reputation. * " Jeremiah Maryland was one of tbe twelve children of the Rev. Ralph Markland, author of " The Art of Shooting flying;" and was born Oct. 39, 1693. He was educated at Christ's Hospital ; and thence sent to Peter House, of which he was at his death 6enior fellow. Of his early life very little is known. He became* first distinguished in the learned world by his " Eputola Critica, 17*3/' addressed to Bishop Hare, in which he gave many proofs of extensive erudition and critical sagacity. After publishing the above edition of " Sta* tius's Sil*v#" he gave the following works successively to the world; viz. 1. Notes on " Maximus Tyr'ms" 1740 (vide p. 86, ante), a. A valuable volume of " Remarks on the Epistles of Cicero to Brutus, and of Brutus to Cicero : in a Letter to a Friend ; with a Dissertation upon four Orations ascribed to M. Tullius Cicero ; to which are added, some Extracts out of the Notes of learned Men upon those Orations, and Observations on them, attempting to prove them all spurious and the Works of some Sophist :" 8vo. 1745. 3. " De Grxcorum ^uinid Dt- clinatiane imparsyllabicd et bide formatd Latinorum Tertia9 ^ucestio Grammatica, i*/ 61," 4to. for an account of which sea vol. i. 341, ante. He assisted Dr. Taylor in his editions of Lysiaa and Demosthenes ; Dr. Musgrave, in his Hippolytus, 1755 ; anrj Mr. Bowyer, in an edition of seven plays of Sophocles, 1758 ; by the notes which he communicated to the respective editors. The like service be conferred on Mr. Arnold, in the ^econd a n 30 STAT1US. *. III. THEBMS. , . Fol. . €€ Edition tres ancienne, qu'on peut regarder comme la premiere ; elle est sans chiffres, reclames edition of his " Commentary on the Book of Wisdom." His very happy elucidations of many passages in the New Testa- ment may be found in Mr. Bowyer's " Conjectures," marked in the 8vo. edition with an R. — In 1746, he talked, at a dis-* tance, of publishing the rest of Statius." " From the year 175a, till his death, he boarded in a farm- house at Milton, near Dorking, in Surry ; where he described himself, in 1755, to be " as much out of the way of hearing as of getting. Of the last," he adds, " I have now no desire, the other I shall be glad of." In this sequestered situation he saw as little company as possibly he could, and his walks were almost confined to the narrow limits of his garden. What first induced him to retire from the world is not known : it has been supposed to have proceeded from disappointments, but of what nature it is not easy to imagine. He was certainly dis- interested to an extreme. Money was never considered by him as a good, any further flhan as it enabled him to relieve the ne-* fcessitous ; and in 1765 he had a fresh opportunity of indulging his benevolence to the fullest extent, by distressing himself to support the widow with whom he lodged, against the injustice and oppression of her son ; who, taking the advantage of ma- ternal weakness, persuaded her to assign over to him almost the whole of her little property. The consequence was a law- suit, which, after an enoimous expense to Mr. Markland, was terminated against the widow. His whole fortune, after that event, was expended in relieving the distress of this family.. Whatever sums he could command were consequently disposed of in their support. Yet it was with difficulty he could be prevailed on to accept the pecuniary assistance which many of his friends were desirous of affording him. From a worthy friend, for whom he justly entertained the highest regard, and whose benevolence he repeatedly experienced, he, not without hesitation, received a present in August 1766, and in the same month refused a handsome offer of Archbishop Seeker. In the October following, he declined even entering into a corre- Bpondence with an old acquaintance who wished to serve him. On the receipt of a handsome sum from Dr. Barnard, he wrote STATIUS. 231 111 signatures, a longues lignes, au nombre de 36 sur Jes pages qui sont entieres. Le caractere est un beau thus to Mr. Bowyer, July rz, 1767: " I received yours this morning, together with that of Dr. B. which I have not yet opened, nor shall ; I mean as to the bill part ; but this must not be mentioned for the world, for fear of giving offence. One thing you may mention as you please — that I am greatly- satisfied with his not writing to me — it looks as if he did not like to be thanked ; which, to me, is a sure mark of a noble mind." " In 1769, the disposal of his books became to him a matter of serious concern. He thus wrote to a friend upon the subject : u As to the disposal of the Greek and Latin books we were men- tioning, it now seems to me most advisable not to say a word concerning them. The great point with me is to avoid giving offence ; which is preferable to all the books in the Vatican ! but if a man is in danger of offending, while he is wishing and endeavouring to shew his gratitude, this is very grievous, and by all means to be avoided." " In December 1769, he describes himself as packing up his books, at the age of 77 : and four years after, " as having no books nor much memory." " If ambition had been Mr. Markland's aim, he might have gratified it: there being a positive proof, under his own hand, that he twice declined the Greek professorship ; a station where abilities like his would have been eminently displayed. " There is a traditionary report, that he once received a muni- ficent proposal from Dr. Mead, to enable him to travel on a most liberal plan, in the pursuit of such literary matters as should appear eligible to himself; and that his retirement arose from a disgust his extreme delicacy occasioned him to take during the negotiation. For a great part of his life, and parti- cularly during the last twenty years of it, he was much afflicted with the gout ; which he held to be " one of the greatest pro- longed of mortality in Nature's store-room — as being so great an absorbent of all other maladies." He continued to corre- spond with Mr. Bowyer till within a few weeks of his death ; when he was prevented by a severe attack of the gout, at- tended with a fever, which put an end to his existence, July 7, 1776. " In common with many learned and good men, whose me-' mories will not be disgraced by mentioning this trifling circum- stance, and amongst whom might be named the great ©£. « 4 232 STATTUS. romain ; on y voit un usage frequent tie la virgule. On trouve a la tete du volume xi feuillets ; le premiere commence ainsi par cette ligne: hebe, ut ait ysydorus et solinus, de regionibus, &c. La Thebaide commence par Pargument en 12 vers. Oluitur in primo fratrum concordia libro. lis sont suivis du texte Ratemas dries, alternaq; regno, prof ants. Le volume finit au dernier feuillet verso qui ne contient que 32 lignes, par ce dernier vers de PAchilleVde : Et memini meminisse iuuat sclt cetera mater." See Cat. de la Valliere, t. ii. No. 2544; which copy was purchased by Count Revickzky for 480 livres. It is now in the noble collection of Lord Spencer. Mombritii. Mediol. Fol. (Che. 1478.) (C Edition a longues lignes, au nombre de 34 sur les pages qui sont entieres ; elle est executee sans chif- fres ni reclames, avec les memes caracteres qui ont etq employes pour l'ouvrage du meme Mojiibritius, inti- tule: 6 Vita Sanctorum.' iC Ce volume commence par un feuillet de cache qui contient une piece de 32 vers, addresses par Mombri- tius a Bartholome Calcus. Le texte suit; ii y a des Samuel Clarke j; — he sometimes was fond of relaxing from severe studies, by playing at whist. It appears by a letter tp Mr. Bowyer, dated Sept. 19, 1748, that he once Avon what must have been esteemed a large sum of money. He says, €\ The paralytic you mention, to whose case that of Horace is applicable ' Mergas profunda firtior exsiUtJ was formerly my acquaintance and great benefactor ; for I won an hundred pounds of him at whist, and got it every farthing ! The moral of the story, if I take it right, is l Vexatio dat intellectuw? '•" — Nichols's Anecdotes of Bowyer, p. 18-28. ■f* " Dr. Clarke, though he husbanded his time in such a manner that he always carried books in his pocket, that he might lose no op- portunity of reading, yet Would spend hours in playing at curds. For this anecdote I have the authority of his son/"—////. STATIUS. 233 signatures depuis ai— - t. Le volume fiiiit par cctte souscription : Bon. Momlr. M. D. Barth. Calco. S.D. Accipis impressum Beloueside Thebain urbe 0 dec us o uitce spes nimis amp la me in their accounts of this work (which was never seen by the latter bibliographer), cite the following ingular subscription from Maittaire, t. i. 329 : 4i Si quas, op~ time lector, hoc in op ere lituras inveneris9 nasum ponito ; nam Stephanas Corallus Lugdunensis invido- rum quorundam fnalivoleatici lacessitus, qui idem im- primere tentarunt, citius, quam asparagi coquantur^ id absolvit) ac summo studio emendatum Utteraru,m *tu- 234 STRABO. diosis legendum tradidit. X. Cal. April, mcccclxxiii." It is a work of very great raritv. In the Bibl. Harleian. v. i. No. 3948, there ti an ancient edition, sine loco vel anno, thus de- scribed : — " Hide edttioni Achilleidos, qua in quinque libros distinguilur, pr&figitur epigramma jocundi Mo- mieri ; clauditur quinius liber versu quern in aliis librfc non vidi ; excusus est satis accurate." STRABO. A. C. 25 Aldi (In JEdib.J. Fol. 1516. Grace. Editio princeps. This work, which was pub- lished the year after Aldus's death, contains many ty- pographical errors in consequence of having been taken from a very defective MS. : the MS. is at present in the national library at Paris, marked No. 1395, L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 131. An elegant copy of this editio princeps was purchased by Lord Spencer, at the PinelH sale. In the Bibl. Monacensi there is a copy of this Aldine edition, with the manuscript notes ojf P.Victorius. Harles, Fair. B. G. t. iv. 569. Hopper?-. Basil. Fol. 1549. Gr. et Lat. The Latin version is by Glareanus and Hartungua. In the preface Hopper professes to have corrected the work of Aldus in many vitiated passages ; but the pub- lication has never been much esteemed by literary men, and is sold at a low price. Xylandri. Basil. Fol. 1571. Gr. et Lat. At the end of each book there are a few learned ^otes by Xylander. Two edition^ of this wjork canie STRABO. 235 out in the same place and form, in 1571 : the one has the Greek text accompanied by the Latin version,, in columns, on the same page; the other has only the Latin version; but they both contain the preface and critical notes of Xy lander. In the title-page of the Greek and Latin edition, this editor boasts of having done almost every thing that could restore the genuine text of his author : the work is, nevertheless, in little request. Is. Casauboni. Genev. FoL 15Q7- Gr. etLat. Ejusd'. Paris. Fol. 1620. Gr. etLat. Casaubon was but twenty-eight years of age when he composed his first celebrated edition of Strabo. Ry the assistance of four MSS., the readings of which were sent him by his father-in-law, Henry Stephens, and by his own happy conjectures and learned annota- tions, he has wonderfully improved the sense and re- stored the original text of his author. The second edition, published by Frederick Morel, at Paris, is much more accurate and splendid. See Harles, In- trod. L. G. t. ii. 13 ; Idem, Fair. J3. G. t. iv. 57 r. cc I read this (second) edition through/' says Dr. Har- wood, " some years ago, and its correctness, and the learned notes it contains, do great credit to the very learned and ingenious Casaubon : but it appears to me that the Greek original hath suffered greatly, particu- larly in the two first books." The copies of this edi- tion on large paper. are rare, and in great request. Almeloveeni. Amst. Fol. 1707. Gr. etLat, 2 vols. This edition was superintended and published by Theodore Janson Van Almeloveen, and is called by Harwood " a correct and well-printed book." It ex~ bibits the text of Ca&aubon's^co72^ edition, vvitk hi* S3S STRABO. entire notes, and those of Xylander, Morel, and Pal- mer, with some select extracts from Merula, Meur- sius, Cluverius, Holstenius, Cellarius, and others-. The text contains some words which are omitted in Casaubon's edition ; and the annotations of preceding learned men are arranged with skill in their respective places, by the care and diligence of Almeloveen. See Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 13. u Notwithstanding this production (which is called the edit. opt. of Strabo), a good edition of this author/' says Re- nouard, 4* is yet among the desiderata of literature." Berquignu* Paris. 4 to. 1763. Vol. I. Gr.et This splendid work was begun by Mons. Berquig'n, formerly a member of the Royal Academy of Inscrip- tions, who had completed the first three books (com- prehended in the above volume), which were corrected according to some MSS. in the royal library, but par- ticularly the one numbered 1393: the Latin version is Xylander's. A short time after the first volume was published, Berquign grew tired of the work, and sent over £-11 his materials for the further prosecution of it to the university of Oxford, where they now remain*. Consult Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 13, 14. * Dr. Harwood, A.D. 1790, speaks of a MS. of Strabo be- ing found at Moscow, the collation of which he hopes will be of singular utility in restoring the text of this author: Harles. (Fabr. B. G. t. iv. 568) observes that there are some manu- script copies of Strabo in the libraries at Moscow, and that Schiada has reviewed them. The most valuable collation of the MSS. of Strabo was made by Henry Scrimger, of Geneva? who once thought of publishing an edition of the au- thor, according to his own examination of six ancient MSS. : the variations of these MSS. he inserted in the margin of his copy of the Aldine edition. Upon the death of Scrimger, this «^pj came into t£e ir&jcfs of F^lvius JJ&itfNfy from whom it SUETONIUS. 23? SiebenKeesii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 17Q6-1801. Gt. et Lat» 3 vols. This recent and very excellent edition of Straba contains but nine books ; the remainder of the work is anxiously expected by the literary world. The* Latin version is Xylander's, corrected by the editor, ManyMSS. found in Italy by Siebenkees have been collated with great diligence and care, by which means various errors in the preceding editions have been corrected, and many chasms and deficiencies supplied. In his account of the various editions of his author, Siebenkees is concise : he informs us, however, that Casaubon left all the errors of Xy lan- der's version untouched. SUETONIUS. A. C, 160. Phil* be Lignamine. Romse. Jol. 1470. Editio princeps. It appears from Audiffredi^ Edit. Rom. p. 46, that this work was printed by Philip de Lignamine, and not by Uldric Han, as most bibliographers had asserted : the type is more beautiful and proportionate than that of either Sweyuheym and Pannartz, or Uldric Han. Probably Maittaire, De Bure, Meerman, and Lai re, were led to the suppo- afterwards passed, with many other of his books, into the Biblloiheca Barberina, where it now remains. Consult Haries, Fcibr.B.G. t. iv. 572.. It is of the collation of Scrimger that Casaubon thus speaks, in his letter to Junius (Epist, 514): " Quantum ad earn rem (novam nempe Strabonis editionem) juvare hog tux ill 35, notse Scrimgcrian* queant, ne did quidern potest." 238 SUETONIUS. sition of its being Uldric Han's, or Udalricus Galium, as that printer usually published all the classical works edited by Cam pan us, which is the case with the pre- sent one. To the authority of Audiffredi,in favour of its being printed by P. de Lignamine, maybe added that of Fossius, in BibL Magliabech. t. ii. 624, who treats largely of this work, and assigns it to the last-men- tioned printer. Consult Harles, SnppL Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 82. This editio princeps is a work of uncommon rarity and extraordinary value; it was neither in the Harleiannor Pinelli collections. At Dr. Askew's sale, No. 3180, a copy was purchased for His Majesty for 12oL \ at La Valliere's sale it was sold for 1340 livres ; •and at the Crevenna, for 500 florins. I saw a very beautiful copy of this rare work in the collection of Lord Spencer. Sweyn. et Pannartz. Romae. Fol. 1470. In the Biblioth. Harleian. vol. r. p. 229; vol. Hi. p. 62, this is called the editio princeps, and is said to be of such rarity, that a copy no where else existed. At La Valliere's sale a copy was sold for 429 livres ; and at the Crevenna, for 175 florins. See Panzer, t. ii. 421, who, among his references, does not notice the Harleian copy. I conceive this to be the edition which Osborne, in his Catalogue of 1759, No. 207, has marked at 10/. \os. " litt. capital, ilium." espe- cially from the latter part of De Bure's description of at the Pinelii sale. See also Bibl. Crevenn. No. 6303. i may just add, that, previously to Zaro- tus*s edition of 1480 (for which consult Maittaire, t. i. 416; Cat. dela Valliere, No. 4926), an impression of Suetonius is to be found among the " Hist. August. Scripiores" by Philip deLavagnia^ MedioL fol. 1475, which the reader will find described in the Harleian collection, vol. iii. No. 1147; and which at Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1639, was sold for the very mode- rate sum of 3Z. 5^. The present price is undetermined. Aldi (In sEdib.J. Venet. 8 vo. 1 5 1 6-2 [ . These editions contain Aurelius Victor and Eutro- pius ; and as they were formerly the common manual of almost every one who wished to study the Roman history, Renouard informs us that it is extremely diffi- cult to obtain a clean and perfect copy of them. The second edition is the more valuable, as containing an " Index Memorabilium," and notes of Egnatius ; also the annotations of Erasmus, from the Basil edition of 1518. At La Valliere's sale, No. 4937, a copy of this second edition, printed on vellum, was sold for 325 livres, and not 825 livres, as stated by Renouard. See Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 130, 158. The notes of this latter work were inserted by Burman in his edition of 1736. R. Stephanus. Paris. 8vo. 1543. cc In this edition," says Ernesti, u Stephens first made use of the famous Memmian MS., which may be said to form the basis of the present general text of SUETONIUS. 241 Suetonius." Fair. B. L. t. ii. 457 ; Maittaire, Vit. Steph. p. 42. This edition, so recommended, will not therefore fail to be purchased by those who are collectors of the classics printed by the Stephenses. Glabeani. Basil. 8vo. 1553-60. With erudite notes, and various readings in the margin. Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 88. Pulmanni. Antverp. 8vo. 1574 ; 12mo. 1578; 4to. 15Q2. The last is the best edition, with the learned com- mentary of Torrentius, concerning which, seeErne'sti^ Fair. B. L. t. ii, 457, note A, and the preface of Burman. Is. Casauboni. Genev. 4t(Y. 15Q5-l6l5. Ar- gent. 4to. 1647. Isaac Casaubon was the first who wrote a valuable commentary on Suetonius, and his edition is greatly to be preferred to every preceding one. This commen- tary, which has been most judiciously reprinted by Wolf in the Leipsic edition of 1802, is replete with various and profound learning, and is called by J. £caliger* «* the most perfect thing of the kind ex- tant." Both of the editions present us with many ex- cellent observations and rules of criticism, but the last edition of 1647 is the fullest, and contains the fragments of Suetonius, and the dissertation by Boe- clerus. Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 457-8. * " Nihil vidi absolutius in eo genere : neque hactenus quic- quam mihi contigitin eo legere sine summa admiratione. Ego te harum literarum principem et judico et profiteer : neque alitetr dicent, quorum judiciis livor non obstat. O utinam una esse- mus, &c. &c." Scalig. Epist. xi. ed. Elz. 1627. These senti- ments of Scaliger are sufficiently desisive. Lipsius had also the bighest opinion of this commentary. See Epist. xli; YOJL. II* & S42 SUETONIUS* Scriverii. Lug, Bat. 4to. 15g(5. With the text of Casaubon, and the notes of Pul- tnannus, from his edition of 1592, accompanied by- some of the editor's own. It was reprinted at Paris, in fol. with the notes of Ursinus, Lipsius, and Mar- cilius. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1647-51-62-67. With the notes of Lipsius, Salmasius, and others. Or. Harwood informs us that the edition of 1662 is a correct and well-published book. GiLflEVii. Hag. Com. 4 to. J69I. Traject. 4to* 1703. The last of these editions * is the best; it is en- riched by the collation of the Memmian MS. and other ancient ones, and by the insertion of the entire commentary of Patinus, who published Suetonius al Basil, in 4to. 1675, and afterwards in 1707, illus- trated from ancient coins. Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 459- J. Grqnovh. L. Bat. 8vo. 1698. A very excellent edition, and much superior to the Oxford ones of 1676 and 1690. Pitisci. Traj. ad Rhen. 8vo. 1690. 2 vols. Ejusd. Leovard. 4to. 17 14. 2 vols. The latter is by far the best edition, and receives the warm commendation of Harwood. I extract the fol- * I may here mention the elegant little edition of Blfau, Amst. iamo. 1630; also the Paris one of 1644, nmo. "Typis regiis" — "Edition," says DeBure, No. 4924* " tres joliment executee, et que Ton recherche a cause de la beaute de son im- pression." A fine copy of this edition is now rare* SUETONIUS. 243 lowing bibliographical memorandum concerning \t9 from the Bibl. Harleian. vol. iii. No. 5404 : " This fine edition of Suetonius, which exceeds any of the former, is adorned with a vast number of beautiful cuts, which not only illustrate Suetonius's history, but likewise give a great light to the Roman antiquities. The same antiquities are also farther explained by Pitis- cus's learned perpetual commentary on Suetonius, and extracts from nearly 900 ancient and modern authors, which he has collected for that purpose. At the end, in order to render the work the more useful, three large indexes are inserted." Some copies of this work are struck off on large paper. It was republished at the Hague, in 4to. 1727, in which edit, there are some additional remarks from former commentators and lexicographers relating to Roman antiquities. Burmanni. Amst. 4to. 1736. 2 vols. This is a very valuable edition 5 containing the text of Graevius, and many excellent notes of Burman, with the entire notes of the best preceding editors, and a selection from the remaining ones. From the criti- cism of Ernesti, De Bure does not seem justified in asserting that the learned give the preference to Pitis- cits's edition. In the preface there is a great variety of learned and interesting intelligence relating to the pre- ceding editions of Suetonius. Ernesti. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1748-75. Of thejirst edition, say the Bipont editors, p. xxxvi* the notes are neither numerous, critical, nor worthy of the name of Ernesti ; the text also does not follow Gronovius's edition, as it professes to do. The second edition has profited by the labours of Oudendorp, but the text is very erroneously pointed, and, in some places, deformed by striking typographical errors : the R 2 244 SUETONIUS. following may serve as a specimen — the Venetian editions of 1484 and 1494, and the Roman one of 1485, are considered as fictitious. Beuoaldx. Romas. Fol. 1515, First edition of all the works of Tacitus, for which the world is indebted to Leo X., who purchased the MS. of the first five books of the Annals, from the abbey of Corvey in Westphalia, at a considerable ex- pense. See De Bure, No. 4905 ; Vogt, 653. It has served as the basis of almost every subsequent edi- tion, though Beroaldus has been accused by Oberlin (p. xxxix. J of deviating from the true ancient read- ing, cither through negligence or ignorance. At the end of the volume, under the arms of Leo X., the fol- lowing encouragement is given to a further discovery of the books of Tacitus : "Nomine Leonis X. Pont. Max. proposita sunt prcjemia non rnediocria his qui ad eum libros veteres neque hactenus editos attule- rint." This strong testimony of the anxiety of Leo to procure the remaining books of Tacitus seems to have escaped his biographer Mr. Roscoe. It was pointed ©ut to a friend of mine, by Mr. Heber. "This work was reprinted at Milan by Alexander r 4 248 TACITUS. Minutianus, who, notwithstanding the exclusive pri- vilege of Beroaldus to print and sell the work (granted by the Pope's bull, and fortified bv the denunciation of penalties against those who transgressed it), is sup- posed to have obtained the sheets as they regularly came from Beroaidus's press — and to have published the work the very year in which it appeared at Rome. Some powerful friends of Minutianus interposed with the Pope, and diverted the effects of his wrath from taking place — by which the Milanese printer was al- lowed to dispose of the remaining copies of it." See Roscoe's Leo X. vol. ii. 279, 410. edit, The edition of Minutianus bears date 1517. See Ernesti, Fair. J3. L. t. ii. 395. Fboben. Basil. Fol. 1519-33-44. The first of these editions is very valuable ; it con- tains, for the first time, a tract by Alciatus, of €i Observations on Tacitus/5 and is called sllciatus's edition, by Oherhn — to distinguish it from 'he two following ones, which were compiled by R&ENAN0S. The edition of 15 19 follows chiefly Beroaldus; but in the work, u De Moribus Germanorum,,? many errors of that editor are corrected. The. edit, of 1533 is formed on the preceding one of ^519, 6C though it is surprising," says Oberlin, " that the more ancient ones were not consulted ;" it contains a " Thesaurus eonstructionum et locutionurn et vocum Tacito solen- nium." The notes of Beroaldus and Alciatus are added. The edit, of 1544, known to few bibliogra- phers, is not so beautiful as the preceding one of 1533, Consult Ernesti, Fair* B. L. t. ii. 395; Harles, SuppL Not. Lit* Rom! t, ii. 39 ; Oberlin, praef. stin-vn« TACITUS. 249 Lipsii. Antverp. 8vo. 1574-81 -98. Ejusd. Ibid. Fol. 1 600-07-27-37-48-52 -67- Ejusd. Lug. Bat. Fol. 1585-89-Q8-161-9-2I . Ejusd. Ibid. 8vo. 1 088-95-98. Ejusd. Aur. Allob. 8vo. 1619. After a careful perusal of Oberlin's preface, I find the preceding to be all the editions of Lipsius, though some doubt may remain respecting the two last folio editions published at Antwerp. Lipsius has been called the " Sospitator Taciti." The edit, of 1 600, the last which he superintended himself, is considered to be the best of those which were published before his death*. The subsequent ones of 1607^27, &c. re^ * Joseph Scaliger, in one of his epistles to Isaac Casaubon, thus alludes to his death and character : " You cannot be igno- rant of the death of our friend Lipsius. It must be confessed, that, in his death, both literature and friendship have experi- enced a severe loss. I loved him as a friend: I cultivated his society as a man who had deserved well of the cause of learn- ing. I doubt not but that he often repented of his folly and inconsistency in leaving Holland — where he was worshipped as a " numen diovtres^ (a deity dropped from heaven) — and betaking himself to that part of the world where he was obliged to live under less favourable auspices. But even this might have been tolerable, had not the society, in which he mingled, been tainted with a passion for gambling and play. How frequently does a man's judgment deceive him ! for so far from enjoying what he hoped for, he was absolutely more miserable than ever. Ambition, which was his ruling passion, impel- led him to change his habits of living: the superstition of his wife drove him to a connexion with an importunate and beg- garly woman ; who worried his weak mind with ambitious projects — nor did she desist till she had brought him into that situation, the very reverse of what he had anticipated, and in which he excited the hatred and envy of all men against him. See, f According to the pipont editors this edition contains fel* lelus Paterwhii* 250 TACITUS. vised, enlarged, and corrected by Pichena, are vain- able, and preferred to the preceding : " Plenior dies advenit/' say the Bipont editors, " cum ipsa Ta- citi editione a Pichena recognita, notisque auctoribus illustrate, in quibus praeparandis ipsi adfuit Franc. Vetruvius Patricius Florentinus, &e." Pichena has teen accused of not having consulted the editio prin- ceps of his author: on his merits and defects the reader will consult ErnestPs preface to his edit, of 2772, and Qberlhr's, p. xlix. Fjreinshemii. Argent. 8vo. 1638-64. (C This edition of Tacitus/' says Dr. Harwood (speaking of the latter), " published by the very in- genious and learned Freinshemius, is very highlv and deservedly esteemed for its accuracy. Annexed ta it is a most excellent and elaborate index, which I wish to hold up as a model of index-making." Ernesti has also spoken well of this work. Fahr* J3. L. t. iu 398. Elzevir. Lug. Bat. 12mo, 1634-40. 2 vols. Atnst. 1649. Of these elegant little editions, that of 1640 is pre- ferredj on account of having Grotius's notes. It is Sec, therefore, to what a dilemma ambition reduced our friend! He died neither richer, nor in greater reputation, in thai country than he might have done elsewhere." — Epist. Scalig. cxx. Elz. ed. 1627. Yet Lipsius was very sensible of the folly and danger of so capricious and dissipated a life. In one of his letters to Barclasus, he thus complains of his friend Baudius : " Scribit ad me, qxieritur, sed parum aperte, e;; ulcus aliquod sermonum ea veste tegi equidem odoror. Si levecuratu, parum est:, sin ravum aliquod et Siwwwoir (insanabile) doleo causa prieclari in^ genii quod sese (ah tr^i-rt I ah stulte \) in barathrum et prse- ceps dedit. Sed meliora opto." — Bayle, torn. i. 475 • TACITUS. 251 one of the scarcest of the Elzevir classics, and a fine copy is very valuable. The last of 1649, in one vol. may be considered as a supplementary work, and is joined by some collectors to the preceding ones : it was reprinted in 1665. Ernesti, Fahr. B.L. t. ii. 397. Variorum, Amst. 8vo. 1672-85. 2 vols. Of these editions, the first is printed by one of the Elzevirs, the second by Bleau ; that of 1672 is the most beautiful and valuable work, according to Har- wood, though the Bipont editors observe that its accu- racy is not equal to its beauty : they both contain the select notes of various commentators, and particularly those of J. F. Gronovius, who, however, died before the work was completed. Ernesti observes that neither MSS. nor the editio princeps were consulted. An ele- gant copy of the edit, of 1672 was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 7917, for 1/. ys. : of the edit, of 1685, a similar copy was sold for iZ. 3s. Dr. Harwood ob- serves that this Variorum edition of 1685, styled by the booksellers edit. opt. is one of the most incorrect books he ever perused. Ryckii. Lug. Bat. 12mo. 1687. 2 vols. Dr. Harwood calls this edition " a very correct and excellent one." The first volume contains the text of Tacitus ; the second, the notes of Ryckius. It is formed on the^rs^ of Freinshem's editions ; but the editor has occasionally consulted some Parisian MSS., and the Milan edit, sine loc. et ami. formed on the Venetian one of 1497, by Puteolanus, &c. " Plus tribuit Cod. Agricolae," says Ernesti, " quam debe- bat — nee tamen ita contemtim a Jac. Gronovio trac- tari debebat, ut factum est/' Fair. B. L. t. ii. 398. Of this edition, some copies are struck off on large n z o 52 - TACITUS. paper, and in fine preservation have been rather highly valued. Hauffii. Lipsise. 8vo. 1714. 2 vols. " A very useful edition," says Dr. Harwood, f* for those who are not very skilful in the Latin language, and wish to know the sense of many obscure passages in this concise and sententious writer. Prefixed to it is a Dissertation of Walchius, concerning Tacitus and his style. Ernesti, Fabr: B. L. t. ii. 400. Giioxovn. Traj. ad Rhen. 4to. 1/21. 2 vols. A very ample and excellent edition ; containing the notes and observations of almost all the old and best editors, with those of John, James, and Abraham Gronovius (which latter critic superintended the pub- lication on the death of his father James). " Jn my opinion," says Dr. Harwood, "this is an infinitely better and more useful edition of Tacitus than that of Brotier." For an account of the editions by the Gro- novii, consult Ernesti's edit, 1772, prasf. p. xxxix. &c. Obcrlm wishes that Gronovius had treated Ryckius with somewhat greater lenity : Gronovius, says he, thought, more tenderly than he wrote, of Ryckius, j rxf. lit. Giueksoni. Dublin. 8vo» 173O. 3 vols. On this edition, little known to Ernesti or Harlcs, the following is the etilogium of Dr. Harwood : " Tb^s is the celebrated edition of Tacitus which Mrs. Grier- son published. I have read it twice through, and it is one of the best edited books ever delivered to the world. Mrs. Giukrson * was a lady possessed of singular * Mrp. Grierson bad a son, who was His Majesty's printer atJDubiiii; "* a gentlecUn of uncommon learning, asd great TACITUS. 25B erudition, and had an elegance of taste and solidity of judgment which justly rendered her one of the most wonderful, as well as amiable, of her sex. Prefixed to this edition is a dedication to Lord Carteret, by Mrs, Grierson, in most elegant Latmity«.5' This edition i& now become rare and sought after. Ermesti. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1/52-72. 2 vols. These are valuable editions t, notwithstanding the many errors and omissions with which they abound. The preface, notes, and indexes, will be found later* csting and useful; many obscure passages are ex- plained, and the force and general spirit of the author's meaning are sometimes successfully unfolded. The last is the most copious edition : " Doctrinal certe plenissima," sav the Bi'pont editors, u sed non pariter ac decuit a mendis repurgata." This second edition is faid by Oberlin u multis mendis potissimum in not is contaminatam esse." — " Sometimes, " continues Ober- lin, " I have {\miu\jvhole lines wanting!" Prsef. lxxi. These errors have escaped Harwood. Lallemandi. Paris. 12mo. 1760. 3 vols. Printed by Barbou, and called by Harwood " one of the most beautiful and correct of all his classics." The text is from Ernesti's first edition, but it contains wit and vivacity. He died in Germany, at the age of twenty- seven. Dr. Johnson highly respected his abilities, and often jobserved, that he possessed more extensive knowledge than anv man of his years he had ever known. His industry was equal to his talents ; and he particularly excelled in every species of philological learning, and was perhaps the best critic of thea^c rhe lived in." — Dr. Maxwell's Account of him in Johnson's Lite by Boswell, 4to. edit, vol.i. 336. f In Ernesti's Fabr. B. L. t. ii. 399, the reader will find the materials of this edition described at large, with great modest T &nd perspicuityi by Ere *.sti himself. ' 254 TACITUS. the readings of some MSS. in the royal library of France, especially of those which coincide with the editio princeps. Brotierii. Paris. 4to. 1771. 4 vols. Ejusd. Ibid. l2mo. 1776. 7 vols. These are the celebrated editions of Brotier's Ta- citus, which have formed the basis of so many subse- quent ones. Of theirs/, " Basin fecit" (Brotierius), says Ernesti, i6 texti nostrum, sed ejus lectiones vel firmavit, vel etiam interdum mutavit per MSS. regiuin? Vaticanos, recentissimos illos, et alias lectiones vel con* jecturas in libris edd. ad marginem scri-otas." See Ernesti, Fabr.B.L. t. ii. 399,400. At the bottom of the text are short notes, " tironibus scriptss 1" at the end are fuller and more critical ones, accompanied by learned disquisitions, and the various readings of the author, with the opinion of the editor thereon. Some copies of the quarto edition are struck off on large paper, in folio : at the Crevenna sale, a copy of this kind was sold for 255 florins. At the Hotel de Bul- lion, in 1786, a very superb copy was sold for 900 livres. Of this edition of 1776, which is a very beau- tiful and commodious one, containing many of the notes and dissertations of the quarto edit, with a few new ones, some copies are struck off on ajine vellum paper. Consult Dictionn. Billiog. t. iii. 76 \ t. iv. 400. Crollii. Bipont. 8vo. 17 7Q-Q2*. 4 vols. These editions, especially the latter, are of con- * This edition was preceded by the following : . Her- bipol. 8vo. 1777. " Typis Stahel." It is severely censured by the Bipont editors, t. i. p. l. . Manheim. 8vo. 1780. 5 vols. The first four volumes contain the text, the fifth, the Supplement : th« notes of Brotier are wanting. TACITUS. 255 s:iderable repute. The first is reviewed in the Bibliottn Critic. Amst. pt. vi. p. 56, whcre^ in twelve pages, there is a favourable account given of the edition, which at that time was not completed. The second edition is not only more elegantly printed, but is alto- gether greatly preferable to the first; it was undertaken by Exter, on the death of Croliius, and the first vo- lume presents us with the short preface of Exter*, succeeded by that of Croliius in twenty -nine pages, the Life of Tacitus by Lipsius, an iC Index Editio- num/' a " Commentatio critica" of Croliius, and annotations at the end of the volume on the preceding books of the Annals : the same plan of the annotations is adopted in the remaining volumes. The fourth vo- lume contains a valuable " Index historicus." Of this last elegant and excellent Bipont edition, Oberlia has spoken in a very favourable manner; it is to be regretted that the notes are not printed under the text. Homeri. Lond. 8vo. 1JQO. 4 vols. A very beautiful and correct edition, forming $ * The following is Exter's preface : " Novas Taciti editio- nis, curis secundis emendations, spem feceret conjunctissimus olim mihi Georg. Christ. Croliius ;• vir, uti de omni historianim studio, ita et de principe historico Romano inprinus optime meritus. Neque tamen prsestare, quod exspectari a se jusserat, potuit vir incomparabilis, improviso fato expleta ante hos annos mortalitate. Ego, exemplari usus cujus ore manu sua passim adscripserat, hanc curavi editionem. Et textum quldem ubi viderem ernendatum voluisse, mutavi ; adhibito tamen etiam meo ipsius qualecunque judicio (spectant autem prse- cipuae emendation.es ad libros Annalium sex priores): notas editionis prions partim i-ntactas reliqui, partim ad novum con- silium direxi ; alias ex amici mente meave emendavi et auxi; novas denique ipse subinde adjeci. An lucri quid fecerit Tacito hac opera, aliis existimandum relinquo. Ego certe enumeran- dis singulis lectorem non morabor." Biponti. Kal. Jul. 1792. F. C. Extcr. 256 TACITUS. conspicuous figure in the list of classics published by the above excellent scholar, the late Mr. Homer : it exhibits the pure text of the author, and is accompa- nied with a copious and valuable index. Some copies are struck off on large paper, and bring a consider- able price. It is a work as yet little known in Ger- many or France. Bodoni. Parmse. 4to. 1795. 3 vols. A very sumptuous edition, of which the fourth volume is not, I btlieve, yet published. Some copies are struck of on large' paper, and bear a price in proportion to their rarity and magnificence. Sec Diet, Bibliog. t. iv. 401. *_._ , Edinb. 4 to. et 8vo. 17 96. 4 vols. Ah elegant and excellent edition, whether we con- sider the beauty of the typography, the correctness of the text, or the care and judgment displayed in the compilation of the notes : the whole work is formed on the basis of Brotier's, and has the advantage of comprising all the notes contained in each of his edi- tions. Harles has omitted this work in the second volume of his SuppL Not. Lit. Rom. ; and from the fourth volume of the Dictionnaire Bibliographique, p* 400, it appears to be little known in France. This edition is perhaps the most sumptuous amongst the Latin classics published by the university of Edinburgh. Oberlini. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1801 #. 2 vols. in. 4 parts. This recent and excellent edition is well worthy of * Harles mentions an edition of Tacitus — Tubingse, 8vo. 1797, t. i. ; 1798, t. ii. I have made inquiries for it, but witfw cut success. YERENTIUS. 25 7 the critic's and student's attention ; neither the type nor paper are very inviting, but its intrinsic ivortk amply compensates for these imperfections. In the preface Oberiin appears to exult exceedingly on the ac- quisition of the " Codex Budensis," which had been unnoticed for nearly three centuries, since the days of Rhenanus; and which, says he, u quasi deus ex ma- china mihi adstitit/' This preface contains a concise but masterly review of the preceding editions of Taci- tus ; at the end is a sufficiently copious list of errata in the first volume, which is followed by Lipsius's Life of the historian. The text is accompanied by long and luminous notes : an ample and useful index closes the work. Ruperti. Gotting. 8vo. 1804. 2 vols. This edition formsapartof the set of Roman authors which are intended to be published by some German editors, in a uniform series of volumes. The first vol. contains the text of Tacitus formed according to the editor's own judgment; the second, the commentary or notes, abounding with valuable information. There are copies beautifully printed on vellum paper. TERENTIUS. B. C. J 60, Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. — — . Editio princeps; sed incerta. Of all the early editions of an ancient classical writer, there are none which are attended with greater difficulties and doubts iti the investigation, than the present editio princeps of Terence : it is the only work of the existence of which lam unable to present my reader with any correct tes- timony. De Bure,, No. 2603, has giveh a lon-j dis- vofe. ri. s 258 TERENTIUS. sertation on the subject, and tells us that Saxius, in his Hist. litt. Typog. Mediol. was informed that a copy existed in the library of the Earl of Pembroke. Now, Maittaire, who had free access to that library, has never minutely described it; and if it really was there, we might have expected to have been favoured with some certain account of it. Panzer, t. ii. ii, the last and best bibliographer of works printed in the fifteenth century, contents himself with referring lo Maittaire, t. i. 290, and Saxius, p. 559. The autho- rity of Saxius is of little weight in this instance, as his knowledge rests on report ; Maittaire has barely described the colophon, and has referred us to no library in which it is supposed to be contained. Pal- mer, in his History of Printing, p. 54, note i, speaks of the book having signatures, as if he had seen it; but Meerman, t. ii. 28, note sy abruptly says, (i whe- ther this be true or not, let those examine who are in possession of the work/' Still, therefore, great un- certainty prevails respecting this Milan edition of 1470; Count Revickzky, in his preface, treats of it as a doubtful work ; and in the SuppL p. 26, of his cata- logue, he supposes the date of 1470 was fraudulently put for 1481. It is to be observed that Schelhorn, iu his Amcenitat.literar. t. ii. 331, and Mr. Willet, in the eleventh volume of the Archasologia (in his excel- lent Essay on the Origin of Printing), have slightly noticed the Terence of 1470. A copy of it 13 said to exist in the sumptuous library of Count Angelo D'Elci, of Florence*. * Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. $^ anc* De Bure, above cited, speak of an ancient edition, sine ulla nota, which may, or may not, be anterior to the doubtful one of 1470. Ernesti's autho- rity, in matters of philology, is unquestionably great ; but to having an extensive and accurate knowledge of books printed in the fifteenth century, tjiere are many who have justly questioned* TfiRENTIUS. 25Q Jo. de Colonia. Venet. 4to. 1471. Editio secunda. A very rare and beautiful work, and which Osborne, in his Cat. of 1748, No. 2219, his pretensions. De Bure very properly suspects the real anti- quity of those books which are printed absq. ulla nota. Where there is uncertainty, there will be conjectures, and in conjec- tures how few agree ? It follows, therefore, that we must re- ceive with caution the evidence of those who speak of the anti- quity of books sine ulla nota. Of the editions of Terence, of this description, there are many; Panzer speaks of one by Spira, Venet. fol. about the year 1470, with the commentary of Donatus : Denis, p. 556, mentions this work to be without the text of Terence ; but Maittaire, t. i. 776, and Panzer, t. iii. 67, both specify the text. De Bure, No. 2608, thinks this work printed in 1472; the copy of it, at Gaignat's sale, No. 1578, which was sold for 106 livres, seems to be without the text. The second edition of this kind is supposed by Panzer to have been published in 1474, edited by Sab in us ; the third edition of this kind he fixes in 1475 > probably the same work as occurs in the Biblioth. Pinell. No. 9897. The Bipont editors mention an edition of Terence of 1469, on the authority of Westerhovius ; but no library is referred to in which such an edition is stated to have existed ; and Bishop Hare (in the preface to his edition of Terence) is of opinion that such date is in the hand-«writing of some one. See Bibl. Revickzki. p. 5. But in the fourth volume of the Dictionnaire Bibliographique, p. 404, we are presented with an ancient edi- tion so early as 1468, which exceeds in point of antiquity both Mentelin's and Zarotus's edition. This work was purchased at the sale of M. Lomenie de Brienne, 179a, for 11 60 livres, and is thus described : " Terentii Comcedise sex. editio absque loci, a nni, et typogra- phy ulla indicatione (sed, ut creditur, circa annum 1468 excusa)* infoL Le volume commence ainsi au recto du premier feuillet : Publii Terentii Affripoete Comic i, Comediarum liber incipit feliciter. Epitaphium Terentii natus in ex eels is etc .... . sic pule cautits erlt^ arg}imentum Andria. S Z 260 TERENTIUS. marked at the moderate sum of 2/. 12s. 6 J. See Bibl. Harleian. vol. hi. No. 3697 5 Pinell. No. 9896, pur- chased by Count Revickzky for 14/., and now in the library of Lord Spencer. This edition was consulted by Bishop Hare. See Edit. Bipont. p. xi*j Panzer5 t. iii. 81; De Bure, No. 2604, who borrows his de- scription from Maittaire, t. i. 307. The Harleian Catalogue erroneously observes that Maittaire was- ignorant of this edition. It is in the Bodleian library. Syveyn. et Pannartz. Romas. Fol. 1472. This work has been accurately described by La Caille, Hist, de la Librair. p. 17, to whom Maittaire and AuclifTredi, Edit. Rom. 99, refer. Audiffredi speajes of a copy in the library of Prince Albania which he says wonderfully agrees with La Caille's descrip- tion; though Laire, Spec, notek, says that La Caillc. speaks of another edition of Terence of the same date, which wants confirmation, A copy pf the above Ra- ct il est termine au verso du dernier feuillet par ces phrases : valet e et pi audit ey Caliopius recensul. Publii Terencii Affrifoete Comic i comedarium liber jinit. Chaque page du volume contient 3 a lignes, a Pexception de, la derniere qui n'en a que 21. Cette edition n'a ni chiffres, ni signatures, ni reclames; les comedies y sont disposees dans Tordre qui suit : Andria> Eunucbus, Heautontimorumenosy Adel- phiy Ecbira, et Pbormio ; elles sont imprimees comme de la prose, et les noms de interloeuteurs se trouvent miles avec k texte. Cette description est tiree du catalogue de M. de Brienne, intitule, Index Librorum etc." Those who wish to consult further respecting the editions of Terence, sine idld nofd, may examine the edit. Bipont. prasf. rn. note 1, which work seems similar to the one mentioned by Schoepflin, p. 105, and by Morelli in Bibl. Pinell. No. 9895, corresponding with the one specified 2s the editio prirrceps in Bibl. Smith, p. 467- TERENT1US. 20 ! man edition exists in the Bibl. Angelica; I have not been able to discover one in a single English collection Raphaelis Regii. Venet. Fol. J 473. , An edition scarcely known to bibliographers. A copy of it exists in Bib Hot h. Seminarli Patavlni. Venet. Consult Laire, Ind. t. i. 317 ; where it is attributed to Vindelin de Spira. Panzer, t. iii. 99. It is printed in the Roman character, without numerals, signatures, or catchwords, and is divided into verses. So curious an edition, unknown to the Bipont editors, one is anxious to have carefully collated. ■ . Fol. 1474. Panzer has referred us to Bibl. Revickzk. p. 5, 6 ; Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2573; and Maittaire, t. i, 336, for the existence of a Milan edition, by Valdar- fer, of the above date. It appears to me that this edi- tion, particularly specified by the foregqing authorities, is very different from that of Milan of 1474: it is " sine loco et impressoris nomine/* and probably printed at Treves. See Bibl. Mead. No. 1682, which copv was sold for Only 2I. 12$. | Bibl. Askev. No. 3197. For the Milan edition of 1474, both De Bure, No. 2605, Panzer, and Denis, rely on the single tes- timony of Saxius, p. 562. Consult Emesti, Fair, B. L. t. i. 54; Edit. Bipont. xi. Jo. de Rheno. Vicent. 4 to. 1475. The authorities referred to by Panzer are, Maittaire, |. i. 357 (who merely gives the name and date) ; Laire, Ind. p. 376; and Faccioli, 1. c. p, 21. It is singular that the Bipont editors specify an edition of this date, at Vicenza, printed by Lichtenstein. s 3 262 TERENTIUS. . . Fol. 1475. This edition, stated by Panzer^ t. iv. 462, on the authority of Rossi, I.e. t. ii. 639, has neither nume- rals, signatures, nor catchwords; it is printed in the Roman character. I am not able to refer the reader to any other authority for its existence. Zarotus. Mediol. Fol. 1476-77- These editions, of the first of which Saxius was ignorant, are distinctly specified by Maittaire, t. i. 366*, 380, to whom Panzer also refers. It is singular, how- ever, that this latter bibliographer takes no notice of a Venetian edition of 1476, with the commentaries of Donatus and Calphurnius, of which Muretus speaks in the highest terms of praise. See Bibl. Pinell. No. 1 1214; Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. 54; Harles, In* trod. Lit. Rom. t, i. 234, from whom the Bipont editors take their account. Saxius mentions Donatus's Comment on Terence, folio, Mediol. Zarot. 1476, which occurs in Bibl. Crofts. No. 2233, and which is an edition of the Comment only, but does not contain the text of Terence. Both in the Bibl. Just, and Bibl. Valliere comments are repeatedly mentioned as editions. These are the earliest editions of Terence in the fifteenth century : the remainder are mentioned in the note below*. * An edition was published, Tarvis, fol. 1477 See Cat. dc la Valiiere, No. 2575 ; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3698 : it has escaped Panzer. Osborne, in bis Catalogue of 1759, p. 9, has de- scribed an edition of 1478, as printed in Monast. Sortens. editio princdps! and marked it 4/. 4s.: the same work occurs in the Bibb Harleian. vol. rib No. 931 ; vol. i. p. 171, &c to wr^ich I refer the reader for many curious and ancient editions of Terence. Harles mentions a very rare one, as printed by TERENTIUS. 263 Venet. 8vo. 1511. This singularly scarce edition has escaped Fabricius, Ernesti, and the Bipont editors, and is only to be found in the Bib!. Askev. No. 3071, from which Harwood and Harles take their account of it. Besides the co- medies of Terence, it contains " Vict. Faustus de Comcedia ; et Benedict Philologus de Terentii Comoe- diis." At the end is the following colophon : €i Hasce Terentii Fabulas censura cujusdam sane eruditi viri, sumptibusque assiduis imprimendas Lazarus Soardus curavit, Venet. 151 1," &c. : " A book," says Dr. Askew, " which may be numbered among the most rare, and of which 1 do not recollect to have seen a copy in any other catalogue or library." It was sold for 3/. 35. elegantly bound in morocco, by Padeloup. Aldi fin yEdih.J. Venet. 8vo. 1517-21. The edition of 1517 is the first publication of Terence which was printed in the Aldine press : it is extremely rare. A copy of it, lit. cap. ilhim. cor. tare, was sold for jl. 10s. at Mr. Crofts' sale, No. 2216. For so extraordinary a price I cannot account; its critical worth has not been particularly noticed by any bibliographer, and I have instances of three or four copies under my eye which were sold for a comparatively ■ " —> ' < — ' ■ 1 ' — — ■ — — •>- " Britannicus Brixianus, at Brixia, fol. 1495, which has escaped Panzer and the Bipont editors, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 2,35 ; he also notices two early editions, unknown to Fabricius, Ernesti, and the Bipont editors, which, though not in the fifteenth century, may properly be mentioned. Guid. Juve- valis ET Ascensci. . 4to. 1506. Litteris Gothicis.— Lotterus. Lipsia?. Fol. 1512. See Freytag, Adpar. lift. t. L 491, 944 : this Leipsic edition has escaped Leichius, De Grig, et Incrcm. Typog. Lips. A curious folio edition, with a wooden cut at the head of each scene, and containing five commentaries, was published at Venice, 151s. S 4 264 TERENTIUS, trifling sum : nothing, therefore, but the fine condition of the copy, and the brilliancy of the illuminations^ could have brought so large a sum. In the Imperial library, at Vienna, there is a copy of the second Aldine edition of 1521, printed on vellum, and bound by Grolier : Renouard * thinks this very copy was sent to the then Emperor by the printers, " en lui faisant hommage de cette edition. " & Imp. des Aide, t. i. 134. *59- R. Stephanus. Paris. Fol. 1529-52* 4to. 158(3-41. These are the editions of R. Stephens, containing the commentaries of Donatus ; they were reprinted without the commentaries, in 8vo. 1532-33, and 45. The folio edition of 1552 appears to be more complete than either of the preceding; for, besides the Scholia of Donatus and Calphurnius, it contains some notes of Meianchthon, Erasmus, Scaliger, and others. It seems, however, that bibliographers attach excessive value to the edition of 1541, of which large paper copies have brought a very considerable price. At Mr. Bridges's sale, p. 216, a copy of this kind, elegantly bound in morocco, was purchased by Mr. Folkes. See Bibl. Folkes. No. 4983 ; Crofts. No. 2220. Neither Maittaire, nor Ernesti, nor Maries, inform us of its critical value. According to Harles, the first edition of 1 529 is the rarest, and in great request. See a copy in Bibl. Pinell. No. 9903. * The same bibliographer informs us, that in the year 1802, Mr. Edwards, of Pall Mall, purchased a vellum copy of an Al- dine edition of Terence, with the, preliminary part imperfect, the date of which was evidently inserted with a pen. This edition he thinks was of the real date of 154 1, in which year 'Paul Manutins published an edition of Terence. TERENTIUS. 2SS Murett. Venet. 8vo. 1555-58. The editions of Muretus were printed by Paul Ma- nutius. " Multa ausus, multum quoqueTerentio pro- fuit M. Ant. Muretus/' say the Bipont editors, t. i. p. xv. The second edition is little more than a reim- pression of the first, with the same preface, and some trifling additional matter in the commentaries : the edition of 1555 was every where corrected by Muretus himself. Many other editions, on the basis of the above5 were published at Antwerp, Lyons, and Frank- fort. Harwood speaks of Planting edition of 1565, " as a beautiful little book." Consult Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. 56; & Imp* des Aide, t. i. 286, 305. Lindenbrog published a good edition at Paris in 1602, which was enlarged and corrected, though not so beautifully printed, in the Frankfort edit. 410. 1623. The Frankfort edit, has, however, omitted the epistle of Lindenbrog to Calignonus, also the notes of Faer- nus : the Parisian edition is a very scarce and valuable work. See Morhof, Poly hist, litter ar. t. i. 844, note mm, by Fabricius. Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom* t. i. 249. Pulmanni. Antwerp. 12mo. 1560. Printed in the neat and accurate manner with which Plantin usually published his editions of the ancient classics. Faekni. Florent. 8vo. 1565. 2 vols. This is a valuable and rare edition. There is no ancient editor to whom Terence is more indebted than Faernus; who, by a judicious collation of ancient MSS. and editions, especially the one belonging to Be?7ibus (examined by Politian, and unknown to all preceding editors)^ has restored the true reading of his 206 TEKexntius. author in many important passages. Faernus*s edition was the basis of almost every subsequent one; his notes and observations contain a fund of good sense and sagacious criticism. See Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. 57; Edit. Bipont xvn. At Dr. Askew's sale, No. 3070, a beautiful copy of this edition, in morocco binding, was sold for 4/. 45. See Bibl. Pinell. No* 9911; Revickzk. p. 7; Crevenn. No. 3712. Elzevir. Lug. Bat. I2mo. 1 635. Compiled by D. Heinsius. This is the Elzevir edi- tion, of which the curious affix considerable value to the genuine copies: De Bure, No. 2613, says that it is actually become one of the scarcest of the Elzevir classics. The genuine edition is distinguished by hav- ing the page which ought to be numbered 104, marked 108 ; also by having the names of the " Dramatis Persona" printed in red ink. The next Elzevir edi- tion, after the present one, in the estimation of the cu- rious, is that of 1 661. Variorum. Lug. Bat. Svo. 1644-51 -57-62-69. Amst. 1686. Of these Variorum editions, the three first of which were compiled by Schrevelius, the last of 1686 is the more enlarged and esteemed edition, and contains some notes of Donatus, Eugraphius, Faernus, Boeder, Far- fiabius, M. Casaubon, Faber, &c. Boecleri. Argent. Svo. 1657. 2 vols. Boeder in his preface informs us that he has con- sulted three MSS. which contained many judicious emendations of the text. The observations of Boeder, says Harlee, are erudite and ingenious; but in critical imputation he outdoes Beniley and Reiske ! Accord- TERENTIU?. 267 ing to his edition, Terence appears to be quite a differ- ent author. See Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 251-2. Lengii. Cantab. 4to. 1701. " This is a magnificent and one of the most correct editions of Terence," according to Harwood. Leng, afterwards Bishop of Norwich, made great use of a Treatise published by the famous Was$e, " De Legi- bus et Licentia veterum Pcetarum" Oxon. 4U). 1687; he also consulted thirteen MSS. and many ancient editions, and enriched the work with critical notes, and a dissertation " De Ratione et Licentia Metri Terentianj." It was reprinted at Cambridge in 8vo. 1701 and 1723; whichlast, says Dr. Harwood, is by far the best edition. Hugenii. Amst. 8vo. 1710. A very elegant and pleasing edition. It contains an index of the words and phrases of Terence, and some notes at the bottom of each page, in which the various passages of Terence, in imitation of Plautus, are dis» tinctly pointed out by the editor. The Index of Hu- genius has been reprinted by Maittaire in his London edition of 1 7 15. Ernesti, Fabr. B. L. t. i. 62. Harii. Lond. 4to. 1724-25. Bishop Hare is one of the principal editors of Te^ rence; but his editions are not held in great estima- tion, although he was an elegant scholar and critic. He appears to have madeFaernus's edition the basis of his own, and has given a few of his notes and those of Donatus : his own notes are very short, and chiefly in illustration of the metre1 of Terence. ; the index is a co- pious one. Hare is entitled to the praise of having given some account of the early editions of his author, and of having examined the Venetian edition of 1471 ; 0 268 TERENTIUS. bis criticisms awakened the attention, and called forth the opposition of Bent ley, who published the edi- tion next described. Of the editions by Hare, the latter is professed to be more accurately published. Consult Journal des Savans, M. Nov. 1726, and Act. Enid. Lips. 1725-27, cited by Harles, Introd. Lit. Horn. t. i. 254. Bentleii. Cantab. 4to. 1726. Amst. \1ri~ . Of these two editions, the Amsterdam one, accord- ing to Harwood, is the most valuable, as .Bentley communicated to Wetstein, the publisher, many ad- ditional notes and emendations. In forming his edi- tion, Bentley examined many MSS.. which in anti- quity are next to those collated by Faernus : he also reprinted Faernus's notes entire : and prefixed a learned dissertation on the metres of Terence. The edition contains the Fables of Phaedrus, and the Sentences of Publius Syrius. See Art. Phaedrus. The boldness of Bentley has been strongly attacked in the Not. literaria of the Bipont edition, p. xxiv. ; although, say these editors, he boasts of having corrected the version of his author in one thousand places, he has corrupted the text in six hundred, at least. Consult also Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. i. 254; Ernesti, Fair. B, L. t. i. 62. The Amst. edition was reprinted at the samt places 11*410. 1737 ; but I know not with what addi- tions or alterations. Westekhovji. Hag. Com. 4to. 1726. 2 vols. This is a sumptuous and valuable edition, but more to be admired for elaborate care and research, than for exhibiting any -critical niceties of construction of the tt&tf or illustration of difficult passages. In his ac- count of the various editions of Terence, Westerhovius fca.- enumerated no less than 248 ; but of the editic TERENTXUS. 2&Q princ'eps he does not appear to have had any accurate in-* formation. " Westerhovius, qui quamvis codd. MSS. et plures ex edd. vet. ac melioribus contulisset, tamea se criticum haud asque exhibuit,* quam sedulum in apparatu interpretum congerendo." Edit. BiponU p. xxtv. This edition, nevertheless, will be found to contain the learned observations of Lindenbrog, of Calphurnius upon the " Heautontimoreamenos" of Engraphius, enlarged from two Leyden MSS. and the commentaries of Donatus. The Index is copious ; drawn up after the manner of Nizolius's Thesaurus Ciceronianus. Some copies of this work are struck off on largs paper; at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 192, a copy of this kind, with the cuts of Picart, was sold for 1 iL us. A very useful edition of Westerhovius for young students was published in 1732 and 1745, in 8vo. Hag, Com. _; Komae. Fol. 1 736-67- Lat. et Ital. These are sumptuous editions, especially the latter: the author of the Italian version is Nic. Fortiguerra. It contains the text of D. Heinsius (edit. 1635), and is ornamented with many plates, representing figures of the u Dramatis Personae," from an ancient MS* in the Vatican. The second edition contains some additional notes of Coquelinusy and is illustrated with plates of ancient monuments -of Roman antiquity. See Edit. Bipont. xxvii. ; Emesti, Fair. B. L. t. u 63 ; Harles, Suppl. Not. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 486. A fine copy of the first edition was sold at Mr. Parish sale. See No. 193. Hawkey. Dublin. 12mo. 1745. According to Harwood, " this is a very beautiful and correct edition," Some copies are. 1 believe* 3 27 O TERENTIUS. struck off on large paper. It has escaped the Bipont editors. Sandby. Londini. 8vo. 1751. 2 vols. This beautiful publication, embellished with vig- nettes, &c. forms a part of the set of Sandby's classics. The large paper copies, which are chiefly sought after, present to the eye one of the most elegant clas- sical volumes this country has produced. • ~. Edinb. 12mo. 1/58. tc This edition/' says Harwood, " was purposely published for the prize offered by the university of Ediburgh, and obtained it. J t is an immaculate edi- tion/' Unknown to the Bipont editors, Zeunii. Lipsiee. 8vo. \77&. 2 vols. The critical excellence of this edition ought to com- pensate for its exterior defects \ for a more barbarous specimen of typography cannot easily be conceived. It is formed on the basis of the Parisian and Frankfort editions of Lindenjhiog, noticed at page 265; but corrects many of their errors, and supplies many of their deficiencies. Zeunius has given some contracted notes of Faernus and Bentley, and in the ancient Scholia many things are admirably corrected, and the observations of the editor are also inserted. The ct Dia- tribe" of Westerhovius and of Bentley is republished, and a triple index is added to the work. It is, upon the whole, a very erudite and masterly performance. Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom* t. ii. 259. — . Bipont. 8vo. 1/79. This is one of the earliest of the Bipont classics,^ and one of the few Latin ones which contain aregular preface, and notes under the text ; although not TERENTIUS. 271 elegantly printed, it is a very useful work. In the preface the editors modestly state that their edition is compiled chiefly for young students (p. vii.) ; yet they observe that no pains or exertions have been spared to render it worthy of the commendations of the learned. The text is not rigidly formed according to Faernus or D. Heinsius; nor in their observations on the metre, have they implicitly adopted the opi- nions of Bentley. The notes are short and pertinents The account of editions is said to be fuller than that of Westerhovius ; though of the earlier editions, the editors appear to have collated none but the one specified at p. vii. (note) of their preface. iC Notae sunt eruditae," says Harles, "indicem tamen edd. no- bis amplificare licuit." Dbck$3$. Basil. 4 to. 1 797- Said to have been superintended by Brunck. It is printed in the same splendid manner as his Virgil of 1789, to which it makes a very handsome compa- nion. It is without notes or index ; and notwith- standing all the care of both editor and printer to ren- der it as correct as possible, between twenty and thirty errors are noticed in the short preface which precedes It. The work is, however, very sumptuous, and exe- cuted in all the typographical luxury of the English and French presses. Fikenscheri. Aitenburg. 8vo. 1799- 66 In usum scholarum." Formed oil the editions of Bentley, with various readings from two MSS* f furies, SuppL Not. Lit. Horn. U ii. 486. THEOCRITUS. B. C. 262, Medio! . Fol. 14Q3. Graece. Editio miNCEPs * : containing only xvjii* Idylls, and the " Opera etDies" of Hesiod. It has neither printer's name, place, nor year; but is sup- posed to have been printed at Milan in 1493, wnti the same types as the Isocrates of 1493 (see vo'* ll' p. 3, ante). Warton and Valckenaer, in the prefaces to their respective editions, treat copiously of it. It is a work of uncommon rarity and extraordinary price; and was unknown to Fabricius, Maittaire, Kciske, and De Bure. See a description of it in Bibl. Pinell. No. 9308, which copy was purchased by Count Re- vickzky for 31Z. 105. and is now in the collection of Lord Spencer. Consult alsoHarles, Introd. L. G. t. i. 512; Idem, Fair. B. G, t. iii. 779; and Panzer, t. ii. 97. In the fourth volume of Panzer's Annal. Typog. p. 361, mention is made of another edition, sine ulla notd, printed with the same types as the u Lascaris Grammatica of 1480"- — " If so," says Panzer, ery few copies had crept abroad with the offensive annotation. * In his " Anaiect. *ueter. Poetar. Gmcor" 4to. and 8vo. 377a. Brunck consulted some MSS, at Vienna and Paris, and gave what is called a " nova reeensio" of the poet. Though he has been sometimes more daring than successful, yet in the notes he has expressed himself with brevity, perspicuity* and sagacity. Harles, as above* THEOCRITUS. 283 u Notae." Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. 519; Idem, Fabr. B. G. t. iii. 791. Harlesit. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1780. Gr. et Lat. " This is a very useful edition," says Professor Dal- zel ; " but it is a pity that Valckenaer's second edition was not earlier inspected by Harles, the text of which is certainly the most perfect and complete of all the editions of Theocritus." Vide p. 205. The remarks of the editor are enriched by those of his friend Schre- lerus, which relate chiefly to the explanation of bo- tanical terms. Strothii. Gothae. 8vo. J 780. Gr. etLat. Particularly adapted to botanical researches, and il- lustrative of the phrases of the author by reference to works of ancient and modern natural history. The sagacity and erudition of the editor have not, how- ever, been much extolled. Harles, Introd. L. G. t. u 520. Jacobii. Gothae. 8vo. 178Q. Gr. et Lat. Formed on the basis of Stroth's, but many of his observations are rejected. The text is from Valckenaer, which is accompanied by the editor's own sensible ob- servations. Bodoni. Parmae. 8vo. 1792. Gr. etLat. 2 vols. A very beautiful and correct edition. The editor was Zamagna : copies of it in this country are scarce*, and sell at a high price. 284 THEOPHRASTUS. B. C. 288. I. OPERA OMNIA. I he first edition of the entire works of Theophrastus will be found in the Editio Princeps af Aristotle, 1498 #; which was reprinted in the Aldine edition of Aristotle of 1551-2, in 6 vols. 8vo, for an account of which, see vol. i. p. 189. In this last Aldine edition, the Characters of Theo- pbrastus are published with singular accuracy. Fischer lias given it high praise. Opoeinus. Basil. Fol. J 54 1. Gr. This edition, which is rather uncommon, has been minutely reviewed in Fischer's edition of the Charac- ters of Theophrastus. It follows Cratander's edition in the Characters. In the public library of Leyden there is a copy with numerous various readings and conjectures. Camerarius, as well as Oporinus, ap- pears to have had the management of it. Consult Harles, Fahr. B. G. t. iii. 433. D. Heinsii. Lug. Bat. Fol. \6l3. Gr. etLat. Although this edition is said to contain all the works of Theophrastus, yet the " Metaphysical Fragments " and the book " De Sensu" are wanting. The editor consulted an Heidelberg MS., and the first Aldine edition in the margin of which some learned man had written notes : Isaac Casanbon also gave him some information relating to the author. The Greek text is frequently corrected ; but, says Fabricius, c5 as the auihority on which such correction is made is not spe- * Theodore Gaza published a Latin version of the History of Plants in the same year. THEOPHRASTUS. 285 eliied, this edition has not great weight. 9> The Latin version of Gaza, placed opposite^ is occasionally amended — but Haller, whose judgment in works of natural history will not be disputed, has pronounced a severe sentence of condemnation on these labours of IJeinsius. See his BILL Botaiu lib. i. cap. ii. II. HISTORIC PLANT ARUM. Bodjei. Am st. Fol. l644. Gr. et Lat. This edition displays great care and research ; the notes are numerous and learned, and all the botanical information to be gleaned from Aristotle, Pliny, Dios- corideSj and other ancient writers, seems to be em- bodied in this work. The Greek text is Heinsius's $ the Latin version is that of the editor, who has placed Gaza's in the margin, with frequent corrections. The conjectures of Scaliger, Constantine, and Salmasius, are also incorporated ; and although Haller has cen- sured Bodoeus for occasionally wandering from his subject, and introducing a few errors, the present is nevertheless an edition well deserving of the curious botanist's attention : for it has collected into one body the opinions of the old writers on the subject of plants. It contains some wood- cuts of the rarer species, which are much better uncoloured than coloured. Consult Harles, Fabr. B. G. ibid.; and Haller, ibid* It may be necessary to consult the following Com- mentaries on this portion of Theophrastus's works, viz. J. C. Scaligeri. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1584-88. Scaliger saw many things acutely, but his want of 'botanical knowledge cannot be supplied by critical 286 THEOPHRASTITS. acumen. These editions contain the annotations of Constantine, which, though few, are excellent, and may be found in Bodaeus's edition. It may be also necessary to procure Odonus's work, printed at Bologna, in 4A0. 1556, 1564: and Accoromboni's, published at Rome, in fol. 1590, in which many ingenious and successful remarks are brought forward— but the following work, Moldenhaweri. Hamburg. 8vo. 1 791 • Gr. et Lat. Which contains only the first four chapters of the first book, is a very admirable performance ; exhibiting great botanical knowledge, and an intimate acquaint- ance with the Greek phraseology. The notes are co- pious, being both critical and botanical. The account of the editions, versions, and commentaries, prefixed to the volume, is well worth consulting. III. CHARACTERES. Pirckeymheri. Norimb. 8vo. 1527. Gr. etLat. This first separate edition of Theophrastus's Cha- racters, which contains a proemium, and the first fifteen characters only, was printed from a MS. lent to the editor by the famous J. Francis Picus, Earl of Mirandula; not, however, uninjured by the care- lessness of his librarian. This edition, which ranks among scarce and curious Greek books, formed the basis of many subsequent ones ; and was reprinted in the works of Pirckeymher, published at Frankfort in 1610. It does not comprise more than three sheets of letter- press, THEOPHRASTUS. 287 Chatandrus. Basil. 8vo. 1531. Gr. et Lat. In the opinion of Fischer, the Greek text is altered ili some places with great judgment. The Latin ver- sion, which follows it, was rightly supposed by Conrad Gcsner to have been the work of Politian. This is an uncommon volume. The reader will find in Oporinus's edition of all the works of Theophrastus, and in the second Aldine edition of all the works of Aristotle, the Characters of Theophrastus published with increased accuracy. H. Stepiianus. Paris. 8vo. 1557. Gr. With some " Opuscula" of Aristotle: containing twenty-three characters. The last eight, which Ste- phens boasts in his epistle to P. Victorius of having taken from a MS, are, in fact, copied and altered from the Aldine edition of 1551-2, of which Camotius was the editor. The notes to this edition are short and few : but whatever II. Stephens did is worth con- sul tin v. Lycii. Lipsiac. 8vo. 1561. Gr. et Lat. This very rare edition, which presents us with ihs Greek text of H. Stephens's, contains a new Latin version by Claudius Auherius, who was scarcely twenty years of age when he composed it. The notes are critical < and historical ; sometimes bold, but always erudite. Consult Harles, Fair. Bill. Grac. vol. iii. 434; Idem, Siippl. Introd. Ling. Grac. 1. 1. 240. This version and these notes were republished in Zuinger's edition of Aristotle's Ethics at Basil, foL 1582. Morell. Paris. 4to. 1583. Gr. et Lat. In the margin of this edition, Morell has occasion- ally inserted his own and Auratus's conjectures ; 288 THEOPHRASTUS. sometimes, but. injudiciously, he has altered the text on the same authority. The Latin version of the first fifteen characters is Politian's ; of the last eight, Morell's. It is a rare edition, and in some request. Is. Casauboni. Lugd. 8vo. 15Q2. Gr. ctLat, This edition, which was frequently reprinted (1598- 1612-1617-1638, &c), is in every respect worthy of the high reputation of Casaubon. Both the text and notes have served almost every subsequent editor. The Commentary is a rich mine of Grecian literature. The editor availed himself of the use of four MSS. in the Palatine library ; in one of which he discovered Jive characters not yet edited. The Brunswick 8vo. edition of 1659 has the credit of being the " editio optima of Casaubon;" but al- though it contains some additional matter, we are told by Fabricius, that both the Greek text and the com- mentary of Casaubon are too often corrupted and in- terpolated. See Elarles, Fahr. B. G. t. iii. 436. Harles is decisive in its condemnation. See his Introd. Ling. Grdc. t. i. 481. Benzelii. Upsal. 8vo. 17O8. Gr. et Lat. The Greek text is divided into small sections ; and a copious and useful, but perhaps rather too minute, index of Greek words is added. Needhami #. Cantab. 8vo. 1712. Gr. et Lat. The learned editor of the Geoponica, or Grecian writers on husbandry (published in 1704), has, in this elegant and excellent edition, proved himself a worthy * Gale, the editor of Herodotus, published some Opuscula Ethlca at Cambridge, in 8vo. 167 1, wherein all the text of Theophrastua's Characters is inserted. It is well worth con- sulting THEOPHRASTUS. 28Q successor of Casaubon, whose text and commentary are here inserted : the latter one succeeded by the learned notes of Duport, Greek professor of the uni- versity of Cambridge, Foreign critics do not seem to value these notes quite so highly as do our own. See Acta Erud. Lips. an. 1713. They are, however, though occasionally digressive, very elegant and learned. Duporl was one of the best Greek scholars this country ever produced. Pauwii. Ultraj. Bat. 8vo. 1737. Gr. et Lat, The text of Casaubon is adopted 5 but various read- ings, conjectures, and emendations, are inserted in the notes. Pauw is of opinion that the five last characters are not the production of Theophrastus. This edi- tion is highly extolled by Fischer. Schwarzii. Coburg. 4to. 173Q. Gr. et Lat. This edition, which frequently departs from those of Casaubon and Needham, exhibits a new Latin ver- sion, with some inedited notes of Buckner. " There was," says Harles, " a wonderful erudition and bold- ness of fancy about Schwarz : hence, although he had a quick conception, and explained things learnedly, he has frequently corrupted the text," See the Introd* Ling. Gtcrc. t. i. 481. Fischeri. Coburg. 8vo, 1763. ; Gr. et Lat. The credit which Fischer so justly acquired by his edition of Anacreon, probably induced him to un- dertake the present one of Theophrastus 5 in which he has still more admirably succeeded. The Commentary of Casaubon, with the useful observations of Gale and Needham — a copious and accurate index — anc| an ex- cellent review of MSS. and previous editions, dis- playing every where great critical acumen as well as VOL. II. V $90 THEOPHRASTUS. just taste — these are the advantages of this cc editio optima" of Theophrastus's Characters. It is an in- dispensable book to the classical student*. Fischer, who had delivered his opinion rather freely of the talents of Klotzius, was> in turn, sharply attacked by this latter critic in Act. Literar. vol. i. pt. i. p. 78-93. The merits of his edition have, however, survived the censures of his opponent. See Harles, Fair. Bill. Grac. t. iii. 438. Amadutii. Parmae. 4to. 1786. Gr. et Lat. A very splendid edition, exhibiting only two chap- ters (cap. 29 and 30) of this work, from a Vatican MS. of the eleventh century. It is mentioned, in order that the student may consult the very learned pro* legomena which it contains. Menzelii. Baruthi. 8vo. 178Q. Gr. et Lat. The index of this edition being copious, the student will not object to giving it a place in his library. The annotations are rather useful. Goezh. Norimb. Svo. 1798. Gr. et Lat. This is a critical edition, containing, as well some judicious notes of the editor, as the observations of Siebenkes, who, in his publication of the fifteen last Characters in the " Anecdota Graca" had reviewed the opinions of Amadutius, and censured the infi- delity of his text. Goez has chiefly followed Fischer. Schneideri. Saxo-Jena). 8vo. 1799. Gr. etLat. Schneider is a very sensible and learned editor. To * Bremer published the text of Fischer, with his index abridged, at Magdeburg, 8vo. 1773 ; and the same kind of pub- lication appeared in 1779 by Neide. THUCYDIDES. 2Ql this work he has prefixed an excellent account of the MSS. and editions of his author, and has availed him- self with judgment of the labours of Amadutius. The collector should not be without it. Corayi. Paris. 8vo. 1799- Gr. et Fr. Europe has produced few critics more learned than is Dr. Coray. Prefixed, there is a discourse upon the life and writings of Theophrastus : the notes are cri- tical and historical. Fischer's edition forms the basis of it, and Siebenkes's remarks on the fifteen Charac- ters are judiciously inserted. The French transla- tion is elegant and exact. I have not introduced the treatises of Theophrastus on stones and fire; because they are not so popular as are the works which have been just described. His iC Plants" are yet read with interest, and his " Cha- racters" have been translated into almost every modern language of Europe. De Bute's account of Theophrastus is unworthy of the reputation of his work : Harwood is rather bar- ren, and the Bibliographical History is very little more fruitful. THUCYDIDES. B. C, 381. Aldus. Venet. Fol. 1502. Grsece. Editio princeps : with two lives of the histo- rian ; the one short and anonymous, probably by the author who collected the Scholia ; the other, longer, by Marcellmus. In the year 1503 Aldus published ¥ 2 292 THUCYDIDES. the ancient Greek Scholia along with the u His- toria Grseca" of Xenophon and Herodian, in folio. This first edition of Thucydides is a beautiful book, though not exceedingly rare: copies with a fine margin bear a tolerable price. There are many scholars who prefer the text of this Aldine edition, to that of the: greater part of the subsequent ones. Junta. Florcnt. Fol. J 526. Gr. Cam SchoL Bibliographers mention editions, by the Juntas, of 15C6 and 1556; neither of which arc noticed by Bandini, and which are most probably supposititious. " My copy," says Mr. Wodhull (in a letter to me), " fromBibl. Crofts. No. 1382, there dated 1506, has the dates both in Greek and Latin on the front of the last leaf in words at length ; but in the Lktin the word € viginti> is omitted. I apprehend this error does not run through all the copies, as Bandini inserts it, and mentions the edition of 1526 only. Maittaire indeed mentions both editions in his index, omitting the Greek date of the former, but correcting from the Greek the omission of viginti in the latter; and it \b singular that loth his editions are dated November 2. These circumstances," continues Mr. Wodhull, " in- duce me to think there is no Junta edition of 1506," It is however rather singular, that in Dr. Askew's catalogue, No. 3364, there should be a copy of the third edition. Fabricius and Harles are extremely- vague and superficial in their mention of these pub-^ lications. Camerarii. Basil. Fol. 1540. Gr. Cum SchoL This edition was compiled by Hervagius, the printer, but superintended and corrected by Camera- rius, from certain MSS. of the thirteenth and four* tsenth centuries. Of these MSS, Duker does not ea* THUCYDIDES. 203 tertain a very high opinion, in the preface lo his edition. The Greek Scholia are placed at the end of the volume. Besides the eulogies on Thncydides by Aph- thonius, Marcellinus, an anonymous writer, and Sui- das, there are the remarks of Dionysius Halicamasseus, H. Stephanus. Paris. Fol. 1564-88. Gr. et Lat. Cum Schol. The Latin version is Valla's, which Stephens pub- lished separately in 1564, but which usually accom- panies the Greek text. The second edition is the best ; the version of Valla is corrected from certain MSS., and the life of Thucydides, by Marcellinus, is accom- panied by the version and corrections of Isaac Casau- bon. Subjoined, are the arguments of the orations, by Veratius, the chronology of Thucydides, and the arguments of each book by Chytrseus. This latter edition of H. Stephens is rather rare; and, notwith- standing the superiority of Hudson's and Duker's, is still purchased by the lovers of Thucydides. JEmil. Porti. Francof. Fol. 15Q4. Gr. etLat. This edition, according to Hudson, is formed on the second of Stephens ; but it has many typographical errors. The Latin version is however corrected, and some useful commentaries by the editor's father, Fran- ciscus Portus, are added to the work. The Index is said by Harwood to be a most excellent one. Hudsoni*. Oxon. Fol. 1696. Gr. et Lat. Cum Schol. A very beautiful and erudite production. Harles, * This celebrated English editor was born in the year 166a, at Widehope, in Cumberland ; and received the rudiments of 2Q4 THUCYDIDES. and theeditorof therecentEdinburgh edition of 1803-6, have quoted the long and elegant eulogy of Fabricius his classical education under one Jerome Hechstetter, from \vh6m he was sent, according to Wood, " as a poor serving child [servitor] to Queen's College, Oxford, in his 14th year.57 After taking his Master's degree in 1684, he was made Fellow of University College, indebted chiefly to the patronage of the famous Dr. Radcliffe ; to whose discerning eye, his merits, when be was a very young man, soon became conspicuous, and were liberally rewarded. " Here," says Wood, " he became a noted tutor, an excellent grecian, philosopher, &c." In the year 1701 he took his Doctor's degree, a few months Sifter he had succeeded Dr. Thomas Hyde to be keeper of the Bodleian library ; the contest for this situation having been very strenuously carried on between him and Mr. Wallis, of Mag- dalen College. He held this situation till his death. In 1713, he was appointed Principal of St. Mary Hall—chiefly by the in- terest of his first patron, who appears to have at all times in- flexibly supported him, and who was induced, by Hudson's solicitations, to bestow a very large portion of his fortune in those munificent foundations at Oxford which are now called by his name. " Dr. Hudson," says the contkmator of Granger, " seemed to be a citizen of the world : for the learned of the British dominions, and those of every other polished nation, had a pride and pleasure in being his correspondents. He presented copies of his works to these his numerous friends, and they sent him their own in return ; which was the means of greatly enriching the Bodleian library with various philosophical works in different languages." Too intense application to study, and great abstemiousness in living, put an end to his existence at the close of the year 1719* in the 57th year of his age. His body was interred in the chancel of St. Mary's church ; and a very plain inscription points to the spot where the remains of that man lie, who was once the delight of his friends, and the admiration of the literary world. The modesty, the application, and the erudition of Hudson have seldom been so strikingly united in one character; whatever this editor did, was done without flattery, osten- tation, or critical asperity: all his editions are as remarkable for their external splendour as for their internal correctness and utility. He seems always to have had in view the improvement of the reader, by bestowing on his author ail those advantages THUCYDIDEfi. 2Q5 upon it. The Latin version is Portus's, amended by Hudson ; the Greek text is on the basis of the second edition by Stephens. Two geographical tables and three indexes accompany the volume. Although it has been said (Act. Erudit. Lips. 1690, p. 341), that Hudson has not collated the MSS. and early editions of his author with sufficient care, yet the correctness and minute attention, to say nothing of the typogra- phical elegance, with which all the editions of Hud- son are executed, will always render this work of im- portance to the student and collector. Wassii et Dukeki. Amst. Fol. 17-31- Gr. ct Lat. % vols. This edition was undertaken by Duker, at the ex- press wish and entreaty of the publishers (R. and J. of illustration, which his extensive reading, his ready access to r.umerous books, and his enthusiastic admiration of Grecian antiquities enabled him so successfully to bestow : the editor is lost in the author ; and the reader is introduced to new sub- jects, and becomes acquainted with fresh beauties of language and of sentiment, without having his feelings wounded by tedious digressions on verbal criticisms, or malevolent invec- tives on venial errors. Hudson seems to have done every thing with legitimate views — his iEsop, Dionysius Halicarnasseus, Josephus, Thucydides, Velleius Paterculus, and the minor Grecian geographers, form an eternal monument of his taste, erudition, and industry. Hudson, Clarke, and Bentley coffi^ pose the great literary triumvirate of the eighteenth century. He had an only child, a daughter, who married the Rev. John Boyce, a clergyman, in Gloucester: Hudson's wife was the daughter of Sir Robert Harrison, bart. an alderman of Ox* ford. See Wood's Athen. Oxon. vol. ii. col. 940; Continua- tion of Granger, vol. iii. 127 ; and General Dictionary (fol.), vol.vi. 299. Dr. Hall, who wrote the preface of Hudson's Jostphus, tells us that " the editor was a man of great pro* bity, of an agreeable countenance, and moderate stature, and enjoyed a very vigorous constitution, till he broke it by h$ intense application to his studies." u4 2g(5 THUCYDIDES* Wetste'm and Wm. Smith), on account of the scarcity and high price of Hudson's, at that time. The famous Wasse had prepared a variety of materials for this work, by a careful revision of all the preceding edU tions; but he dying, Duker was prevailed upon to complete it. The preface is by Duker ; and although it is one of the most sumptuous and erudite produc- tions which we have ever received from the continent, and has long borne the distinguished title of " Editio optima*" yet, says Harles, " critici multa desiderant in hac alias venusta et prsestanti editione." Introd. L. G. t.i. 352. See Bibl. Askev. No. 3366; Bibl. Krohn. No. 2691 ; for two beautiful copies on largr paper. This edition is now become extremely rare, and sells at a high price. - . Glasgu©. 12mo. 175Q. Gr. et Lat. 8 vols. A reimpression of Duker's edition : it is beautifully printed, and called by Harvvood u one of the most correct of all the Greek classics published at Glasgow/' Copies of it are now scarce, and in fine Condition bear a considerable price. Alteri. Viennse. Svo. 1785. Gr. 2 vols. The basis of this edition is Duker's. At p. 415 of the first volume, and page 363 of the second, are va- rious readings from a Vienna MS. No. 33. The edi- tion also contains the collations of some MSS. by Professor Tusan, written in the copy of his Aldine edition. At p. 381 of the second volume are certain passages of Thucydides collected from Stobasus, and a Vienna MSS. No. 67 : at p. 397 is a specimen (by way of Lexicon) of the style of Thucydides, and a geographical index. Harles^ Fahre B. G. t. ii. 735. THUCYDIDES. 2Q7 . Bipont. 8vo. 1788-9. Gr. et Lat. 6 vols. A reimpression of Duker's edition, containing his preface, and a Notitia Hteraria from Fabricius. The various readings are separated from the annotations, and placed at the end of each volume, and the Soholia are contained in the fifth volume; but the notes on them are in the sixth, which is a palpable inconve- nience. There are, however, some additions, with emendations, to the text and notes of Duker, and au historical and verbal index. The Annals of Thucy- dides, by Dodwell, are not inserted. This Bipont publication is the favourite octavo edition of Thucy- dides, and has long been in considerable repute. The type and paper are excellent. Gottlebeei et Baveri. Lipsise. 4 to. I79O- 1804. Gr. etLat. 2 vols. This edition contains the Scholia, with the notes of Gottleber and Baver, Duker, and other learned men. On the death of Gottleber, Baver altered much of the original materials ; the various readings from an Augsburg and Moscow MS. are, however, judiciously inserted, and are discussed in the preface by Baver, The second volume was published under the superin- tendance of Beck, whose preface is followed by those of Duker and H. Stephens. At the end of the Greek text of the historian, are copious annotations on the ancient Scholia, the Thucydidean Annals, with many pages of addenda and emendanda : Latin and Greek indexes close the volume. This edition, particularly the se- cond volume, is most wretchedly printed : never was an ancient classical author rendered more repulsive to the eye of a student. The charta optima is only a better sort of charta ccwata* 2Q5 THUCYDIDES. Bredenfiamp published an edition of Thucydides in 2 vols. 8vo. Bremse, 1791-25 which may be called, says Harles, " a useful edition for schools." — — — ♦ Edinb. 12mo. 1803-6. Gr. et Lat. 6 vols. This is a very elegant, accurate, and commo- dious edition. The editor of it can only be distin- guished by the initials of his name P. E., which report assigns to the Rev. Peter Elmsley. The preface modestly observes, " Satis ipse vides librum in tironum usum prascipuc destinatum esse." The readings both of the Aldine and Stephens's edition, are not considered by this editor of so much im- portance as those of the MSS. ; owing to which, he has not rigidly adhered to the common text of his au- thor, but has altered it in various places. The con- jectures of critics are admitted with caution, and only where the errors of the text are palpable. The Latin version is Hudson's. To each volume, at the end, arc various readings and annotations from Duker's edi- tion : cc Sic voluit librarius" , vsays the editor, "cujus imperio semper lubens pareo — vellem equidem plures et docliores in manus tuas, mi lector, tradere ; sed prius opus est ut exoriatur aliquis qui eas conficiat*." The first volume contains the life of Thucydides, by Marcellinus, in Greek : and the entire Notitia literaria from Harles's edition of Fabricius's Bibliotheca Graefca, vol, ii. p. 721. The last volume has a copious and * The editor continues — a Mi'serum est, scriptorem omniums longe dif/icillimum tarn exigua sub^idiorum copia adjutum (Sir- cumferri. Vide, qureso, quanta in Misi.oricis Latinis illustrandis jam inde a renatis Uteris poska cjira. Unde tanta crga Gnecos Begligentia? Fatendum, es:3 nullam esse Graecam editionen* ante qninqusgmia anno;; excusam, quae vel cum DelphinianH Latinorum acriptorum comparari qiietti'1 Vr^f. p. 6. VALERIUS FLACCUS. 2QQ useful index. The type and paper of this elegant little edition are extremely beautiful. Some copies are struck off on large paper. VALERIUS FLACCUS. A. C. 26. Rugerius et Bertochus. Bonon. Fol. 14JT4. Editio princeps. A very scarce and valuable work. Consult De Bure, No. 2807 ; Cat. de la Val- liere, No. 2519, which copy was sold at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 209, for 24^ 2s' A copy is in the collec- tion of Lorci 8p JI5> T97- Pighii. Antverp. 8vo. 1567-74-85-94. Pighius, who professes to have corrected his author in upwards of 800 places, has been accused of more audacity than prudence. The two latter editions, with the notes of Pighius and Lipsius, contain, for the first time, the fragment " De Nominilus; cum notis Pighii z" which, however, has been rejected by Vor~ stius and Minelli. See Ernesti, Fair. £. L. t. ii. 56* Coleri. Francof. 8vo. 1627. This is the best edition of Colerus, which was pre- ceded by one at Hanover in 1614. The Frankfort edition was collated by Gudius, with twenty MSS., the heads of which are given in detail by Ernesti ; but they do not appear of sufficient importance to tran- scribe. Fair. B. L. t. ii. 56 to 60. Variorum. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1670. Best Variorum edition; which was preceded by two, in 1 56 1 and 1660. It is elegantly printed by Hackius, and was superintended by Thysius. A very beautiful copy, in 2 vols. cor. turc. was in the Crevenna collec- tion, No. 6803. Consult Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 60. It is now a scarce and valuable work. Vorstii. Berol. 8vo. 1672. A very critical and respectable edition, formed on the Aldine, and from the collation of two MSS. in the Electoral library at Brandenburg. The notes of Vorstius are erudite. Torrenii. Leidae. 4 to. 1726. V This edition/' says Dr. Harwood, fl is one of the VOl,. II, X 306 VALERIUS MAXIMUS. most valuable and best edited of the Dutch classics. The text of the author is very neatly and accurately printed, and the critical and explanatory notes of Tor- renius are excellent." It contains the entire notes of Glareanus, Pighius, Lipsius, Colerus, andVorstius; and the unpublished ones of Barthius, Guretus, and Gudius, but particularly those of Perizonius (who had promised an edition of Val. Maxitnus). It is founded on the edition of Vorstius, who freed his author from the interpolations of Pighius ; but Vorstius has not escaped the corrections of Torrenius, who carefully investigated certain MSS. of Gudiujs and Perizonius. An excellent and copious " Index Verborum" accom- panies this valuable edition. Consult Ernesti, Fair. jB. L. t. ii. 61, whose account is copied verbatim by the JBipont editors. Kappii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1782. This excellent edition has escaped Harwood. Ac-, cording to the Bipont editors, it contains the principal notes of the preceding critics, and particularly those of Torrenius — such being omitted as appeared rather os- tentatious than useful. The text is from Torrenius; though that editor is deserted when the authority of MSS., or of sound criticism, warrants a better reading. The learned editor also collated the ancient -edition sine loc. et ami. &c, mentioned in the account of the editio princeps. His preface is well wrorth the stu- dent's perusal. The edition is accompanied by a good index. See Edit. Bipont. Not. lit. p. xxvi. . Bipont. Svo. 3 783. Containing a Notitia literaria, which is very useful^ though somewhat defective in the account of early edi- tions, and a tolerably copious index. The text is pro- fessed to be given on the authority of the best editions. Neither the type nor paper are inviting. 307 VELLEIUS PATERCULUS. A- C. 20. Fkoben. Basil. Fol. 1520. Editio princeps. When this edition appeared^ it was considered throughout Italy to be a spurious work; and Asulanus, in the preface to his folio Livy of 1520, did not scruple to attack it in the following manner:- — t€ Quod historiam rerum Romanarum edi- derint Basileenses, sub nomine Paterculi, in qua nihil fere Latinum legatur, quod Augusti tcmpora redoleat* quibus eum floruisse velint," Sec. See Bibl. Revickzk. p. 64. The editor was Rhenanus, who formed the edition entirely on the " CodexMurbacensisj" a MS. which is supposed to be now lost, as it has escaped the researches of every editor after Rhenanus and Bure- rius. Rhenanus waited three years for a Milan MS. from Merula, which was never afterwards investigated, Krause's edit. p. 48-9. See Maittaire, t. i. 596, note c, who has given a long and uninteresting extract. Panzer, t. vi. 219. It is a work of extreme rarity, I have not been able to discover a copy, except in the Bibl. Askev. No. 2478— which was sold for a fewr pounds. JPaul Manutius. Venet. 8vo. 1571. This edition has excited the indignation of Burman; though the Bipont editors, p. vn., inform us, that it contains many improved passages of the author. Re- nouard has quoted the words of Burman's preface in his second edition of 1744, by which we are informed that the notes of Puteanus were originally intended to have been inserted in this work; but owing to his death, they were incorporated in a Parisian edition of Tacitus of 1608, fol. X 2 308 VELLEIUS PATERCULUS. Some of the editions of Lipsius's* Tacitus (1607- 48-68, fol.) contain Velleius Paterculus, with very useful notes. — . Oxon. 8vo. 1693-^ l"711. Attributed to Hudson. These are correct and well- published editions, containing the valuable " Annates Velleiani" of Dodwell. The second edition differs so little from the first, that the distinction need not be stated. Harles, SuppL Lit. Rom. t. i. 502. A copy of the latter edition, on large paper, was sold at Mr. Briclges's sale for a few shillings. Burmanni. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 171Q-44. 2 vols. These are very excellent editions : the second is a reimpression of the first, with considerable improve- ments. Ernesti and Harwood give the first a very high character. Both of these productions contain the pure text of the editio princeps, and the best notes of all the preceding editors, with other matter; which, however, may be considered more voluminous than useful. See Ernesti, Fair. B. L. t. ii. 21 ; Edit. Bipont. p. xn. Dr. Harwood says, some title-pages have Rotterdam, * " Tnterpretum omnium longe longeque princeps ponendus est Lipsius, cujus tantafuit sagacitas in odorandis vitiis etsol- tertia in tollendis, ut ejus in Velleio navata opera merito com- mendanda sit in praeclarum criticse artis exemplum." Bibl. Crit. Amst. t. i. pt. iv. p. 51. -f The Variorum editions, Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1653, 59, and 6$, by Thysius, and others, are not entitled to particular no- tice. NiC Heingius published a duodecimo edition at Amst. 1678. In the opinion of Burman (praef. p. 4a), Heinsius is to be ranked among the best interpreters of this historian ; but Ruhwkenius, who allows him every praise as an editor of the Latin poets, thinks him greatly deficient in his editions of Vel- leius, Petronius, Quintus Curtius, &c. The edition of Nic. Hftrisius is minutely reviewed in the 86th, 87th, and 88th pages of Kra use's edition. velLeius PATERCULUS. 30Q 1756: in the Pinelli Cat. No. 7813, I find an edit. Lug. Bat. 1756. Ghunerl Coburg. 8vo. 3762. A respectable edition^ though the arrangement is not good, nor are the critical annotations profound* The index is, however, very useful. Ruhnkenii. Lug. Bat. Svo. 1779- 2 vols. A very excellent edition of Velleius Paterculus. The first volume represents the text of the editio princeps, amended in many passages by the judgment of Ruhn- kenius (who was a scholar of the very first repute), and not according to the fanciful suggestions of preceding editors. To the text are subjoined the readings and notes of Rhenanus and Burerius, with the annotations of the editor. The second volume contains the notes of other editors, similar to the second volume of Bur- man's edit, of 1744. See Edit. Bipont. p. xni.; but the reader is particularly requested to peruse the learned review of this admirable edition in the Bill. Crit9 Amst* t. i. pt. iv. p. 45*. ■■ Bipont. Svo. 178O. The text of the author is given according to the editio princeps, amended in various places from the conjectures of subsequent critics. Under the text are short perspicuous notes. It has also the cc Annates Velleiani" of Dodwell, a " Synopsis chronological of the historian, and an " Index historicus." The type and paper are very indifferent. The last editor of * It concludes in the following manner: " Neque tamen dubitamus, quia periti harum literarum arbitri nobiscum sen- tiant, ita omnibus boni interprets muneribus functum esse Ruhnkenium, ut Velleiana heec editio sit in exemplum comment danda critices in Latinis scriptoribus feliciter traetandae . " * 3 310 VELLEIUS PATERCULU5. Paterculus, Krause, has passed a very severe censure on this work ; he concludes thus : c< On a general re- view of this edition, it must be confessed that the text is vitiated in many places; and that the notes are merely critical, and contribute very little to the eluci- dation of the historian/' Praef. p. 99. Krausii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1800. Notwithstanding the merits of Ruhnkenius's edi- tion, this very elaborate and erudite one of Krause will be found both interesting and useful to the critical student. It was begun by Jani, and finished by Krause. After a preface of 28 pages, are the " Ad- denda et corrigenda/* which, very closely printed, comprehend the 29 following ones : this is succeeded by 16 pages of " Index in Notas;" a prolegomena of 104 pages, comprising, 1. " De Velleii Paterc. Vita:" 2. " De Operis Velleii Indole:" 3. " De Velleii In- genio, Moribus et Fide:" and 4. " De Veil. Cod, Edit. Interpret, et Emendat. :" a ** Commentatio cri- tica" of Morgensternius, in 40 pages, follows — all preceding the text of the historian, which comprehends 558 pages : this is again succeeded by the " Adnota-' tiones critic®" of Herelius, in 20 pages, and an Ci Index Rerum memorabilium," et " Index Latini- tatis," comprising 160 pages, which close this volu- minous work. Besides the various critical l\elpsjust mentioned, there are very elaborate notes under the text, and in the margin, chronological data. It is an edition with which Krause seems to have taken un- common pairis ; but as it does noi comprehend the prefaces of earlier editors, nor all the notes of Ruhn- kenius and Burman, it will by no means supersede their publications of this historian. The following is the conclusion of the preface : " Nihil unquam laetiusa nihil optatius mihi contingere poterit, quam si judices periti atc^ue aequi operam rneam ui Yelieio collocatair} VIRGILIUS. 311 hand esse cantemnendam, neque male me Uteris Ro- nianis, deque scriptore meo esse meritum, judicave- rint. Turn profecto laboris atque sudoris gratissimum tulerim pretium." VIRGILIUS. B. C. 20. Sweynheym et Pannartz. Romac. Fol. . Editio princeps. Probably the scarcest and most valuable of all the first editions of the ancient classics; and, excepting the copy which is described in the Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2432, the reader will not be able to discover one in any catalogue extant. It was unknown to Maittaire, Fabricius, De Bure, and Denis, and has been imperfectly mentioned by Lai re and Harles. It is to Audiffredi and La Vafliere's catalogue that the bibliographer must refer for a co- pious and exact account of it. Besides containing the Bucolics, Georgics, and iEneid, it presents us with some minor poems, among which, at the latter end of the volume, is an extract of the " Lusus Poetarum in Priapum:" the last six leaves, or 12 pages (in which the extract is found), appear to have been printed sub- sequently to the preceding ones, and are not absolutely- necessary to render the volume perfect. This very rare and invaluable work is supposed to have been printed in 1469, and is the first edition of a Latin poet published by Sweynheym and Pannartz ; conse- quently it is anterior to the Lucan of the same date. Laire, in his Spec. Hist. Typog. Rom. p. 146-8, supposed there were three editions of this date ; and in the Cat. de la Valliere, t. i. 369, some support is given to this opinion ; but Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 22-4> clearly and incontrovertibly proves that there is x 4 312 VIRGILIUS. but one edition. Consult Heyne " De Vzrgilii Edit" (Lipsiae, 1788), t. i. p. lxxiii. *; Harles, Introd. Lit. Bom t. ii. 296-7; and Panzer, t. ii. 411-12. The copy which belonged to the Duke de la Valliere, was sold at his sale for 4101 livres. In the library of Lord Spencer I was gratified with a sight of this work, and I understand it is the only copy which was ever Iroughi into England. A copy is in the famous col- lection of Count Angelo D'Elci, of Florence. " It seems, however," says Mr. Beloe, i( that a more ancient edition f than this, has been lately disco- vered in a monastery in Suabia, whence it has found Its way to the collection of Lord Spencer." Vind. Spika. Venet. Fol. 1470. Editio secunda. A most beautiful, rare, and va- luable work, and considered as the editio princeps \ by Fabricius and De Bure. Consult Maittaire, t. i. 290; Orlandi, p. 20; and Panzer, t. iii. 65. A copy of this very uncommon edition was in Bibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 1 1, and is now in Lord Spencer's collection: * When Heyne is cited, it is from the Leipsic edition of 1788 ; unless otherwise expressed. f " The anecdote which belongs to it is rather ludicrous. The good old monks, to whom this and other valuable books belonged, were not to be prevailed upon by money to part with it. It happened, however, that they were remarkably fond of old hock ; and for as much of this same hock as was worth seven English guineas, they parted with this Virgil to a kind friend and acquaintance. This gentleman sold it again to an English dealer in books for 50/., and, doubtless, believed that he had turned his hock to a good account. I have never- theless heard," adds Mr. B. " that the nobleman above alluded to, did not obtain possession of this literary treasure for a less sum than 400/." See Anecdotes of Literature, vol. i. 82. \ li Si vera narrant editores Edinburgenses," says Heyne, , ni Pa?, ni Yv consonne au milieu des mots; niais il s'est servi du points, des deux points, du point in- terrogant,etindifferemmentde la conjonction^ &t&d* Jl n'a fait usage des majuscules qu'au commencement de chaque vers, et il a laisse des places en blanc pour les lettres tourneurs" &c. See Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2433, where there is a fac simile of the Gothic type given. This copy was purchased by Count Re- vickzky for 759 livres, and is now in Lord Spencer's collection. A copy of it is also in the possession of 314 V-IRGIL1US. Count Angelo D'EIci, of Florence; and there is one in the Bodleian library, Sweyn* et Pannartz. Romas. Fol. . This second Roman edition, edited by the Bishop of Aleria, and printed by Sweynheym and Pannartz., was supposed by Laire to have been published in 1467 ; but, according to the authorities cited by Panzer, t. iw 425-6, it is, with greater probability, supposed to have been printed in 147 1. How it differs from the editio princeps has not yet been ascertained. Adam, — i-9 Fol. 1471. De Bure, No. 2660, supposed this edition to have been printed at Rome by Adam Rot ; but Laire first doubted this, and Audiffredi afterwards completely re- futed it. It is obvious, according to Heyne, p. lxxv* that Arawas the printer, as his name (Adamus) ap- pears at the bottom of the subscription verses. Audif- fredi, Edit. Ro?n. p. 91, thus remarks : i( Most pro- bably this edition was printed at Venice, by a man of the name of Adam (who then resided in that city) ; for the type is much more beautiful than Adam Rot's, fend corresponds exactly with an edition of Lactantius, which issued the same year from the press of Adam at Venice." Of this work, which is called u magnifica ac praestantissimi .artificii editio" by Heyne, a copy was in the collection of M. de Boze, No. 923, and M. Gaignat, No. 1605. It has escaped Harles. Valdarfp:r. Venet. Fol. 14/ 1. First edition of the Commentaries * of Servius, without the text of Virgil — on the authority of Baruf- * The Commentaries of Servius were afterwards very fre* Regii. Fol. 1482. " Editio elegans, nullo bibliographorum visa aut memorata." Bibl. Revickzk. SuppL p. 11. This Copy is now in Lord Spencer's collection. Panzer, t. \y. 393, quotes Denis, p. 160, and observes, that Tiraboschi and the Bipont editors have omitted it. Such appear to me to be the principal editions of Virgil, both for scarcity and value, in the fifteenth century. There is no classical author of whom so many * early editions have been printed as that of Virgil: Burman, t. i. XLII., justly remarks, " Is cene poetarum omnium princeps Virgilius est : cujus tot numero editiones, et sine coaimentariis, et cum adnotationibus veterum et recentium interpretum, pro-* dierunt, ut qui singulas enumerare vellet> lilellum plenum tcedii etfastidii conjicere cogeretur" Erythr^ei. Venet. 8vo. 1500-39-55-86. The Scholia of Erythraeus, so severely censured by R.Stephens in his edit, of 1532, have been incorpo- * Panzer, t. v. 447-9, enumerates no less than ninety! in* eluding all the editions of the separate poems. He also notices six Italian translations, one English, and one French, in tk« fifteenth centvrj. VIRGXLXUS* 323 rated into a variety of subsequent editions. c< Index'* (Erythraei), says Heyne, ic nullo plane consilio ac ju- dicio confectus est i" and again : " tota fere Erythrae- ana opera nee consilium nee fructum habent." YetDe Bure, No. 2678, extols the rarity and value of the edi- tion of 1539. The editions of Erythraeus were re- published at Frankfort in 1583, and atHanover 1603-8 and 13. Morhof prefers the Frankfort edition of 1585 to every Venetian one. See Heyiie,, t* i. lxxxix.^ xciv. ; Polyhist. Literar. t. i. 865. Aldus. Venet. 8vo. J 501-5-14-27-40-45. Of the comparative merits of these editions., I will endeavour to present the reader with an accurate ou*£ line : a great deal of contradiction having prevailed concerning them. It seems allowed by all authori- tiesj that the edition of 1501 is not only one of the most beautiful of the Aldine classics, but is the first book which ever contained the Italic letter * ; its cri- tical merits are not> however, so important as the suc- ceeding one of 1 514. According to Heyne, it appears to be a reimpression of some indifferent edition in the fifteenth century. De Bure, No. 2674, and Harles, I?iirod. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 300, erroneously give it the preference to succeeding ones. Of this work f some * This letter appears to have been cut by Francis of Bologna, according to the three verses at the end of the pre- face : In Grammatoglypt^ laudem. Qui graiis dedit Aldus, en latinis Dat nunc grammatica scalpta dsedaleis Francisci manibus Bononiensis. \ It is curious that Morhof notices only an Aldine edition, of the date of 1503, which, in fact, never existed. See Poly- hist. Literar* t. i. 864. Maittaire observes, that he saw an edition printed about this time, in octavo, without date, place* or printer's name \ it was in the Italic character^ and perhaps Y % 324 YIRGILIUS. very few copies are struck off on vellum : the reader will find a brilliant description of one in the Bibl. Paris. No. 201. Probably there is no vellum copy of an Aldine classic so rare or more beautiful. In the noble collection of Lord Spencer I saw an exquisite copy ; on the outside of the book (which was pre- served in a morocco case) there were two painted heads of Aldus and Virgil. In the Cracherode collection (in the British Museum) there is also a copy on vellum ; and in the famous library of Mr. Wodhull there is a similar copy. This copy, as Mr. Wodhull informed me, was pur- chased from the Bibl. Couttard. No. 649, and was, for several years, supposed to want only the date of 1 501 ; but on collating it with two copies of the ge- nuine edition, various readings (such as " Lavinia" for iC Lavinaque" in the second line of the ^Eneid) were discovered— Ci it appears to me/' says Mr. W; "to be the counterfeit mentioned by Renouard," t. ii. 197. Of the edition of 1505, Heyne observes, " Est repe- titio prions minus emendate facta. Accedunt tamen in hac editione secundi carmina minora/' A very superb illuminated copy of this second edition was sold at the Crevenna sale, No. 3802, for 150 florins, or about 13Z. 135. It is now in Lord Spencer's library. In the Cracherode collection there is a copy on vel- lum ; which claims particular attention from its pos- sessing the autograph of a former Duke of Milan, to whom it belonged — this autograph is given in Mr. Beloe's Anecdotes of Literature, vol. i. 81. The edition of 1514 is the true classical Aldine edi- tion. The editor was Naugerius. (C Ex ea de lec- l>y Bartholomseus Trot : " is enim fuit," says Maittaire, «c Aldinorum typorum egregius imitator*" See dnnah Typog. t, ii. 149, VIRGILIUS. 325 tione Virgiliana multo melius mihi constitit quam antea divinare licuerat — prseclara et inter praestantissi- mas facile editio." See Heyne, p. xci-citi. A fine copy of this third Aldine edition, on large paper, was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 3267. The edi- tions of 1527-41 and 45, are, according to Heyne, in- accurate reimpressions of the third. Consult also &Imp. des Aide, t. i. 40-84-114, &c. &c. A copy is in the Bodleian library. R. Stephanus. Paris. Fol. 1532*. It is not exactly known on what text (though pro- bably from Aldus's or Junta's) this edition of Virgil is formed. Maittaire, Fit. Steph. p. 26, says it is printed in a very magnificent manner, with types that were cut for the purpose. Professor Heyne ob- serves, that Stephens boasts of having done much for the Commentaries of Servius (which are contained irx h)9 but little for the text of Virgil* This edition was the basis of many subsequent ones, not sufficiently important here to notice. They are specified by Heyne from Maittaire's Life of R. Stephens. In the Bib'l. Sarraz. No. 1652, a fine copy is valued at 21 florins. The i6 Castigationes Pieriance," first printed in 1529, are found in a second volume accompanying the present edition : they are, however, very frequently missing. * The editions of Badius Ascensius, from the year 1500 to 1529, whether printed at Paris or Lyons, are of no particular importance: " Ipse Badius in textu nihil emendationis attulisse videatnr. Critical adeo opis ex iis omnibus nihil est exspec- tandum." Heyne, t. i. xcin. The 4to. editions of Fezendat and Gryphius, 1541-2, which were sold for two and three guineas at Folkes's sale, are now considerably diminished in value. 326 VIRGILIUS. P, Manutius. Venet. 8vo. 1545-58-76-80. Of the edition of 1545, a fine copy on large paper was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 9985. The edit, of 1558, which is the first of the Aidine editions that contains marginal notes, is rare and well executed. The notes are taken chiefly from the Commentaries of Servius. The preface is written in very elegant Latinity. See Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 306-7. The two last editions contain a small portrait of Aldus in the title-page, Plantin, Antverp, 8vto. 1 564-66-7 1. Fol. 75, &c. These are the chief of the various editions printed by Plantin, and edited by Pulmannus. Of the first, Harwood observes, that it is " a very elegant book." See, too, De Bure, No. 2680, on its rarity and value : Heyne has also spoken in commendation of its beauty and critical utility, t. i. cxxi. The folio edition of I575 *s a magnificent and valuable one ; containing, for the first time, the commentaries of Valens, Guel- lius, and an appendix of the corrections of Joseph Scaliger. According to Heyne, the commentaries of Valens formed a " novum editionis genus." At Dr. Mead's sale, No. 1690, a copy of this folio edition was sold for a small sum. I am in possession of a copy of the i2mo. edition of 1566, which is printed in the Italic letter, and contains references in the margin tQ parallel passages from Homer : it is accompanied with the annotations of Paul Manutius and G. Fabricius: in the Bibl. Sarraz. No. 1361, this work is called u J^ditio in magno preiio et rara," Nivelle. Paris. Fol. 1600. Edited by P. Daniel. The very best edition of Servius's Commentary, << Nobilissimaeditio propter VIRGILIUS. 327 Servii Commentaries, quos sequentes fere editlones hinc expressere, sed alia aliis vitiosius." Heyne, cxxix. " Quae editio," says Morhof, 328 VIRG1LIUS. Ogilvii. Lond. FoL ]663. cc Belle edition, executee en gros caracteres. Elle est recommandable par le grand nombre et la qualite des gravures dont elle a ete ornee. Ces gravures ont ete faites par les plus habiles artistes de ce terns, Hollar et autres, aux depens de digerens Seigneurs d'Angleterre, dont les noms se trouvent indiques par forme de dedicace au bas de chacune des planches. V DeBure, No. 2686.* The engravings, when the work is complete, amount to 102 in number, including the portrait of Ogilvy, and the title-page ; and there should also be a geographical map of the voyage of jffineas prefixed to the first book of the poem. SS II est bon," continues De Bure, " de verifier les exem- plaires pour s'assurer si ils sont complets ; parcequ'ii s'en trouve beaucoup qui sont imparfails dans la partie des figures, et a qui il n'est recte que les gravures im- piimeesa'i verso ou au recto de quelque feuillets du texte, et qu'on na pas pu enlever par cette raison." A fine copy of this curious and splendid production is held in some estimation. N. HfiiNrsii. Amst. J2mo. 1664-71-76. Printed by the Elzevirs. These are the excellent editions which owe their reputation to the uncommon taste and erudition of Nicholas Heinsius, who seems to have been born for the restoration of Roman poetry; and who devoted thirty years to the emendation of Virgil's text, from collating a great number of ancient MSS. See Ebrles, Introd. Lit. Rom. U ii. 311; Heyie, t. i. xcvi-cxxxv-vi. Of the above editions (although the first is much praised by Heyne), that of 1676 is universally allowed to be the most correct and ample, as containing " Libellus Animadversionum, qui in Fabricianis Editionibus occurrit." De Bure, VIRGILIUS. 32Q No. 2687, has spoken very coldly and superficially of this edition, though he is correct in observing that copies of it on large PAPBR are extremely rare and valuable, as very few were struck off. At the Pinelli sale, No. 10004, a large paper copy was purchased by Mr. Noel for 5/. 155. 6J. Lord Spencer is in posses- sion of a similar copy, from the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 44; and in the Catalogue of M.L. P. (see p. 14, ante, note#), No. 659, there is a large paper copy, "en- closing a leaf of laurel, gathered from Virgil's tomb in 1755, by an academician of Lyons." Count Re- vickzky observes that this edition, on large paper, is unquestionably the most beautiful book that ever issued from the press of the Elzevirs. Emmenessii. Lug. Eat. 8vo. 168O. 3 vols. This is called the lest Variorum edition. It was formerly of great authority, says Harles ; Emmenes-* sius began the compilation of it, but Masvicius com-* pleted it. The text is taken from the best Elzevir edi- tion of 1676 ; the Ervthraan Index, from the Venetian edition of 1566. The typography, which is extremely beautiful, and not inferior to the best Elzevir editions in octavo, is accompanied with elegant vignettes ; and the edition may be considered as a very valuable and commodious one. A fine tall copy, in vellum bind- ing, was sold at Mr. Heathcote's sale, in 1803, for %L 19s. It is now rare, Tonson. Cantab. 4to. 1701. " This edition/' says Dr. Harwood, " is an honour to the university and to the editor : it is as correct as it is superb." The text is from the preceding edition of Emmenessius. 330 YIRGILIUS, Masvicii. Leovard. 4to. \7\J. 2 vols. This is certainly a sumptuous edition ; formed, in a great measure, according to the Codex Regius — see Heyne, lv. — and notwithstanding the severe attack of JBurman, \vho seems to have felt more than ordinary jealousy and irritability, it has been held in estimation by scholars of no mean fame : Morhof, Ainsworth, And Harles, have spoken respectfully of it. The notes of the old commentators, placed under the text, are sometimes curious and amusing ; the punctuation of the text differs frequently from the common one ; but this is a subject on which the greatest literary characters often disagree. Various readings and the Erythraean. Index are contained in this beautiful work. The copies on large paper are splendid^ and in some request. The edition of Masvicius was reprinted at Venice in 2 vols. 4to. 1736; but this latter has little repu- tation. P. Marmoreu-s. Romse. Fol. 1741. This work is a fac-simile of the famous Codex Vaticanus*, containing various fragments, pictures, &c. : the plates are engraved by Bartholi. The original MS. is supposed to be about 1300 years old : the pic- turcs are more remarkable for vividness of colouring, than accuracy or grace of delineation ; the learned and interesting preface prefixed to it, is by Bottarius. * In the year 16773 a fac-simile was made in writing of the Vatican MS. See Bibl. Mead. p. 238, No. 37. The following is the title : " Virgilii Maronis Opera que supersunt in antiquo Codice Vaticano ad priscam Literarum et Imaginum Formacn dcscripta. Sumptu Card. Maximi. Concessu Urbani VIII. 1677, 4to." It was sold for 5/. $s* at the sale. Heyne, p. xxxvi., jmer tio is this work as being .in Memorab. Biblioth. Dresd. t.ii. 'No. 317. VIRGILIUS. 331 The original appears to have belonged formerly to Pon- tanus, afterwards to Bembus, from whom it came into the possession of Fulvius Ursinus, and was by him deposited in the Vatican, when he became librarian, there : Bottarius was the first man who had the curi- osity to examine it, and from him we now receive the present publication of the fac-simile. See Heyne, De Virg. Cod. MSS. xxxv-viii. and the various autho- rities there cited. In the Biblioth. Raisonn. t. xxiii. 153, where it is particularly described, this Vatican MS. is supposed to have been deposited originally in the church of St. Denis, in France. Fogginii. Florent. 4to. 1741. This is a fac-simile of the famous Codex Medi- ceus, on which N. Heinsius had written a learned dissertation, and which is inserted by Burman in the first volume of his own edition. The original MS. is conceived to be more ancient than the Vatican one : it appears to have formerly belonged to Rodolphus Pius, a cardinal in the time of Pope Paul Ills, who be- queathed it to the Vatican, from which library it is supposed to have been fraudulently conveyed to the Me- dicean. Consult Heyne, p. xli-v. and the various au- thorities cited ; also note*, p. xlv. Of this publication there are some very few copies struck off on vellum. DeBure, No. 2692, observes, that there is a copy of this kind in the royal library at Paris. At the sale of Lomenie's books, in 1792, a similar copy was sold for 200 livres. See Dictionn. Bibliograph. t. iv. 426. Mr. White, of Fleet Street, shewed me a copy on vel- lum, which he had marked 3t 36/, 15s, Cunninghami. Eclinb. 12mo. J 743 -|~. This is a popular edition, and, according to Har- f It would be unpardonable not to mention Martyn's edi- 332 VIRGILIUS. wood, preferred by some to the immaculate Edinb* edition of 1755. What principally recommended it was a supposition that the editor had examined three MSS, and the editions of 1470-72, and 74-6; but if we are to rely 011 the authority of Heyne, p. lvii., there appears very slight foundation for this opinion. Cunningham's readings of MSS. are supposed to be borrowed from the excerpta in Masvicius's edition'. Pk;llii 11. Lutet. 12mo. 1745. Printed by Coustelier. The text is formed accord- ing to the editions of Emmenessius and Masvieius : it is an extremely elegant work. A beautiful morocco copy, sur papier de Hollande, was sold at Mr. Paris's sale, No. 203, for 3/. 3s. Harles calls it " Nitida cademque vent OS a editio." In the year 1754, Barbou reprinted it in 3 vols. 121110. in a manner still more beautiful, according to the taste of some bibliogra- phers., BurmAiVNi. Am st, 4to. 1746. 4 vols. Of this celebrated edition, so well known to the classical world, it would be useless to present the reader with a formal account of the voluminous con- tents. The MSS. which Burman consulted are, how- fcion of the Bucolics and Geqrgics of Virgil, with an English translation, and accompanied with voluminous English notes, *to. 1741, 2 vols. ; reprinted in Ovo. 1749, % vols. This work is very respectably mentioned by Professor Heyne, though in his examination of seven MSS., which Martyn professes to. j&tave consulted, Heyne does not think he has displayed great critical acumen, p. lviii. cxxxviii. It is remarkable that the Bucviicj are not mentioned by Heyne, or the London editor of his edition (1793). The notes of Martyn are chiefly botani- cal, and may be useful to those who are fond of researches in natural history. Both the cuarto and octavo editions are extremely rare. VIRGILIUS. 333 ever, modern, and of no importance, according to Heyne, lv, ; and the real opinion which he entertains on certain parts of his author is not always discernible. He has so blended the observations of N. Heinsius and Servius, that it is difficult to determine how he reconciles their opposite authorities; yet, in the 9th page of his preface, Heyne observes — " post Heinsii ac°Burmanni felicissimam operam nemo facile tarn vanus auctor reperiatur, qui e libris scriptis rnuita prseclara, quae nondum ex aliis libris notata sint, pol- liceri ausit." Ernesti has highly extolled the edition, calling it (i omnium principem et canonem Virgilii.** See his Fabr. B. L. t. i. 357; and Harles, Introd. Lit. Rom. t. ii. 315, which gives a slight but favourable sketch of its contents, "it contains the entire and amended commentaries of Servius, Philargyrius, and Pierius; with some notes of Fulvius Ursinus, George Fabricius, F. Nansius, Musonius, Tanaquil Faber, and especially of N. Heinsius, which latter are pub- lished for the first time: indexes and commentaries also accompany it. Some copies are struck off on large paper, and bring a considerable price. Bur- man's edition was reprinted in 2 vols. 8vo. 1774? abridged. Sandby. Lond. Svo. 1750. 2 vols. A very beautiful edition, forming a companion fa the Horace, Juvenal, and Terence, published by the same bookseller. The numerous plates from antique gems, &c. are very elegantly executed, and the type and paper are worthy of the engravings. The copies on large paper are chiefly sought after by ihe curious. Wartoni. Lond. Svo. 1753-78. 4 vols. This edition, which contains an English metrical 5 334 VIRGILIUS. translation of the Bucolics and Georgics, by Joseph Warton, and a similar translation of the iEneid, %by Christopher Pitt, is rather a popular work. Dr. Har- wood says the Latin text of the Georgics, in the first edition, is very incorrect; the second edition professes to be more accurately printed. The plates, which Dr. Harwood praises, are below criticism. The edition of 1753 is a scarce work, and move elegantly executed than that of 1778. . Edinb. 12mo. 1755. 2 vols. " This," says Dr. Harwood, €i is a most beautiful book, and one of the most correct editions of Virgil ever published." The following, however, are the errata ; as pointed out by Didot, in the preface to his •sumptuous edition of 1798 : and which, on examina- tion, I find to be accurately stated: p. 38, v. 171, Stripe for stirpe ; p. 46, v. 425, respecies for respicies; p. 72, v. 127, ferraque for farraque ; p. 79, v. 312, hlrcis for hirci ; p. 112, v. 160, ad alto for ab alto ; p. 153, v. 606, calligat for caligat\ p. 174, v. 406, intea for inter; p. 176, v. 457, vocemque volvens for volens; p. 196, v. 299, amari classem for armari; p. 208, v. 655, preclarum for praclarum: These errata certainly destroy its title to the appellation of " immaculate edition," though they are not sufficiently numerous to detract much from the eulogy conferred on it by Harwood. I have seen some copies struck off on an elegant large paper : a very splendid copy is mentioned in Mr. Evans's Cat. 1802, No. 1852. Baskerville. Birming. 4to. 1757- I2mo. J 766. I have always considered this beautiful production VIRGILIU*. 335 as one of the most finished specimens of typography** It is said to be the earliest publication of .Baskerville, * " My neighbour Baskerville, at the dose of this month (March 1757), publishes his fine edition of Virgil. It will, for type and paper, be a perfect curiosity. He follows the Cam- bridge edition. " Shenstone's Letters, Works, vol. iii. 366, Lett. 88, edit. 1791. John Baskerville, the celebrated printer of this work, was born in the year 1706, and inherited a paternal estate of 60/. per annum. He was bred up to no particular trade, but in 1726 became a writing-master at Birmingham, and is said to have written an excellent hand : this probably enabled him to compose such beautiful forms of letters, as we see in his typography. It is rather surprising that an ingenious man like Baskerville, with an independence of 60/. per annum (then worth double its present value), should enter upon the drudgery of teaching writing ; and still more surprising is it, that from this business, he should become a japanner, "build an elegant house, launch a chariot, the pannels of which were covered with painting (a sort of pattern-card in his trade), and live in the ease and respectability of an affluent character. With the business of a japanner he united that of a printer; to which latter he was led from a pure love of letters, and an ambition to distin- guish himself in an art, which he justly thought superior to every other, and which has perpetuated his name, while the perishable materials of his japan ware have mouldered into dust. It is said he was so fastidiously nice in his attempts at a perfect letter, that he did not attain the " «>fW till he had ex- pended nearly 800/. of his fortune. The success of his Virgil emboldened him to publish other similar productions, which have been already detailed. In the year 1765 he wished to dispose of all his types, and for this purpose corresponded with his friend Dr. Franklin, at Paris; but the scheme did not succeed. Whether the sale of his publications was too dull to reimburse tut expenses incurred in establishing his office, or whether he was tired or disgusted with his new em- ployment, or whether close application to it injured his health and warned him to seek other avocations, is not known— certain it is, that he tried every expedient to dispose of his printing ma- terials, and too certain it is, that the caprice or inattention of our booksellers of both the universities, induced them coldlv to reject every overture on the subject: this is the more extra, feriirtryt as he was permitted to print an English Bible and 336 VI&GILIUS. and all the care and attention of that ingenious printer were devoted to render it unrivalled. He secured his Greek Testament with the concurrence, in part, of both univer- sities. Four years after the death of Baskerville, which event took place in 1775, these types were purchased by a literary society at Paris, for 3700/. " Thus," say the biographers of this printer, " have we to reproach ourselves with the banish- ment of Isaac Vossius's library, Lord Orford's collection of pictures (commonly known by the name of the * Houghton collection'), and Baskerville's incomparable collection of types. " Baskerville is said to have been small in stature, and fond of making the most of his figure by costly dress, and a stately deportment. lie was cheerful and benevolent; at times ex- tremely idle, but of an inventive turn, and prompt to patronize ingenuity in others : he retained the traces of a handsome man even during the last twenty-five years of his life ; and his civi- lity to strangers gained him the esteem of all who came to in- spect his office. Although he printed a sumptuous English Bible and Greek Testament, he is supposed to have entertained an aversion to Christianity ; and with this view he directed his lemains to be interred in a mausoleum in his own grounds. The typography of Baskerville is eminently beautiful — his letters are in general of a slender and delicate form, calculated for an octavo or even quarto, but not sufficiently bold to fill the space of an imperial folio, as is evident from a view of his great Bible* He united, in a singularly happy manner, the elegance of Plantin, with the clearness of the Elzevirs : his 4to. and nmo. Virgil, and small Prayer-book, or nmo. Horace of 176a, suf- ficiently confirm the truth of this remark. He seems to have been extremely curious in the choice of his paper and ink: the former being in general the fruit of Dutch manufacture, and the latter partaking of a peculiarly soft lustre bordering on purple. In his Italic letter, whether capital or small, I think he stands unrivalled: such eiegance, freedom, and perfect symmetry, being in vain to be looked for among the specimens of Aldus and Coli- naeus. In erudition, correctness, or in the multiplicity of valu- able publications, he is not to be compared with Bowyer: there are some even who indiscriminately despise all his editions of the classics; but his 4to. and nrao. editions of Virgil and Horace defend him from the severity of this censure. Upon the whole, Baskerville was a truly original artist; he struck OHt a iiew method of printing in this country, and may bs considered VIRGILXUS. 337 reputation by it ; and though it has a few typographical errors, yet it is esteemed by all collectors, and is fre- quently converted into a repository for any curious or elegant design * illustrative of the subject of the poet.' Connoisseurs are anxious to procure the true edition, which is distinguishable, I believe, from having the title of the fourth Eclogue, Pollto, printed rather irregularly or obliquely, and the page which would be regularly numbered 224, marked 424 1. Peignot, as the founder of that luxuriant style of typography which at present so generally prevails ; and which seems to have nearly attained perfection in the neatness of Whittingham, the elegance of Bulmer> and the splendour of Bensley. * The quarto editions by Baskerville, of Virgil, Horace* Terence, Lucretius, Juvenal and Persius, and Catullus, &c» Sallust and Florus, in 7 vols, are sometimes to be met with uniformly bound, and adorned with elegant engravings. At Mr* Paris's sale, No. 188, a sumptuous set of this kind was sold for 29/. 1 8 j. 6d* In the Virgil were inserted proof impressions of the plates of Hollar and Ponce; and the Horace con- tained the engravings of Pine, with a head of the poet from, Worlidge's gems. f For the following piece of information, I am indebted to Mr. Wodhull : " A copy, purchased more than thirty- six years ago, has neither of the distinctions here men- tioned : but ' Alexis,' prefixed to the second eclogue, is in a smaller character than the other titles ; and instead of c iEnei- * dos Liber Decimals' it stands ' Liber Decimus JEneidos :' the. eleventh book is printed in the same mode. The other ten books have l JEneidos Liber' prefixed to them in both impres- sions. P. 143 is, I find, erroneously printed in my copy p. 341. Some years ago a gentleman shewed me, at Payne's, thai page, in the counterfeit impression, figured right ; and the line at the foot of It, * Ad soceros et avo puerum Astyanacta ferebat' entirely omitted ; but I have since looked into one or more of the counterfeits, and found no such omission ; which, most probably, on its being discovered would be supplied, if not in some of the impression as it was working off, at least in the numerous unsold copies. A word printed < rather irregularly * or obliquely' must probably have been rectified ' current! * prelo,' and cannot well be considered as a sufficient test fvr marking out the edition ." TOL. II. Z 338 VIRGILIUS. in his Dictionn. Bihliologi€9 t. i. 42, thinks the raft* ning title of this book, " lib. i. ii. hi. etc." rather too large and disproportionate. Mr. Smart, of Wor- cester, has probably more copies of this edition, as well as of all the works of Baskerville, than any other bookseller in the kingdom. The edition of 1766 contains all the typographical beauties of the quarto one, but is not considered to be quite so correct. Henk. Justicii. . 8vo. ■ 5 vols. This is the celebrated edition of Henry Justice, Esq. which was printed at Bruxelles between the years 1757 and 176^. In the Bibl. Krohn. p. 217, there is a very particular account of the work, taken from Ba- denhaupt's Catalog. Biblioth. selectiss. p. 224, No. 2538-42 : it contains a variety of plates, which are well known to every collector. The fifth volume is dedicated to Catharine, the late Empress of Russia ; and almost all the large paper copies of the work (struck off in a quarto size) were purchased by the Empress to make presents of. It is said that the editor was nearly ruined by the expenses of the publication. Dr. Harwood informs us that Mr. Gtuin was fortunate enough to pick up a large paper copy, at an obscure shop in Holborn, for a mere trifle. The common paper copies are very abundant in this country ; but it is a work, of the taste and execution of which I have never entertained an high opinion. Foulis. Glasg. 12mo. 1758. Fol. 1778. Dr. Harwood calls the 121110. edition u a very cor- rect and beautiful one," The folio edition presents us> with the text of Burman, printed in a correct and magnificent manner. Copies on large paper are prrndpaOy sought after. VIRGILIUS. 33Q AviBKOGir, Romse. Fol. 1763. 3 vols. A very sumptuous publication, but arranged with little taste: both Ernesti and Heyne give it credit rather for splendour than utility, It was published by Ambrogius from the text of a Medicean MS., with various readings from a Vatican MS.; and contains an Italian version, with short notes to elucidate the text of the original. In these notes, says Ernesti, there is little to be found which can satisfy a scholar. Heyne calls the work " inutilem splendidse editionis molem*" clxi. Abkami. Rhotomag. 12mo. 1765. A useful edition, with short notes for the young student. IIeynii. Lipsise. 8vo. 1 767-88. 4 vols. Ejusd. ' Lond. 8vo. 17Q3. 4 vols. Ejusd. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1800. 6 vols. These are the incomparable editions of Virgil, by Heyne. The first is so decidedly eclipsed by the subsequent ones, that it would answer little pur- pose to describe it minutely ; nor, indeed, is there much necessity to dwell on any of them, except the last, as they are so well known to the public. The second Leipsic edition of 1788, which contains, in the first volume, a rich fund of scholastic and critical information, was republished by the London book- sellers in 1793? in a very beautiful manner, of which I shall presently speak. The Leipsic edition of 1800 is the last, and most complete # edition of Heyne. ' ■ — ■ ' ■ ' " ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■.■■-■■■- ■ ■ 1 11 ■ y ■»»■.— ■■- — — ■ 1 * It contains a new preface of fourteen pages, which begins thus : " Quod nee expectabam nee sperabam, ut tertia vice ad Virgilium novis curis retractandum evocarer, id mjhi propitii numinis beneficio contigit." At p. xL he thus speak* of this % a 340 VIRGILIL'S. The first four volumes contain the regular works of Virgil; the fifth the " Carmina Minora/' Life or Virgil, and account of MSS. and editions (which latter is htile more than the admirable detail given in the Leipsic edition of 1788)5 the sixth volume has two copious indexes,' viz. Verborum., et Nominum, an index to the notes and commentaries, explanation of the plates and vignettes^ and seven pages of " sup- plenda et ^mendanda :" it contains also many new excursus and emendations. This edition of 1800 is adorned with a great variety of vignettes (some of them executed with purity and correctness), designed by FioiiiLLO, and engraved by Geyser; there is also a bust of Heync, frojn the sculpture of Ruhl, preceding last edition: " Reddere rationem ' sigillatim eorum, quae in/ tertia hac editipne accesserint, quia sine ostentationis specie memoraii -talia neqr.eunt, supersedeo. Sufficit, obelomt eon- fodisse multa, nee pepcrcisse lis, quae, olim admodun: probata aut probabilia visa, nunc fundo idoneo destituti videbantur. Video qifidem hoc esse inter mala operae meae, quod nulla est hariim editionum, quae alteri ubique respondeat. Quid tamen in ffumaria hac infhmitate facias, cum, quotiescunque aliquid, a I e curaturn aut elaboratum, iterum inspexeris, toties videas esse, quae mutata et emendata esse malles, etiamsi non nimis tnorosiis sis tu# operae index ac censor. Itaque venia quoque ri'.-v >da mihi est, si interdum mutarim sententiam, alia amplexus- gum, aut ad pristina redierim. Est immensa rerum moles, (qusS\fe) tarn longo operae cursu occurrit ; nee semper idem est amifu 'habitus et sensus, &c. &c." The Professor then ex- presses his thanks to C. C. JVendltr, for his care and assiduity in correcting the press, the work being printed at Leipsic, and Heyiie residing at Gottingen. The following is the emphatic conclusion of the preface: " Jarnque ea, quae Maro aut ex- spectare ant admitterc potest, nova ornamenta relinquo felicio- iibus seii ingeniis sen studiis ; hicque subsisto. Tu autem, iiivine Maro, — ext rent ion hoc munus habetoP This admirable edition was printed at the expense of Caspar Ffo rrscn, whose generosity and public spirit are highly extolled by Heyae. VIRGrLIUS, 341 the Bucolics. Some copies are struck off on fine Writing and on vellum paper ; the latter exhibit, in my opinion, the most beautiful publication of a Latin classic that the German press has ever produced ; the type and paper are of the finest lustre, and the nume- rous vignettes are ornamental and amusing. The London edition of 1793, which is merely a re- impression of the Leipsic edit, of 1788, is the most popular one in this country. Some copies are struck off on large paper, in royal octavo and quarto, or- namented with beautiful vignettes. Of the quarto size only very few were printed, and they sell at a great price : the splendour of the paper, and elegance of jthe execution, render it a truly interesting publication. It is said that the entire expenses of bringing out this London edition of 1793 amounted to 4000/. — a great sum ! and for which it is hoped the publishers # have been long ago amply remunerated. See Bruggemann^ P- 543- Pine. Lond. Svo. 1774. Containing only the Bucolics and Georgics. This work was left unfinished by old Pine,' and was pub- lished by his son Robert : it is valuable chiefly for the elegance of the plates. A copy of it, which is now scarce, was sold at Mr. Beauclerck's sale. No, 1741. Bipont. Svo. 1783. 2 vols, This is a very respectable edition, though its beauty is not so discernible as Heyne supposes. The Notitia literaria in the second volume, is well worth the stu- dent's perusal : Heyne has spoken handsomely of it : the more modern editions are detailed with great mi- nuteness, Jleyne, c^lii-iii. * Messrs. Payne, White, Faulder, and Edwards. 2 3 * * 342 VJItGILIUS. Brunckii. Argent, 8vo. 1785*. 4to. l?8g. Typis Danbach. These editions are not only vory beautiful specimens of typography, but they present the text of the poet compiled with great care and correct- ness, in which the ancient orthography and true read- ing are endeavoured to be restored. See Heyne, cxlii. ; Ilarles, SuppL Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 373. Of the quarto edition I saw a sumptuous and wiique copy3 printed on vellum, in the possession of Mr. White, the bookseller : it was valued at 100 guineas. Bodoni. Parmae. Fol, 17Q3. 2 vols. Of this sumptuous edition, which is one of the most beautiful that ever issued from Bodoni's press, it is said only 175 copies were struck off, and of that num- ber only twenty -five on fine vellum paper : it is rare and much esteemed. See Dictionn. Bibliograpk. t. iv. 428. Didot has discovered about thirty errors throughout the work3 wjiich are noticed in the preface to his own edition. Bodoni published an octavo edition in 1794. 2 vols, which is beautifully executed, and of which the copi£S on large paper are both rare and valuable. . Oxon. 8vo. 1795. 2 vols. Containing the text of Heyne, with a few of his notes; it is also illustrated by a selection of parallel passages from various writers of antiquity. The accu- racy and extreme elegance of this edition will always * It is impossible, in the compass of this present work, to enumerate all the useful editions of Virgil. 1 will only slightly mention the Leipsie one of 1779, 2 vo\&. ^vo# which is Heyne's edition abridged; the Manheim edition of 1780; Havniae, 1780, both in % vols. 8vo. ; and the Venice edition of 1784, 3 y6l$. 8vo. with select notes from Heinsius, Burman, and Heyne. VIRGILIUS. 843 make it a popular one. Some copies are splendidly struck off on large paper, Wakefieldi. Lond. ]2mo. 3 79^. 2 vols. This edition, which forms a companion to Wake- field's Horace of 1794 (see vol. i. p. 427, ante), is printed with great elegance: the notes are placed at the end of the text. " Nova est quodammodo textus recognitio : qusedam sunt ingeniose et feliciter resti- tuta emendataque; multa vero temere infeliciterque tentata." Harles, SuppL Not. Lit. Rom. t. i. 376, who quotes Monthly Review, 1797? March, p. 272, &c. Some copies of this edition are beautifully struck off on large paper, in quarto ; and, together with the Horace of similar size, are brilliant ornaments to the finest libraries. Didot. Paris. Fol. 1798. Charta regali impressa. This truly sumptuous and unrivalled work forms a companion to the Horace of 1 799 #, edited as well as printed by Didot; it is adorned with twenty-three most beautiful plates, en- graved by various artists, from the pencil of Gerard and Girondet : nothing can surpass the delicacy of their execution, and the elegance and truth of some of the designs. The type and paper are deserving of every praise. In the preface, Didot takes occasion to anU madvert on the inaccuracies of his predecessors, and has discovered four or five errata in Wakefield's edi- tion, about thirty in Bodoni's, and several in the supposed immaculate edition of 1755, which have been already noticed f : he supposes the text of his own work to be without a fault. This magnificent * See ante, vol. i. 428* f See page 334. z 4 344 VIRGILIUS. volume, of which only 250 copies were struck off, consists of 572 pages; and whether we consider the beauty of the plates, the lustre of the type and paper, or the general magnificence of the work, it is perhaps the most sumptuous publication of an ancient classic that has ever appeared. Copies, with proof impres- sions of the plates, sell for 42/: a: few of our principal libraries possess it. Huntexu. Andreapol. I2m.o. 1799- 2 vols. A very elegant, correct, and useful edition. The text is formed on the second edition of Heyne : it has no notes, but the preface affords an excellent specimen of the critical acuteness of Dr. Hunter. The punctua- tion is professed to be uncommonly accurate, and the work is preferred by Heyne to any text-edition of Virgil : it is said to be without a single typographical error. See the Edinb. Review, October 1803. Dulau. Land. 8vo. 1800. 2 vols. Printed by Bensley. This elegant edition, which is certainly the most beautiful octavo publication of the poet extant, is formed on the preceding one of Didot, and is decorated with fifteen engravings, by the best English artists, of the subjects contained in that edition : the text is supposed to be faultless. Some few copies are struck off on large papE-R, in imperial octavo, and sell high. The typography is a masterpiece of Bensley's press; and the whole work xetlects distinguished credit on the enterprise and taste, of the publisher. 34 XENOPIION. B. C. 3Go. I. OPERA OMNIA. Junta. Florent. Fol. I5i6. Graece. Editto princeps. This work, of which Fabric cius was ignorant, appears to have been faithfully taken from an ancient but corrupted MS* : many good readings are intermixed with the bad ; but it abounds with chasms, interpolations, and manifest typographical errors. It was, however, the basis of various subsequent editions, and is occasionally of great critical utility. A copy was sold at Dr. A skew's sale, No. 3394- This edition was reprinted in 1527, with all its faults: many have erroneously supposed that this second edition was a reimpression of the Aldine. See Harles, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 20; Idem, Inimd. L. G. t. i. 378; Bandini, AnnaL Jinitar. pt. ii. 101. Aldi (InJEdib.). Venet. Fol. 1525. Gr\ Superior to the preceding edition ; many of its erro- neous readings are corrected, and the text is evidently taken from a purer MS. ; the arrangement of the books is also preferable. " Asulanum igitur," says Harles, ic qui editioni prsefuit, codicibus usum esse, a *vero lion abhorret. Veruntamen non pugnabo, si quis in- terduai ingenio suo cum indulsisse contenderit. Hoc certe non dubium est, cum Juntinag, qua pro basi usus est multa vitia intacta reliquisse." Harles, Fabr* B. G. t. iii, 20. Ekubachii. Hal. Suev. 8vo. 1540. Gr. 3 vols. ii Cum Prsefatione Melanchthonis :" a very incor- rect edition, There are two title-pages to the work $ 346 xesophon. the true one exhibits the place and year — the sparidus one is without both. It is said to be very scarce. According to Dr. Harwood, a copy was purchased for His Majesty, at Dr. Askew's sale. A copy is also in Lord Spencer's collection, from the Bibl. Revickzk. p. 26. Jswgrinii. Basil. 8vo. ■ -. Gr. 2 vols. This is the edition which was published by the fa- mous CastaLio, when he was Greek professor at Basil, and which Dr. Harwood says is a very correct and excellent one. The editions of Junta, which are corrected by Castalio, partly from conjecture, and partly by the help of MSS., formed the basis of it. It is emphatically called the Basil edition, and was the first, revision of Xenophon's text published in Germany. The second volume contains an " Index Rerum." See Bibl. Askev. No. 3297; Harles, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 20- 1 . According to a remark in Bibl. Mason, pt. i. No. 396, this edition is the same as the preceding one. Copies with the Basil title-page are very rare, and, in fine condition, sell high. H. Stephanus. Paris. Fol. I061. Gr. 1581. Gr. et Lat. Dr. Harwood says the first edition ff is the most beautiful and correct of H. Stephens's editions of the Greek classics. '? The basis of it is the Aldine ; but by the assistance of MSS. and preceding editions, also by a careful perusal of Plutarch, Pollux, Athenaeus, Stobseus, and others who have treated of the historian, Stephens has undoubtedly done much towards present- ing a correct and lucid text of his author. See Mait- taire, Fit. Steph. p. 250; Freytag, Adpar. liter, t. iu j 288 j HarleSj ~Falr. B. G. t, iii. 21. Copies of this XENOPHON. 347 work, 011 large PAPER; are very scarce and dear : at Mr. Bridges's sale a copy of this kind was sold for 4.1. 45. Harles speaks of a splendid copy, printed on vellum, in .Bib!. Elizabeth. Wratislau — teste Kran- #io in Mem. illius Bibliothecse Wratisl. 4to. 1699, p. 75 ; but this may be questioned. The edition of 158 1 has more intrinsic value than the preceding one — " si non splendore externo, certe bonitate interna, prasstat longe," says Zeunius, as quoted by Harles. See also Maittaire, Fit. Sieplu p. 417. The Latin version was published separately, and is not always to be found with the Greek text. Leunclavii. Francof. Fol. 15Q5*. Gr. ctLat. Ejusdem. Paris. Fol. 1 6*25. Gr. etLat* The latter of these publications, which is a very handsome reimpression of the Frankfort one, is a po- pular edition of Xenophon. Leunclavins did not live to finish the first edition ;,but Sylburgius was prevailed upon to write a preface to it. They both contain va- rious readings, the conjectures of Leunclavius and Stephens, the annotations of iEmilius Portus, a co- pious Index Verborum et Glossarum, and an appendix, M Chionis Epistola de conservato a Xenophonte By- zantio," et " Llermogenis de Forma Dictionis Xeno- phenteae," The Parisian edition, though sumptuously printed ff typis regiis," is said to be more inaccurate than the Frankfort one. See Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. 379; Idem, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 22. Of the Parisian edition, some copies are struck off' on large * This edition is sometimes dated by bibliographers 1594. In the year 1596 this edition, with a new title-page, came out with some notes, and a Greek index of words and phrases by jEmilius and Francis Poftus, at tl^e end of the volume. Harles, fabr. B. G. t. iii, %%. 349 XENOPHbff. paper, and sell high. At Dr. Pai tonics sale in 179 1, No. 8948, a copy of this kind was sold. See too Bibl. Pinell. No. 12473. Wellsii. Oxon. 8vo. 1703. Gr. etLat. 5 vols. This is an edition of repute, though the typography is inelegant, and its critical merits are eclipsed by some subsequent ones. The two last volumes contain each two parts; and De Bure, No. 4757, informs us that the entire seven parts (comprehending the three first volumes, and the four parts in the two last) should have an engraving prefixed to each ; also that the first volume contain a plate of the bust of Xenophon : the edition should likewise have four geographical charts. Harles speaks more unfavourably of this work than Fabricius : in his edition of Fabricius's BibL Grcec. t. iii. 22, he quaintly remarks — iC Recensuit quidem textus (Wellsius) sed fere temere." There are some copies on large paper, which are become scarce, Thiemii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 17&3. Gr. etLat. 4 vols. This is the edition which Harwood attributes to Ernesti, who, in fact, only wrote the preface : it is more correct than the Oxford edition of Wells (of which it is called a republication), and contains Hutchinson's dissertations. If the fifth volume, com- prehending the index, and the sixth, the observations of learned men on the text and various readings, had been published by Thiemius, as was original! v in- tended, it would have superseded the utility of Wells's edition 5 the last volume of which has a very good index. Reiske and other learned men have com- plained of this omission in the edition of Thiemius. Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. 380; Idem, Fair* B. G. t. iii- 22. Dr, Harwood allpws this edition to contain XENOPHON. 34$ many good emendations of the text, although it is_ wretchedly printed. Weiskii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1798-1802. Gr. 5 vols. This is a very critical and valuable edition. The- two first volumes comprehend the Cyroptzdia; the drird, the Expeditio ; the fourth, Historia Graca et Agesilatts ; the fifth, CEconomicum, Convivium, Apo- logia Socratis, et Memorabilia : the remaining parts, with an index, are yet to follow. The Greek text is neatly printed, and under it are the concise and critical notes of Weiske. Prefixed to the Cyropaedia, is a Short and erudite preface of nineteen pages ; the Life of Xenophon by Diogenes Laertius; a " Dissertatio de Ingenio Xenophontis;" and " De Nat. et Usii Discipline Cyri 1" the whole, including the preface, comprehending 126 pages. To the Expeditio (vol. third) is prefixed a "Tractatio deaestimanda Cyri Ex- peditione.'5 To the fourth vol. are prefixed " Quses- tiones ad Hist. GrascanV* et " Excursus j" and to the fifth vol. there is a " Dissertatiode Xenophontis CEco* tiarfti'ccu" The Lexicoji Xeiiophonieum of Sturzius, in 4 vols^ 8vo., must not be forgotten, and should always ae^ company this edition of Weiske. II. CTROP^DIA. HuTCHiNsoNi, Oxon. 4to. 1727. Gr. etLat. This admirable edition, which is preceded by ,non$ worth mentioning, is formed on a careful examinatioa of preceding editions with a MS. in the Bodleian library : it also presents us with a purer Latin version 5 and, besides the editor's own notes, we have a revision those of Murettis, Stephens, Leuuclavius, and. 350 SfeNOPtiOSf. Portus. Prefixed are two dissertations, a De XefttoM phontc — cjusque scriptis." There are also three in- dexes ; the firs?, of oriental phrases used by Xeno- phon ; the second, of military phrases \ and the third, of the more remarkable occurrences. Where Hutch- inson compares the style of Xenophon with that of the New Testament, he adopts almost entirely the obser- vations of Raphelius, who published a philological work expressly upon the subject. Harres has slightly accused the editor of not having always given the purest readings, and of having substituted notes which arc sometimes foreign to the purpose. See his Fair. B. G. t. iii. 5. For the copies oh large paper, see the Anabasis, by Hutchinson. The above popular edition of the Cyropacdia was re* printed at various places and times ; namely, at Lon- don, in 8vo< 1730-35-47 *, Gr. et Lat. — with the dis- sertations and index of oriental phrases omitted : again at Glasgow 9 in 1767, i2mo. 4 vols. Gr. et Lat* which is a beautiful and desirable edition (a copy of it was purchased at the Pinelli sale, No. 7515, by Lord Spencer) ; again at Oxford, in 8vo. 1772, Gr. I have heard this edition praised for its utility and cor- rectness. Leipsic, Svo. 1774- 1784, Gr. with select notes of Hutchinson ; no Latin version, nor index rerum ; but for which a short " Index Grascitatis" is added by Professor Moms. At Leipsic and Frankfort another edition was published in 1776, Gr. with au 66 Index Gracitatis et Rerum. J> Zeunii* Lipsias. Svo. 1780. Gr. A very excellent edition. Zeunius has presented us * Many other London editions might, perhaps, be enume- rated ; but I have understood that they are merely reimpres- *ion§ of the former ones. X'ENGPHOtf. 351 with a new revision of the text of his author, according to the Codex Guelpherbytanus; and he has also col- lated all the ancient editions and versions, subjoining critical, historical, and grammatical notes, with a copious " Index Graecitatis." Harles, Introd. L, G. t. i. 381; Idem, Fair. B. G. t. iii. 6. Professor Daizel thus observes of it : " Editio sane castigatis- sima, cum notis et indice Grcecitatis utilissimo. Prae- fatio enarrationem optimam editionum Xenophon- lis complectitur.V Collect. Maj. Grab, to L 4.0 y "Nox^," &c. III. ANABASIS, Hutchinsoni. Oxon. 4to. 1735. Gr. et La& This celebrated edition of Hutchinson is a compa- nion to the Cyropaedia by the same learned editor. It is compiled from a careful collation of preceding edi- tions, and a MS. at Eton College : the notes are per- spicuous and useful. Prefixed is a dissertation con- cerning the author of the Expedition of Cyrus, and the whole march of the Greeks, which is followed by va- rious readings from a Parisian MS. in the royal library, collated by Montfaucon ; but of which Hutchinson does not appear to have made any particular use in his text. The copies of the Cyropaedia and Anabasis, on t.arge paper, are extremely beautiful and rare. Sec Bibl. Dormeriana, No. 2246, which copy was proba- bly purchased by Dr. Askew, and sold at his sale, No. 3333, for 13Z. 2s. 6d. I saw a fine copy in Dr. Hunter's museum. The edition of Hutchinson was republished in dif- ferent forms, at a variety of places and times 3 namely, At Oxford, in 8vo. 1745 and 1772. Dr. Harwood calls the first U a very rare book 5" the second, " au incorrect one." 352 XENOPHGftf. At Glasgow, 1764, ia 4 vols* nrno. Gr. et Lat* t a beautiful and correct edition. At Cambridge, in 1770, but particularly in 1785, Gr, et Lat* 8vo. containing twenty-eight pages of ad- denda by Professor Porson : this last Cambridge edi- tion is the best lecture-book for students. Some copies are struck off on quarto paper : the work is very ele- gantly printed. At Leipsic, in 1775* Gr. by Morus, with select: notes of Hutchinson, and an €< Index Graecitatis t" a very respectable edition. Again, in 1785, Gr. by Zeunius ; " ad codices Guelpherbytanum, Parisienses, Etonensem, Brodaei librosque editos et alios fontes." The very excellent character of Zeunius's *j *53$'- a copy was sold for i/. i6E RE RUSTICA* Commelin. Heidelb. 8vo. 15gi-g5. This edition was prepared by Sylburgius, and is a critical and excellent one ; " Fr. Sylburgius prceter editionem Bruschianam comparavit libros Palladii ma- nuscriptos turn Palatinos nunc Vaticanos, ex quibus loca complura castigavit, alibi verba in Codd. deside- rata uncis inclusit." Schneider, t. Hi. pt. i. pnef. p. vn. The premature death of Commelin prevented the publication of his own notes. Of the edition of 1591 Schneider never saw a copy. It is noticed by Fabricius and Ernesti, in BibL hat. t. i. 34, Con- sult also Edit. Bipont. t. i. p. cxxxvii-xl. Gesneiu. Lipsbe. 4to. 1735-73. 2 vols. These are the celebrated editions of Matthew Ges- ner, which were undertaken by Wasse, Schwarz, and Schoettgenius, but were afterwards completed and published by the former. Of a work so well known in the literary world, it were superfluous to describe mi- nutely the various contents. These editions are far superior, for variety and importance of materials, to every preceding one. The edition of 1773 was super- intended and corrected by Eknp:sti, on the death of Gesner, who has enriched it with a learned preface, and added much valuable matter to the text and va- rious readings of Columella, from a MS. in the mo- nastery of St. Germain. Schneider has observed that in the first edition Gesner has paid too great a de- ference to the authority of Victorius, and that the text of Columella has been but slightly improved. Palla- dius has also been treated with too great negligence; and the excellent and truly philosophical commenta- ries of Pontedera, whose knowledge of botany and agricultural affairs very little accorded with the genius and studies of Gesner, have been entirely disregarded. SCRIPTORES DE RE RUSTICA. 50 \ The latter of these editions, by Ernesti, is, however, a very valuable one ; containing the unpublished notes of various learned men, and, as well as the first edition, an excellent " Lexicon Rei rustics et Latini- tatls Rusticorum Lati?wrnm." Both editions posses* " Vegetius de Mulo-Medicina sive de Arte Vete- rinarian' A small edition, in 5 vols, was published at Man- heim in 1781. . Bipont. 8vo. 178;. 4 vols. A very useful edition, being a reimpression of Gesner's ; prefixed to it is an excellent Notitia lite- raria. Schneideri. Lipslse. 8vo. 1794. 4 vols, or 8 parts. The intrinsic value of all preceding publications Is eclipsed by this copious and admirable edition of Schneider. To convince the reader of the importance of its contents I need only state them. The first volume (or what Schneider calls the first part) con- tains the text of Cato and T. Varro, with notes be- neath, describing the various readings from MSS. In forming the text of Cato, Schneider obtained a copy of Popma's edition compared with a Parisian MS. by J. F. Gronovius; also an edition by Com- welin, compared by J. F. Gronovius with another MS., which is supposed to have been former! v in the royal library of Paris : Schneider was also in posses- sion of some MS, annotations of Abraham and J. F* Gronovius, on the text of Cato. In forming the text of T. Varro, Schneider obtained the edition of Com- melin, with a quantity of various readings znd anno- tations by Abr. Gronovius ; from which also he de- rived some excellent remarks of J. F. Gronovius ; and 302 SCRIPTORES DE RE RUSTICA. was fortunate enough to discover the two identical MSS., mentioned by them, in the royal library of Paris. The second volume, or what is called the second part of the first volume, contains some excellent com- mentaries on the text of Cato and Varro ; and towards the end, the dissertation of Segner, " De Ornithone Varronis (minor e et rotundo) — De Trapeto Torculario et Prelo Catonis — and Goiffon's " Explication des Plans Jigures du Pressoir et du Ttapete." These four last treatises comprehend 90 pages, out of nearly 700 which are included in the second volume of Commen- taries. The third volume, or first part of the second, contains the text of Columella, " the most polished and valuable of all the agricultural writers :" this has received particular illustration from the " Codex San- ger mannerists," on which Abr. Gronovius had written many valuable annotations. This " Apparatus Gro- ftowdnus" had long lain concealed in the public library at Leyden, and was freely communicated to the editor by the famous Ruhnkenius, to whom Schneider pays many handsome and just compliments. The fourth volume, preceded by a preface^ contains 700 pages of commentary on Columella. The fifth and sixth volumes (or what the editor calls the first and second parts of the third) comprehend the text of Palladius, and a commentary thereon, drawn from purer source^ than any that preceded them. The seventh volume contains'" Vegetius Renatus De Arte Veterl- nariu :" the text of which, and commentary, are com- posed in a manner far superior to all preceding pub- lications. The eighth volume (or second part of the fourth) contains the posthumous works of Pontedera on Cato, Varro, and Columella — an Index of Editions from Gesner — Index of Authors — ■ and a copious and excellent " Index Rerum et Voca- buloriuno" SCRIPTORES DE HE RUSTICA. 363 :. This is an imperfect sketch of the contents of Schneider's elaborate edition; many important features have been unnoticed, but I trust sufficient has beea said to entitle it to the attention of the critical and the curious. It is often bound in six volumes. II. CATO * The editions of Cato, published separately, are by Pgpma, Lug. Bat. 8vo. I 590 — republished with some notes of Meursius, Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1598, which, however, in other respects, is only the edition of Popma with a fresh title-page : again by the widow of Commelin, Franequerae, 8vo. 1620, which iasi is the best edition. III. T. VARRO. Victorii. Paris. 4to. 1545. H. Stkphanus. 8vo. 1569-73-81 . The first edition, printed by Stephens, contains some notes of Joseph Scaliger, never before pub- lished, and a commentary of Turnebus, with the emendations of Augustinus and Victorias* The edit. of 1 58 1 is enlarged and corrected. Popm^e. Lug. Bat. 8vo. l601. " This edition is rare/' say the Bipont editors, " and has some good passages; but those who had the * Cato and Varro were published together at Basil in. gvo. 15213 by Adam Petrus — this differs little from the AMixie edition : again in 1576, 8vo. at the same place— in which latter edition, Cato appears to be given according to the authority of Victorias 5 and Varro, according to that of Scaliger* 364 SCRIPTQRES DE RE RUSTICA. care of publishing it have dreadfully mangled the noted of Popma. The best parts are from Ursinus and Sea* liger." Edit. Bipont. p. cxli. . Dordraci. 8vo. 1619. Amst. 1623. These are the best Variorum editions of Terentius Varro ; they agree with Stephens, but have various readings in the margin. The Amst. edition differs from the preceding one in having a fresh title-page only. Dr. Harwood has marked the edition of 1619 at 105. 6d. IV. COLUMELLA. Jacob de Breda. . 4to. In Gothic letters; and probably printed atDaventer. It coincides with the editio princeps of 1472. Rare. Pomponii. Paris. 4to. 1543. With the annotations of Pomponius, Pius, and Be- roaldus. The printer of it is not stated by Gesner. . Argent. 8vo. sine anno. With a dissertation of Baptista Fiera concerning the virtues of herbs. Hare and curious. . 4to. 1543. " Cum Nicolai Bartholomaei Carmine de Cultu Hortorum." Very rare. Morel. Paris. 4to. 1549. This edition is mentioned by Maittaire in his Anna!. Typog. t. v. 577; but not in his list of Morel's pub- lications in Hist. Typog. Parisiens* I never saw a copy of it. 4 SCRIPTORES DE RE RUSTICA. 305 Ellingerianus. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1655. With a variety of curious hortological tracts* printed very incorrectly. V. PALLADIUS. Teletanus. Paris. 4to. 3 536. At the end there appears the date of 1539. In tha opinion of Gesner, this work, which has no preface, forms a part of the Aldine edition ; though the nu- merals and signatures give it the appearance of a dis« tinct publication. VI. VEGETIUS. Faeer. Basil. 4to. 1528. Editio princeps. A curious and scarce book. Sambuci. Basil. 4to. 1574. Rare j and deserving of the student's attention. 366 SCRIPTORES EROTICI GRJECl. I. HELIODORUS. De Amwilus Charicle^ JEthiopum Regis Filice et Theagenis Thessali Libri x *. Obsopcei. Basil. 4to. 1534. Graece. Editio princeps. In his preface, Obsopceus wonderfully praises his author and the MS. that he consulted, which was taken from the library of Cor- vinus, King of Hungary, bv a soldier of the name of Onoldinus, from whom he obtained it. This edition, says Fabricius, was collated by Schottus or Canter, with certain MSS. in the library of Marquardusi Gudius. Bill. Grac. t. vi. 786. The words of Fa- bricius are repeated by Harks and the Bipont editors. This edit. prin. is a well-printed book, and now scarce. Commelin. Heidelb. 8vo. 15C)6. Gr. et Lat, A very excellent edition ; carefully collated with * The following is the criticism of Harks on the romance of Heliodorus : " Castus, venustus et disertus est auctor : genus jaaryandi est facile, nee arte longe qucesitum ; episodia varia smit et jucunda, animique adfectus et sensa maximam partem naturae apta commodeque expressa. Neque tamem ingenio aliisque artis et dietionis virtutibus Longo mihi quidem supe- rior esse videtur Ikiiodorus." Jntrod. L £. t. ii. 393-. GREEK ROMANCES. 36? four MSS., viz. a Vatican, Palatine, and Basil one; and one of Xylander : there are likewise some good conjectures and emendations of Commelin himself. The Latin version * is by Warschewick, a Polish nobleman. " I read," says Dr. Harwood, " this very entertaining performance in this edition, which I can pronounce to be a correct and excellent one." It was reprinted at Lyons, 8vo. 1611, with an index of the more remarkable occurrences, by the Widow Harsy. Bourdelotii. Paris, 8vo. 1619. Gr. et Lat. An indifferent edition. Bourdelot does not appear to have consulted a sinde MS., notwithstanding the pomposity of his assertions : all the best parts of his work are an exact copy of Commelin's. Edit. BiponU Not. Lit. p. x. Harles observes, that this edition dis- appointed the expectations of literary men. Parei. Francof. 8vo. 1631. Gr. et Lat. The title-page promises a great deal ; but the text is merely Commelin's, and the various readings, placed at the end of the volume, are from the same work, with no opinion or observation upon them. It is a very in- ferior edition. Schmidii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1772. Gr. et Lat. An edition execrated by Harwood, and condemned by Harles and the Bipont editors. It is a very negli- gent reimpression of Bourdelot's edition. Mitscherlichii. Argent. 8vo. 17QB. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. This edition is among the Bipont cc Scriptores Ero- * This elegant translation was first published at Basil by Oporinus, in fol. 155 1, according to Fabricius — and again at Antwerp, by Nutius, in iamo# 1556, according to Harks* 36S GREEK ROMANCES. iici Grceci," and forms the second and third volumes hi the collection. It is very elegantly printed 5 and the text, according to the editor at p. xn.5 appears to have been compiled with great care and correctness. The readings of the c< Codex Taurinensis" were in- vestigated, as being useful in the illustration of Helio- dorus. " Raro/' say the compilers, u ipsi conjecturis indulsimus, rariusque iis in ipso textu locum concessi- ons, alieni a Toupiana aliorumque levitate, secum belle, pulchre, verissime ! ubique sibimet acclaman- tium, probeque memores, quam saepius nostrum in- vent! blandimento fallatur corrumpaturque judicium." Specimens are then giverji of the various readings, from which the curious student will derive pleasure and improvement. II. ACHILLES TATIUS. De Amorlhis Clitophontis et Leucippis Lib. via*, Commelin, Heidelb. 8vo. 1001. Gr. et Lat. Editio princeps. This edition was compiled by Commelin, from a MS. in Bibl. Palat. : it contains * The character of the romance of Achilles Tatius : " Amcenus ct fioxidus est scriptor, qui ingeniose invenit et absolvit drama ut plurimum suaviter et foecunde vemisteque explicuit et enar- ravit fabulam. Flores tamen, sed sponte quasi enatos orna- tumque orationis, a poetarum vigore et audacia saepe haud jnafalttim aliense, frequenter amavit. Ingenio enim nimis abun- dat, et interdurn iascivit. Longus tamen simplicitate et natu- lali pnlchritudine superare Achill^m : Hie autem ingenio, or- s>atu et rloribus orationis Heliodoro, diserto quidem et castiore, at qui artem tegere pcene nescivit, prsestare mihi quidem vide- tur." Harlks. " Laudes ejus prxcipue sunt duae : altera, doctrina varia et jncunda> partim ex philosophic, partim ex aliarum wrum GREEK ROMANCES. 36Q JLojigus and Varthenius. The editor died before it was completed; but his nephews (the Bonnvltn) finished and published it. " This edition/' says Mitscherlich, " has numerous defects; and in the last book almost two pages are wanting/' Edit. Bipont. p. vin. ; Fabr. Bill. Grac. t. vi. 812 ; Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii, 285. Salmasii. Lug, Bat. 12mo. 1640. Gr. etLat. Printed by Elzevir, this is a beautiful and cor- rect edition, and displays the various readings of four MSS. ; at^ the end are some short notes. &Of these M3S., Harles thinks with Boden, that, as they greatly differ from each other, part of them was com- posed from good materials, and part from erroneous and unauthentic ones. The Latin version is Cru- ceius's the same which accompanies the editio princeps. Salmasius regrets that the want of leisure and opportunity prevented him from making a new translation. He confesses that the translation of Cruceius by no means expresses the sense of the Greek text* Jungerman was meditating a new edition and ver- sion of Achilles Taliiis, as appears from the letters of Gruter " inter Gudianas," p. 210; but his death prevented the execution of it. Bodeni. Lipsice. 8vo. 1776. Gr. et Lat. The text of this edition is founded on that of Sal- Itoasius; the Latin version is Cruceius's— the editor was m possession of a MS. from Bavaria, but he •cientia, gentium locorumque petita: altera, stilus elegans, tersus, quanquam, uno alteroque loco verborum novitate ac *ono, compositionisque curiositate, laborans," Biblv. Crit A»mst. t. i. pt. ii. 58. VOL, II. £ B $7® GREEK ROMANCES. does not appear to derive much benefit from it; and as to what he observes of some Italian books, very little importance can be attached to them, as their contents are not specified in the notes. What he calls the " Codex Palatums" is nothing, in fact, but the edition of Commeliru The notes of Carpzovius (first ptihl. Lips. 8vo. 1743), which he has inserted, are, notwithstanding their paucity, tedious and uninstruc- tivc : those of Bergler display greater critical acumen and knowledge of ihe Greek original : the notes of Boden himself chiefly relate to comparisons of similar passages in other writers of romance (mora, however, in modern than ancient ones), and afford no great specimen of the learning or research of the editor. BibL Crit. Amst. t. i. pt. ii. 58-9; Edit. Bipont. p. ix. j Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii, 286. Mitscherlichii. Bipont. Svo. 3 7Q2. Gr. et Lat. This is rightly called by Harles " praestans eaquc critica editio." The text, which is elegantly printed with the Latin version of Cruceius (corrected from a good MS.) subjoined, is preceded by the " Argumen- tum Fabulas," taken from the excellent Critical Review before quoted. The conjectures or emendations of Mitscherlich are rarely introduced, but the observa- tions of learned men have been strictly attended to, and, together with a judicious punctuation of the text, many valuable sources have been explored, whereby the work is rendered very acceptable to the lovers of this interesting romance. The preface concludes with a short specimen of various readings from the preced- ing Amsterdam Review. This edition of Achilles Tatius forms the first volume of the cc Scriptores Erotici Grasci," published by the Bipont Society : Keliodorus forms the second and third volumes. S GREEK ROMANCES. 371 III. LONGUS. Pastoralium de Daphnide et Chloe Lib. iv*„ Golumbanii. Florent. 4to. 15Q8. Graece. Editio princeps : printed by Junta. In forming the text of this edition, Columbanius received much valuable assistance from Henry Cuff, an Englishman, and Marcellus Adrianus, a Florentine — also from Ful- vius Ursinus, who collated the editor's MS. with three of his own, at Rome, and sent him the variations of the readings. It is a work of no very common occur- rence. Edit. Bipont. p. vi. Commelin. Heidelb. 8vo. l6oi. Gr. et Lat. The Latin version is a metrical one, by Gambara ; but so very free, that the original is lost sight of, This edition, moreover, is not remarkable for its accuracy. Jungermanni. Hanov. 8vo. 1605. Gr. etLat. A, very excellent edition. At the end are some short but erudite notes, in which the editor observes, that, besides the Florence edition of 1598, he has diligently ■ HHii ■ > m 11 'iiiii nnwi n » 11-, 11 n 1 1 11 m 1 ■ ■■ ■ 1 — 1 « ■ 1 " ■ mii ■»■«» 1 ■ ■■■!'». * Character of the romance of Longus : u Longi oratio pura, Candida, suavis, minutis articulis membrisque concisa, ct ta- men numerosa, sine ullis salebris, rnelle dulcior profluit tan- quam amnis argenteus virentibus utrinque silvis inumbratus, et ita florens, ita pi eta, ita expolita est, ut in ea verborum omnes, omnes sententiarum illigentur lepores. Translationes cetera- que dicendi lumina ita apte disponit, ut pictores colorum varietatem. Elegantes fabellas, vividas descriptiones, quse res ipsas oculis cubjiciant, perite intexit, et sin>ilitudines ac ima- gines e rustica pastoralique vita petitas feliciter adhibet. Xe* nophontis simplicitatem, Theocriti veneres, Moschi et Bionis floscutos eonsectatus et ssepissime consecutus est." Villoi- son. praef. p. xxxvi. B B a 372 GREEK ROMANCES. consulted the MSS. of Fulvius Ursinus. This work h in considerable request ; the Latin version is also by Jungerman. Fabr. BibL Grcec. t. vi. 813. Molli. Franeq, 4to. 1660, Gr. et Lat. The version, notes, and text of this edition, shew the carelessness or ignorance of the editor*. It is a work far inferior to the preceding, and held in general contempt. Edit. Bipont. p. vin. Neaulme. Lutet. 4to. 1754. Gr. et Lat. This is an elegant edition, with 29 plates, by Au- Aran and Fokke, from the designs of Coypel, Cochin, Eisen, &c. It is formed on Mollus's, but contains some emendations. The editor is not known 5 it was published tc in gratiam curiosorum." A copy of this very beautiful edition was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 2072. Dutensii. Paris, I2mo. 1776. Gr. A beautiful little edition, printed by Didot. It con- tains some various readings at the end of the volume., The editor, Louis Dutens, was an erudite scholar. Of this work only 200 copies were struck off; 100 were distributed among the editor's friends, and the remaining 100 were disposed of in the trade by De Bure, who was the publisher. Bill. Crit. Amst. t. i. pt. iv. p. 70. * " Hoc homine, nemo tmquam editor notulis aut jejuniori- bus aut impudcnti us compilatis oneravit veterem scriptorem : quippe, quidquid in iis bonae est frugis, vel prioribus editoribus surripuit, vel ex Scapulae Lexico sublegit, et pro suis vendita- vit : suo ipso ingenio, si quid habuit ingenii, nil nisi inania et foepta pro'ujit." Bijbu Crjt. Amst. t. i. pt. iv. p. 70. GREEK ROMANCES. 373 Bodeni. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1777* Gr. et Lat. The imperfections of Boden's edition of Achilles Tatius are manifest in this edition of Lojigus. The version is Mollus's, which is accompanied by the loose paraphrastic translation of Gambara, before noticed. The labours of his predecessors have been but super- ficially investigated by Boden, and his own notes are both trivial and inapposite. Villoisqni. Paris. 8vo. 1778. Gr. et Lat. 2 vols. A splendid and truly excellent edition. Villoison, so well known for his publications of Grecian litera- ture,' has been called " verus Longi Sospitator :" the present edition seems to justify this appellation. Be- sides containing many valuable readings from three Parisian MSS., and a diligent investigation of the old French edition of Amyot * (8vo. 1559 — taken from a # Perhaps some of my readers may not be aware of the fa- mous French edition of Amyot, in the year 1718, in Svo. with engravings by B. Audran, from the designs of the Duke of Orleans, then Regent — and emphatically called "the Re- gent edition." A beautiful copy of the original work, with manuscript corrections, to which were added the Greek pas- sages, in a fine handwriting, was sold at La Valliere's sale, No. 3963, for 460 iivres. I recommend the perusal of the Supplement to La Valliere's Catalogue, p. 6$, in which the reader will distinctly find the differences between the original and false edition of this work. This French edition was fre- quently reprinted ; and in Mr. Edwards's Cat. of 1796, No. 105J I find a copy of one, of the date of 1787, printed on vellum, which was valued at Sixty Guineas. Although I have, reluctantly^ omitted giving " Translations of the Greek Romances," yet I cannot avoid mentioning an Italian one of 1786 in 4to. printed at Parma by Bodoni, and translated by Annibal Caro Only 53 copies were struck pfF, and those for presents : a list of the several noblemen and b a 3 374 GREEK ROMANCES. good MS. and which is allowed to display " all the simplicity and native graces of the original"), this work comprehends some conjectures and observations of Valckenaer and Wyttenbach, and many ingenious and learned remarks by the editor himself. The Latin version is corrected from that of Jungerman and Mol- Jus, Some copies of this work are struck off on large paper, and sell at a price in proportion to their beauty and rarity. In the Bill. Crit. Amst. t. i. pt. iv. p. 67-83, this edition is reviewed, and the excellent character is given of it which it well deserves. It would seem, from the biographical anecdotes of Villoison, that this edition iC would have formed an enormous volume for the shelves of a library, had not one of Villoison's colleagues, who loved both Longus and the editor, prevailed on him to retrench half his remarks." Consult the Athenaeum, vol. i. p. 48 et seq. Bodoni. Parmse. Fol. 1786. Gr. A very magnificent edition, printed in all the luxury of the royal press at Parma, u cum Proloquio (Pauli Maria? Paciaudii) de libris eraticis antiqiiorum" which is well worth the student's perusal. It is a work of considerable repute. Mitsciierlichii. Bipont. 8vo. J 794. GlV et Lat. A beautiful edition, forming the first part of the 4th volume of the Bipont publication of the Greek ro- mances. It is compiled, both in the Greek and Latin gentlemen to whom these copies were given, is found on a separate sheet at the end of the volume. Two copies only were struck of on the beautiful the various stops are uniformly placed at the bottom of the letter. Upon the whole, this edition, which is as elegant as it is correct, may be -strongly recommended as a very complete and critical publication of Xenophon Ephesius. It has indexes. Mitscherlichii. Bipont.8vo. . Gr.etLat. This work forms the latter part of the 4th volume of the Bipont edition of the Greek romances (vide ante), #nd must have been printed subsequently to Locella's^ 4 SyS GREEK ROMANCES* as it notices that edition in the Notit. literaria prefixed to it. The text is formed on it, with very few varia- tions i under the Latin version there are, occasionally, short critical notes. Like all the Bipont editions of these romances, it has no ihde». 6i I have found these adventures of Anthia and Abrqcomas (says the author of the New Mem. of tit. vol. iv. 150) very entertaining. It is an ingenious romance, written in a polite style; but some parts of the work will appear 'too romantic. " V. CHARITON. De Amcribus Ch^ereje et Callikrhoe Lib., vm. D'Orvillii. Amst. 4to- 1750. Gi\ et Lat. Editio pri»ceps : the Latin version is by Reiske. This is a truly excellent edition. The commentary of D'Orville is a real treasure of Greek erudition; in which, besides many luminous disquisitions on his author, a great variety of passages of ancient writers are ably and successfully illustrated. Harles, hitrod* L. &. t. ii. 362. This valuable and rare edition was reprinted at Leipsic in 8vo. 1783, Gr. et Lat. with a few passages corrected bv Beck. Of Eustathius (or Eum thius, as he is called in some MSS.), who is supposed to have written the work " De Amoribus Iswenitz et Ismenes" Lib. xi. the first edition is by Gaulminius, Paris, 8vo. 161 8, Gr. et Latv — The Greek text, with the elegant Latin ver- sion, appeared in 161 7; the preface and nates m GREEK ROMANCES* 37Q 1618. This is a well -edited book, and will please the student : a new edition, without notes, was published by Tucher, Lips. 8vo. 1792, Gr. et Lat. I might here add a great deal of curious and interest- ing matter from the 6th chapter of the 5th book of Fabricius, Bill. Grcec— especially from the work at- tributed to Athenagoras " Be veroAmore*" dso from Fabricius's account of similar compositions, as yet unpublished — but the limits of my work will only permit me to refer the reader to the sources of my in- formation, just mentioned. LIBRI Itejcicogtapfjtct tt #rammattci GMiECI JET JROMANI. 383 LIBRf LEXICOGRAPHIC! ET GRAMMATICL I. LEXICA GILECA MAJORA. 13udjei .Commentarii Greece Lingua. Gr. etLat. Paris, Fol. 1529; Basil. Fol. 1530; Colon, FoL 1530; Paris. FoL 1548 ; Basil. Fol. 1556. Of these edi- tions, the Parisian one of 1548, by K. Stephens, is the most beautiful ; but the last, printed atBasii in 1556, is the most valuable and enlarged. The two editions of 1530 were once erroneously supposed by Harles to be the same., The Commentaries of Bu- d^sus* have been justly held in respect by all his * Of William Bud^us, one of the earliest and brightest ornaments of Lexicography, we are informed that his younger days were devoted to promiscuous and volatile pursuits ; but that, on a sudden, he checked these youthful irregularities, and applied himself with inflexible perseverance to literature. The sports of the field were exchanged for the studies of the closet* and such was his unremitting ardour in the new came, that he regretted even the hours which were allotted to nourishment and repose ; it is said that, on his marriage-day, he stole from his belovc4 spouse to his more beloved study, in order to enjoy a few hours of hard reading f . It was in vain that his friends urged the failure of his health by so close an adherence to these pursuits — he remained inexorable. His attainments, especially in the Greek tongue (to which he was particularly attached) were very considerable ; and he had the happiness or infelicity {as the reader thinks proper) of having been his own master — there f In the preface to his work " De Asse" he complain? that « he had not more than six hour* to study on his wedding-day." BS4 LEXICONS, GRAMMARS, &Ca Successors ; his erudition and research have formed the basis of almost every subsequent lexicographical composition. Thestudent will, therefore, derive much useful information from any of these editions, but the last is the edit. opt.. The dedication to Francis I. is succeeded by ah index u y^rd fci^W — this index being^ no one under whom he could study, or whose pursuits assimilated with his own. His " avro^ns km o^zju.aQ*s9» which, in one of his letters, he mentions to Erasmus, was also the boast of Joseph Scaliger. Epist. xxxv. ad Casaub. p. 146, in Epist. Scalig.* . BuDiEus was an extremely prudent, or rather fortunate tnan— for in the litigious age in which he lived, full of bigotry and persecution, he contrived to steer clear of all Lutheran and Catholic controversies. He was in high honour with Francis I. and filled some stations, not only of consequence and emolu- ment, but which were particularly congenial with his own feel- ings as a literary character. The excessive heat of the summer of 1540 obliged Francis to make a voyage to the coast of Nor- • mandy, to enjoy a cooler atmosphere: BudSeus accompanied him ; but catching a fever, he was desirous of returning home; V/here, finding his malady increase, he had the consolation of dying in the bosom of his. numerous family, A. D. 1540, in the 73d year of his age. He left behind seven sons and four daughters. His funeral, according to his express order in his will, took place at midnight, by torch-light— as he was appre- hensive that the lamentations of his children and household would cause too great a disturbance by day. Buchanan wrote this distich upon him : Gallia quod Grsfcca est, quod Grsecia barbara non est, Utraque Budaeo debet utrumque suo. The eulogies whigh Budaeus received from the learned men of his day, are almost innumerable. His works were published at Basil, In 4 volumes folio, A. D. *557> with an ample preface by Celius Secundus Curion. One of his most famous productions Was his treatise " Be Asse et Tartlbus ejus, iik v? Venet. 4to. i$%zy published in the office of Aldus Mr. Maccarty, of Toulouse, possesses a beautifully illuminated copy of this work, printed on vellum; the only one that is known to exist. It was formerly in Catal. de Soubise, Ho. -8010. &h??£. des Ahk, t. i. 163. LEXICONS, GRAMMARS, &C. 385 accompanies every edition, I belief and as to that part which relates to the alphabetical arrangement or the words (which are confusedly put in the body of the worn) it is absolutely necessary for the purchaser to see that his copy possess it. Consult Morhof, Poly- fiist.Literar.u i. 807; Harles, Introd. L. G. t i 50; Idem, Fair. B. G. t. vi. 230, note*; p. 653.' Jo. Camera rii Commentariiutriusque Lingua Gr et Lat Fob 1551. This work is deserving of the critical attention of the student, for whatever Came- ranusdu, was well done. It is not a common book; and seems to be little knoWn to Harles. Cbratini Dictionarius Grams Basil, foj. ,„, Ceratinus undertook this work at the request of Erasmus, whose preface is prefixed to it, and who calls the editor « a man of the most exact informa- t on in the Greek and Latin languages, united with angular modesty.- The work, however, though scarce and curious, and undescribed by De Bure °is remarkable rather for the quantity than the quality ot its materials-according to Harles, Fabr. Bill i^rrac. t. vi. 653. eoNSTANTiNi Lexicon Graco-Lalinum. Genev. Fo! 1562, 2 vols. 5 Basil. 1565-84. Genev. 150,-1607;' Lyon 1637. The three last editions, winch are exactly the same (except as to the title-page), are preferable to the preceding ones, as they "contain the emendations of iEMiui;s Portus and others these emendations, however, according to De Bure i\o. 2241, were considered to be of such trifling consequence that the booksellers were obliged to print fresh title-pages, to expedite the sale of the worts the ed.t.on of 1584 may therefore be consi- dered of nearly equal value with the Geneva one of 1592. VOL, IJ, c c 386 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, The Lexicon of Robert Constantine is a work of the first reputation, and good copies of the best editions are found with difficulty, and sell high. Ckestoni, alias Crastoni Lexicon : seu Vocahda- rium Grcecum Inter pretatlone Latina : sine loco et anno; sed circ. 1480. As the greater part of this author's works was published at Milan, it is pro- bable that this edition was printed at the same place, about the year 1480. By what I have been able to collect from preceding biographers, this ancient work, perhaps the first lexicographical look extant, seems to have been very superficially examined — if we except the observations of H. Stephens, in his iC Epist. de Typographic suae Statu," as extracted by Harles in the new edition of Fabricius's Bill. Gr&c* t. v. 651-2 — and these do not say much in favour of the reputation of Crestonus, who is de- scribed to be cc jejunis expositionibus contentus." According to Harles, an edition of this vocabu- lary was published in 8vo. 1497, which was fol- lowed by a folio one of 1499. See Maittaire, t. i. 767 ; De Bure, No. 2227 ; Panzer, t. i. 436, who says it is printed with the same kind of type as the Florence Homer of 1488. Panzer, however, does not praise the work, as Harles intimates. All these editions are very rare. Dictionarium Gracum, cum Interpretations Latina, &c. Venet. apud Aldum. Fol. 1497 and 1524. These publications are rather curious than useful 5 the first is the more beautiful and rare, but the second is the more ample edition. A copy of each was sold at the Pinelli sale, Nos. 12068, 12069. Consult L' Imp. des Aide, t. i. 17, 172. The best edition of this work was printed at Basil in 1568, by Petrus. Consult Bibl. Krohn. No. 2284. Etvmologicum Magnum Graca Lingua, 8cc. Ex GRAMMARS, &C. 38? Kecensione Calliergi, cum Praefatione Musuri. Ve- net. Fol. 1499. Editio princeps. A very beauti- ful copy, on large paper, is in the Marquis of Bute's library, at Luton. It is perhaps the most magnificent Greek volume that ever issued from the Aldine, or from any other, press. De Bure, No, 2226, has given an accurate description of the volume. It was republished by Turrisanus, in AI- dus's office, fol. 1549; but more amply, and with valuable additions, by Sylburgius, Heidelb. fol. 1594. Sylburgius's edition was reprinted at Venice in 1 7 10; but his indexes, and passages marked with an asterisk (as being additions to Turrisanus's work), were injudiciously omitted ; so that the edi- tion of Sylburgius is esteemed the best*. Fuesne (Car. Du) Qlossurium ad Script, medice el infimce Grcecitatis \ cum App. wed. et inf. Lat> Lugd. Fol. 1688. 2 vols. See the " Libri Lexi- cographici Latini," post. Hederict Groecum Lexicon Manuale, tribus partibus constans\ Hermeneidica, Analytical et Synthetical This is the most popular and convenient Greek Lexicon for the use of students, and has received a variety of improvements, almost in proportion to the frequency of its republication. Patrick pub- lished an edition of it in 1739, 4to. but neither Patrick nor Hederic f are treated with much respect * In the year 1765 Kuhlenkamp published a specimen of emendations and observations on the Etymologicum Magnum, " ex Codice Gudiano." See Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. 81.' f " My sentiments on this work," saysErnesti, " are delivered with reluctance. Hederic appears to have been a very worthy and laborious sort of character, but he was not sufficiently- skilled in a knowledge of Greek writers to undertake such a task. He relied entirely upon Scapula and other common Greek lexi- cographers, which served only to perplex his work, while the CXfcellent remarks of many Greek philologists sitide the time of c C 2 388 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, by Ernesti. Young published an elegant edition im 1755, and Morell in 1778, 4to. Ernesti is the best editor of this work : his first edition appeared in 8vo. 1767, and the very sensible preface which it contains, will convince the student how well qualified he was for the undertaking: the preface is in the subsequent editions. Windler republished it in 1788, 8vo. ; and more correctly, as well as con- siderably enlarged, in 1796, 2 vols. 8vo. : the ana- lytical and synthetical parts forming the second volume. This last edition is therefore the Edi- tio optima of Ernesti's labours upon HedericV Lexicon: it is now becoming very rare in this country. Mr. Taylor, the translator of Plato, published an edition in 4to. 1803, which is more copious, as containing a greater number of words from Plato and Aristotle, The other parts are also professed to be corrected and improved. Hedericus's Lexicon was likewise published at Padua, in 4to. 1774, 2 vols. Hesychii Dictionarium Grcccum* Venet. Fol. 1514. Apud Aldum. Editio princeps; taken from a very incorrect MS. : it was reprinted Lug. Bat. 4to. 1668, but with many errors* The celebrated edition by Albertus, Lug. Bat. Fol. 1746-66, 2 vols., is so well known, that it hardly requires recital. The second volume was superintended by Ruhnkenius. It is one of the most sumptuous and best edited lexicographical works in the world ! Consult Harles, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 352. Some copies are struck Scapula and Stephens, as well as many better readings of those writers, were unaccountably neglected. Not only did the edi- tor make a literal transcript or the words and their (imperfect) explanations by Scapula, but he seems to have sometimes mis- conceived their meaning, and suffered himself to be deceived by almost palpable errors — hence the innumerable faults of this Vexicon/* Vide prsef. p< iii. GRAMMARS, &C. 38Q off on large paper. — Schow published an edit. Lips. 8vo. 1792, with a careful collation of the ori- ginal MS. from which Musurus published the Al- dine edition, and in which his own corrections were occasionally substituted for the original readings. JrjLii Pollucis Onomasticon, &c. Venet. Fol. 1502. Ap. Aldum. Editio princeps. A very beautiful copy was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. ili 11. This work was reprinted several times; namely, at Flo- rence, 1520; Basil. 1536; Francof. 1608; but more successfully, and far eclipsing all preceding editions, byLEDERLiN and Hemsterhusius, Amst. fol. 1706^ Gr. et Lat. 2 vols,: this is called the edit. opt. 5 though Haries informs us, that as Hem- sterhusius was a young man when he composed it, he has left many things for the emendations of fu- ture critics. Copies of this edition, on large paper, are rare and sought after. Bentley wrote two letters to Hemsterhusius, after the publication of this work, in which he suggested some valuable improvements. These letters are published by Ruhnkenitis in his Life of Hemsterhusius. A new edition of the Onomasticon, or Vocabularium of Julius Pollux, would be a great acquisition to Gre- cian literature. See Haries, Introd. L. G. t. ii. 208. Meitrsii (Joannis) Glossarium Grceco-Barlarum, in quo prceter Vocabula quinque millia quadringenta, Officia atque Dignitatis Imperii Constantinop. tarn in Palatio, quam in Ecclesia aut Militia, explican- tur et illustrantur. Lug. Bat. Fol. 16 14. " A most singular and scarce glossary." Pursuits of Litera- ture, p. iv. p. 38, edit. 1797. This work was un- known to De Bure. Phavorini Lexicon Grcecum. Romx. Fol. 1523, This first edition of Phavorinus's Lexicon is very scarce; but, if we are to credit the testimony / cc3 3Q0 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, Conrad Gesner, who edited the subsequent editions in the sixteenth century, it is not very valuable, owing to the numerous errors which it contains : yet De Bure, No. 2239, intimates that it is the preferable edition ! It was reprinted at Basil in 1537-8, folio; 1545, 4-to. ; and 1560, folio. The third edition of 1545 contains a preface of Gesner ct upon the utility and dignity of the Greek tongue." The fifth $nd last edition of this Lexicon was elegantly printed at Venice, in 1712, folio, with many additions. This last is considered as the edit* opt., and is a valuable, rare work. " The labours of Varino, or Phavorinus," says Mr. Roscoe, S€ have been embodied, without avowal or obligation, into those of succeeding lexicogra- phers ; and his Lexicon yet retains its rank among those useful and laborious compilations of which it set the first laudable example/' Leo X. vol. ii. 267-9, 4to. edit. Robertson 1 Thesaurus Linguae Grcecce. Cantab, et Hayes. 4to. 1676, with additions, to the number of 24,000 words, by Hill. Harles bestows the fol- lowing eulogy on this work : " Est enim lexicon omnium in eo genere locupletissimum et emendate cxcusum." Fab\ B. G. t. vi. 671. It is rare, and well spoken of by the generality of bibliographers. SeeDeBure, No. 2246. Scapulae. Lexicon Grceco-Lati?ium. Basil. Fol. 1579, 1594,1605,1627, 1665; Gcnev. Fol. 1598; Lug. Bat. et Amst. Fol. 1652; Apad Elz. et Hackium% Lend. Fol. 1652; Impens. Kirton et Thom?on, Lond. Fol. 1637 y Cura Harmar. Lugd. Fol. 1663. The editions of 1627-37, both the editions of 1652, and the edit, of 1663, have all the Latin indexes, and are equally complete* The two editions of 1652 •GRAMMARS, &C. 39 1 are the most esteemed, and sell at a very high price —from their extraordinary rarity. The London one is printed with the Elzevir type, and bears the Elze- vir device in the title-page — the names of Kirton and Thomson were probably affixed, from their having a share in the publication. In the year 1789 was published an Appendix to Scapula, in 8vo., from a MS. formerly in the posses- sion of Dr. Askew. It is a work of great utility and repute : the second page contains an elegant inscription in Greek capitals, to the memory of Dr. Askew. Schrevelii Lexicon Gr. et Lat. 8vo. There have been numerous impressions of this work ; but the best edition is probably the one printed in 178 1 Typis Bowyer, as it received the last corrections of that learned scholar and printer, and contains his own and Hill's additions. An edition was published at Glasgow in 1798, and a large folio one at Padua, in 1752, by Manfre, professing to be greatly improved by selections from the most popular writers. In the early editions, in the seventeenth century, there is sometimes found a Portrait of Schrevelius, which is now rather rarj. I am in possession of a fine impression of one which was prefixed to the edition of this date : being formerly a school-hook, the portrait, of course, stood very little chance of escaping the depredation's usually committed by youth on elemental books of learning. Stephani (Henrici) Thesaurus Lingua Gr&cse. Paris. et Genev. Fol. 1572. 4 vols, (sometimes bound in 5 or 6). This magnificent work is so well known to the classical world, that it does not require a particu- lar description. A great part of it was compiled by II. Stephens, the father 5 and from the Scaligeriana, c c 4 3Q2 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, p. 145, we learn, that a many learned men had a share in it." There is no part of this Thesaurus which is held in more estimation by the curious, than the Glossary, published in a thin folio volume in 1573— but which *s so exceedingly scarce, that it may be questioned whether any lexicographical work be of greater rarity. The copies of the Thesaurus and Glossary, on large paper, are considered as an invaluable acquisition to the libraries of collec- tors : they seldom occur in fine condition. In the years 1745-6 Scott published an Appendix to this work, in two folio volumes, of which there arc copies on large paper, and which should accom- pany the preceding; volumes. For a further account of them, consult Morhof, Polyhist. Literar. t. i. 809 \ Main. Fit. Steph. 304 ; Harles, Fair. B. G. t. vi. 657 A good deal of doubt has subsisted in the minds of learned men, whether this Thesaurus was actually republished. After reading what has been said by Maittaire and Harles, it does appear to me that there are strong reasons for supposing^ that the edition which bears no date in the title-page, but in the room of which are the words u Henrici Stephani Ohva," is, in fact, a second edition of the Thesau- rus. Consult Maittaire, Fit. Steph. p. 355 ; and particulariy Harles, Fair. B. G. t. vi. 663, &c. ; also BibL Krohn. No. 2285-7. Mr. EJeloe, in his Anecdotes of Literature, vol. i. 97, thinks there was only one edition ; but the elaborate dissertation which Harles (in Fair. B. G.J has given upon this subject, seems to have escaped Mr. Beloe. Stephens * was nearly ruined by this publication; * " Of Lexicographers/' says Lord Monboddo, ^ Henry Stephens is the most eminent, who has, with infinite labour, GRAMMARS, &C. SQ3 as Scapula, who was one of his workmen, published his Lexicon, which was an epitome of it — and which, becoming extremely popular from its size and price, almost superseded the sale of the " The- saurus." Suidje Lexicon Gr. Mediol. Fol. 1499. Editio prin- ceps. This is a beautiful work, held in great esti* mation : copies of it, in fine condition, are rather rare. According to Mr. Beloe, it contains a Dia- logue between ci Zlztyavo; Ttf fxzXctvog, Bi£Ai07rw;\tfs, ueu ?;Xo- jxaMi^ — which is omitted in all the subsequent edi- tions. See Anccd. of Lit. t. i. 144; where the dialogue is extracted. This edition was reprinted by Aldus in 1514, Gr. taken from another MS., but which contained readings not quite so valuable as are found in the Milan edition t. The third edition was printed by Froben in 1544, Gr. J, compiled a Greek dictionary, which he very properly entitles. Thesaurus Linguae Grsecae : out of which have been made all the Greek dictionaries of any value since his time. He was not only a man of the greatest learning of his time, but a man of genius, even a genius for philosophy, as he has shewn by his edition of Plato." Origin and Progress of Language, vol. v. ^73-4. " It was reserved," says Roscoe, " for the indefatigable Henry Stephens, to complete the building of which Varino (in his Thesaurus Cornucopias, Sec. vid. ante) had laid the foundation — which he did in his Thesaur. Ling. Graec.— and which is considered as the most complete body of grammati- cal knowledge extant in any language." Leo X. v. ii. 263, 4to. edit. f On the Greek Index, which is particularly specified in the title-page of this work, see an excellent dissertation by Valckenaer in his Theocritus. J In the public library at Leyden there is a copy of this edition with many manuscript notes by Is. Casaubon. In the BibL Guelpherbytana there is a copy wTith similar notes: by SW* masius. Harks, Fabr. B.G. t. vi. 401, note //. 3Q4 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, which, however, does not differ from the Aldine. (Wolf published a Latin version in 1564, and again, more correctly, in 1581.) The fourth edi- tion is by ./Bjmilius Portus, Genev. Fol. 1619, 0, vols. Gr, et Lat. This work is severely reviewed in Harles, Fabr. B. G. t. vi. 403. The fifth, last and best edition, is by Kuster §, Cant. Fol. 1705. Gr. et Lat. 3 vols. — Besides containing various emenda- tions from MSS. never before consulted, and learned § From a letter of the famous Wasse, editor of Sallust, Inserted in the English edition of Bayle's General Dictionary (vol. vi. 584), we have the following particulars relating to this work: "When Kuster came to write upon Suidas, he found himself under a necessity of making indices of all the authors mentioned by the ancients; Eustathius particularly, and 19 volumes of commentaries upon Aristotle, &c. of the history, geography, and chronological characters occasionally mentioned. Dr. Bentley prevailed upon me to give him some assistance. Those that fell to my lot were chiefly Eustathius on the Odyssey, seven or eight Scholiasts, Plutarch and Galen. You may judge of Kuster's dispatch and application, when I tell you I could by no means keep pace with him, though I be* gan the last author Jan. 9, 1703, and finished him March 8 of the same year, and in proportion, too, the remainder. Though I corrected all the sheets of the first volume, yet I never per- ceived he had omitted some less material words, nor ever knew the true reason. As I remember he translated de novo in a. manner, five or six sheets a week, and remarked upon them ; so that the work was hastily executed, and would have been in- finitely more correct had he allowed himself time. Towards the close of the work, Kuster grew very uneasy, was emaciated to the last degree, cold as a statue, and just as much alive as a man three parts dead. Sure I was to hear, every time I called upon him, * O utinam illucescat iste dies, quo huic operi ma- num ultimam imponam' l" Kuster was four years only engaged en this work. It is related of him, that being one night awaked by thunder and lightning, he was seized with so dreadful an apprehension for the safety of it, that he rose immediately, and carried it to bed with him, with all the affection of a father for an only child* —See some account of Kuster in vol. i. 178, ante. GRAMMARS, &C. 3Q5 annotations, it presents us with the Latin version of Portus greatly amended. It is a work of consider- able reputation f} and is beautifully printed : some copies are found on large paper. In the year 1790 was published u Toltpii Emenda- iiones in Suidam et Hesychium" Oxon. 8vo. in 4 vols. This is a work of great repute, and should always be found in the lexicographical collection of every student f . * The Bodleian library has lately come into the possession of a very valuable copy of Kuster's edition, covered from one end to the other, with manuscript notes byD'ORViLLE and others. I The want of a complete, scientific, and generally useful lexicon, is yet felt and regretted by literary men : " Satis diu, nullum exstare Thesaurum Gnecum, omnibus numeris absolu- tum, deploraverunt viri eruditi, et in praesens deplorant, et in posterum forsan deplorabunt ! Vocum aliquot centurias, ab H. Stephano omissarum, suppleverunt Suicerus, Jensius, Scot- tus, alii. Horum tamen omnium vel memoriam, vel industriam, quam plurimas fugerunt ! " O si qui, laurea Apollinari merito donandi, novum The- sauri Stephaniani editionem vulgandam susciperent !— Singula exempla, et singula verba examinanda sunt et expen- danda : auctorum paginse, locaque citata, ex optimis et ultimis editionibus, accurateque et cogitate rescribenda : errores varii corrigendi: omissa supplenda : criticorum, sstate Stephani re- centiorum, observationes legends : accessionesque ex scripto- ribus olim editis, et maxime ex auctoribus, epigrammatis, et inscriptionibus, quss, post lexica emissa, e bibliothecarum late- bris, vel aliunde prodierunt, adferendse." App. ad Scap. prasf. p. xi. — Professor Jacobs, in a letter to Mr. Wakefield (Life of W. vol.ii. 373), says, that Mr. Niclas, editor of the u Geoponica," is about a new edition of a " Greek and Latin Thesaurus," in which he has been concerned for the space of half his life, and which is expected to appear in eight volumest folio. 3Q6 II. LEXICA GR&CA MINORA ET INDICES IN SINGULOS CtUOSDAM SCRIPT0RES GR^ECOS, Apollonii Lexicon Homericum. Gr. et Lat. Lutet. 4to. 1773. 2 vols, by Villoison — republished by Tollius, Lug. Bat. &vo. 1788. Gr. without the version and prolegomena of Villoison ; but contain- ing many additional excellent notes, learned excur- sus, and indexes. The prolegomena of Villoison are ample and extremely erudite ; accompanied by a multitude of notes and observations : the extensive and profound erudition of which, (extremely rare even in laborious men who have grown old in study !) appears like a prodigy in a young man, at the age of twenty-two — as was Villoison when he edited this work ! Bielii Lexicon in LXX Interpretes. Hag. 1779-80. 3 vols. 8vo. This is a very valuable book, and, if properly improved, might be of great utility. It is not free from inaccuracies — for instance, " t&>nwx" which, in Trommius is erroneously referred to> Num. iv. 21, instead of iv. 20, is inserted in like manner byBiel. The following appendix is neces*. sary to render it complete : << Lexici in Interpretes Gracos V. T. maxirne Scriptores apocryphos Spi- tilegiumy post Bielium congessit et ediait J. F. SCHLEUSNER." Lips. 8vo. I 784. In his preface, p. xvn, after enumerating what he has done towards the corrections and additions con- tained in this appendix, Schleusner remarks, that €6 many things yet reitiain to be corrected and sup- plied in BiePs Thesaurus, which are absolutely be- yond the power of one man to accomplish, or^ ai LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, &C. 30/ least, cannot be expected of me, immersed as I am ia so many various occupations. I will, however," continues he, (< specify a few particulars relating to these alterations for the benefit of any future editor.'* The particulars are then specified by him — for which see the work itself. This Septnagint Lexicon of JBiel is very neatly printed, and is so necessary to the biblical student^ that the want of it cannot easily be supplied. Dammii Lexicon Homericum et Pindaricnm. Berol. 4to. 1765. An excellent work; the merits of which have been universally acknowledged by literary cha- racters. It is now very rare. Harpocrationis Lexicon decern Or at ontm Gracont/m. First edition by Aldus, along with the Commentaries of Ulpian, 1503. See ante, vol. i. 298 — repub- lished with improvements, Paris, 4to. 1614, Gr. et Lat. ; but with many additional advantages, Lug. Bat. 1683, Gr. etLat. ; and again, by Grg- novius, Lug. Bat. 1696, Gr. See Fabr. Bill, Grcec. t. iv. 584-7. Both these latter editions are generally procured. To these works may be added the very useful one of Ernesti, u Lexicon technologicam Gracorum Rhetoram" Lips. 8vo. 1795. Mceris Atticist^ Lexicon Atticum. Cura Pier- son. Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1759. It was preceded by an edition of Fischer, Lips. i2mo. 1756, whose notes do not seem to be contained in Pierson's ; the edi- tion of Fischer contains the whole of Ruhnkenius's first edition of the Lexicon Platonicum Tinizei. Pierson's edition is extremely valuable : and the pre- face has been long and justly admired for its ele- gance and erudition. 3t)S LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES* Morelli * Thesaurus Graccz Poeseos, &c. Etotlie* 4to. 1762; Venet. 410. 1767. This is a work of universally acknowledged excellence, and is not now to be found without difficulty. There is a portrait of Morell, by Hogarth, prefixed. P^rkhurst's Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament. Lond. 410. 1769-94— 8vo. 1798-1804. The advantages of the two quarto editions are mani- festly in favour of the latter one of 1794; inasmuch as the Appendix of the first is alphabetically incor- porated into the second edition, with the learned remarks of Kype, Pearce, Bower, Michaelis, and Marsh, and a more succinct and accurate view of the various readings of Mill's, Wetstein's, and Griesbaclrs editions of the Greek Testament. Upon the whole, ¥ about an hundred and ten pages are added" to the second quarto edition. Vide praef. # « From my friend, Mr. John Warton, I have gained the fol* lowing anecdote respecting Dr.MoRELL,and which he informs me was repeatedly asserted by Dr. Warton as a fact. When Dr. Morell visited Winchester, he in a casual survey of the col- lege entered the school, in which some junior boys were writ* ing their exercises— -one of whom, struck no less with his air and manner than the questions he put to them, whispered to his school-fellows, « Is he not a fine old Grecian ?' The Doctor, overhearing the expression, turned hastily round, and ex- claimed, « I am indeed an old Grecian, my little man ! Did yon never see my head before my Thesaurus ?' The bov, having made an awkward apology, hastily withdrew ; and soon finding two of the Praepositors, repeated to them the stranger's worcis, who, aware of the dignity of their visitor, instantly came up, and, introducing themselves, offered in a most re- spectful manner to shew him the college : he accepted their offer, and after visiting every part of it with a view of discover- ing the attainments, as well as gratifying the politeness of his guides, parted from them highly pleased with the attention which had been shewn him."— Wooll's Mem* of J. Warton* 328-9. GRAMMARS, &C. 309 The Jirst octavo edition contains a correction of the typographical errors of the second quarto ; and explanations and expositions, which therein seemed erroneous, are here expunged or rectified — with ad- ditional remarks from Kype and Macknight's Com- mentary on the Epistles. The second octavo edition seems to be only a reprint of the first, with a por- trait and short life of Parkhurst prefixed. The Lexicon of Parkhurst is justly popular in this country : it is elegantly, and, in general, accurately printed ; and the frequent references to, and extracts from, the best historical and antiquarian classical writers, render the perusal of it, in many places, extremely amusing. For an account of the Greek Grammar prefixed to it, see the art. " Grammars." Patrick's cc Clavis Homerica" or " Lexicon Voca- bulorum quae continentur in Homeri liiacle et po- tissima parte Odyssese, &C." At the end, preceding the " Elogia de Homero," there is an "' Index Vocabulorum," so that every Homeric word, re- ferring to its explanation in the foregoing pages, may be readily discovered; 8vo. 1771, printed very neatly and correctly by Bowyer. This is now a rare work ; its utility has long been acknow- ledged. Peuceri Lexicon Vocum Grcecar. Synonimicarzim* Dresd. 8vo. 1746-66; Ejusd. Comment a tio different tium ap. Graces Vocum" he. Dresd. 8vo. 1748, See Bibl. Croft. No. 159; Krohn. No. 2301. PoRTi (iEMiLii) Lexicon lonicum. Francof. 8vo# 1603 — Lexicon Doricum. Ibid. 8vo, 1603 — Lexi- con Pindaricum. Hanov. 8vo. 1606. A beautiful . set of these very valuable lexicons, in 3 vols, was sold at Mr. Croft's sale. It is a scarce work. 400 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, Schaupelbergeri * Clavis Homerica in Uiacfis et Odysseae Libros, interspersis Camerarii, Clarkii, Ernesti, aliorumque Notis selectis. Turici. 8vo. 1761-8, 8 vols. Bibl Pin. No. 11499. Schleusneri Lexicon Grceco-Latinum in Nov. Testamentum. Lipsiae, 8vo. 1 792-1 801, 2 .vols. " This work contains a treasure of knowledge, with which no student in theology can dispense : it unites the most valuable observations which Lightfoot, Schoettgen, and Meuschen, have made from the works of Hebrew and Rabbinical writers— those which Carpzov and Krebs have made from Philo and Josephus— those which Raphe], Bos, Albert], Eisner, Kype, Palairet, and Munthe, have made from the Greek classics, together with an immense ' number which the author's own profound erudition supplied. The different senses of the words are in- vestigated with the utmost philological precision : they are illustrated by the principal passages of the Greek Testament ; and the whole is arranged in the iwost perspicuous manner." Marsh's Opinion in his Michaelis, vol. iii. pt. ii. page 5, in not. Of these editions the last is the lest : and it is necessary, in purchasing it, to inquire if all the parts be complete. The copies on common paper wear a wretched aspect ; but there are others on writing and on fine Dutch paper. * " I forget if I told you that your German Clavis has been of considerable use to me. I am indebted to it for a right un- derstanding of the manner in which Achilles prepared pork, mutton, and goat's flesh, for the entertainment of his friends in the night when they came deputed by Agamemnon to nego- tiate a reconciliation-— a passage, of which nobody in the world is perfectly a master, myself only and Schaufelbergerus excepted, nor ever was, except when Greek was a live Ian* SJiag*."— Qwpcr't Urorks} vol. i. 341, 4 to. edit. GRAMMARS, &C. 401 Schoettgenii Lexicon Gr. et Lat. in Novum Testa- mentum. Lips. 8vo. 1790, This is the h ^sf edition of Schoettgenius's Lexicon, containing the preface and annotations of Kreb£; as well as some valuable ad- ditional matter by Spohn. The student will and it a very useful substitute for Parkhurst andSchieusner: it is now become a rare work. Among junior students, the most general Lexicons of this kind in use, are those of Pasor and Dawson — of which various editions have been printed : the greater part, copies of each other. Michaelis wishes that iC these Lexicons, and other works of a similar nature, were banished from the schools." Seberi Index Homericus. A very useful work, and before the publication of the Oxford edit. 8vo. 1780* with the Appendix, 1782, had become extremely scarce, Simonis Lexicon Gr. et Lat. in Novum Testamentum. 8vo. 1766. A useful and judicious performance, and now of rare occurrence. Stephani Lexicon Ciceronianum. Grseco-Lat. Paris. 4t0' 1557- A new edition was published Aug. Taur. 8vo. 1737. These works, which shew the various passages of the Greek writers quoted by Cicero, are extremely useful. The edition of Ste- phens is rare and valuable. Maitt. ViU Steplu P« 233. Suid^e et Phavorini GUssce Sacra : with some ob- servations " De Glossis sacris" — cura Ernesti. Lips. 8vo. 1786. The classical student will do well to procure this valuable volume, in which much information is given relath ' . arrest- ing subject of which it treats. TiM-ffii Lexicon Platonicum ; by Ruhnkenius. Lug* VOL. 11. D D 402 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, Bat. 8vo. 1754 — republished with great additions, by the same learned critic, in 1789, 8vo. Various Lexicons and Indexes will be found attachedao the account of the preceding editions of the Greek and Latin classics. III. LIBRI GRAMMATICI LINGUAE GR^C^. Aldi Manutii # Grammatics Institut tones. Gr. Venet. 4to. 151 5. This work was never reprinted, and is extremely rare. Renouard has given a very interesting account of it, t. i. 120-2-3. Ammonius De affinium Vocabulorum Differentia. Noiis Valckenaer. Lug. Bat. 4to. 1739. An ex- cellent work, and now rare. Apollonii Alfxandrini De Constructione Ora- tionis, &c. Florent. 8vo. 1515. Gr. et Lat. 3 Fran- cot 4to. 1590, a Sylburgio. " A very scarce Greek author/' says Harwood. A copy of this last edit. \\ s sold for lis. at the Pinelli sale. See too BibL Croft. No, 140. Bell's New Compendious Grammar of the Greek Tongue, &c. in English, for the Use of Schools and private Gentlemen. London. 8vo. 1804. This is a cheap and commodious grammar, and has met with a very favourable reception from the public. - — •■ - — '- ■ ' ■ ■"■■ - — '—■"■ — - - . . - . -,, , , ' * In the Bibl. Askev. No. 674, mention is made of the tc Rudimenta Lingua: Graca?" of Aldus, dated 1494 : but this, I conceive, must be the edition of " Comtantini Lascaris Ero- temata" &c, as I find no work of this date and title in Renouard. — The " Instiiuiiones Grammatica:" of 1509 is an Appendix of a few pages affixed to the grammatical Aldine publications of 1494-1501, and 1508. GRAMMARS, &C. 403 Bos. Ellipses Grcecce. Norimb. 8vo. 1763, cura Schwebelii ; Halse, i2mo. 1765, ^ura Michaelis. Both these editions contain the Variorum notes ; but Michaelis's does not contain those of Sch ebe- lius. They are, therefore, both necessary to proc ure. Professor Dalzel calls the first the best. Chalcondyl^e (Demetrii) Erotemata, sive Institute Grammatics, he- . 4to. Absq. ulla nota. This uncommonly rare work is supposed to have been printed at Milan in 1493. A copy will be found in the Bibl. Crofts. No. 105; Crevenn. No. 2988; and Pinell. No. 12058 ; which latter was purchased by Lord Spencer for 19/. 8s. 6d. A copy is in the Blenheim library ; and Saxius mentions one in the Ambrosian library. Mr. Croft supposed there were not four copies of it in the world. It was republished at Basil, in i2mo. 1546. Chrysolok^ Erotemata, Graece, sine loco, anno, et typog. in 8vo. edit. prin. supposed to have been printed at Milan in 1480, or 1488. It is a work of such extreme rarity, that, except to the Bibl. Cre- venn. No. 2979, I know not where to refer the reader for a copy. It was sold at the Crevenna sale for 130 florins. The Greek type is similar to that of the " Lexicon Crastoni" (for which, see De Bure, No. 2227), and the Florence Homer of 1488. Idem. Printed by Gourmont, Paris, 4to. 1507 ; again by Mazochus, Ferar. 8vo. 1509, Gr. et Lat. This latter work is an edition of uncommon rarity ; but, according to the Bibl. Crevenn. No. 2982, it contains, in fact, the " Erotemata Guahini */' * Guarinus abridged the Grammar of Chrysoloras. In the Pinelli Cat. No. 12059-60, two eurious editions, absq* ulla nota9 were purchased by Lord Spencer for 4/. 4s. D D 2 404 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, and not u Chrysoloras." A beautiful copy was sold at Mr. Croft's f-ale, No. 106, and at La Valliere's, No. 2159 : the superb copy in the Creverma collec- tion was bought in. See a copy in Bibl. Pinell. No. 12084. This curious work was reprinted several times — by AllSus, Venet. 8vo. 1512-17- 49 : of which the latter editions are the best, as containing the grammar ol Guarinus 5 but the first is the rarest, in the Bibl. A< 440. A variety of editions followed. Harwood mentions a good edition at Basil, in i2mo. 1547. Laebe De Accentibus. Rotomag. 8vo. 1723-25; Grceca Prosodia, &cc. Paris. 8vo. 1645-53, &c. Lennep Elymologicum, &c. cura Scheidii. Traj. Rh. 8vo. 1790. 2 parts. Idem, Cum Valckenaerii Observat. Tr. Rh. 8vo. 1790. Maittaike Dialecti Lingua: Gracce. Lond. 8vo. 1706. Cura Reitzii. Hag. Com. 8vo. 1738: some copies have, in the title-page, Lond. 1742. Idem, cura Sturzii. Lipsiae. 8vo. 1807. Maittaire's book, upon the Greek dialects, which Dr. Johnson has called " a sad heap of confusion **," has been ^»-Wwiiii ■ — , ,. ■■ ■ -. ... 1 '. ■ ■■ ■ .i. ... 1 . , i. , 1 ■ i. ■ 1 .. .., * Boswell's Life of Johnson, 4to. edit, vol.ii. 330. -GRAMMARS, &C. 40Q long extremely scarce; especially the edition by Reitzius : which, of the first two, is considerably the best : the last edition by Sturzius is, however, greatly the Editio optima. In his preface, the Leipsic editor reviews the work of Maittaire, sod points out its merits and demerits with candour and discernment : the confusion of the dialects is ex- pressly noticed by Sturzius: who, to render the work more acceptable, has prefixed " A short (hut excellent) Introduction to the Study of ike Greek Dialects." At the end of the volume there is. an index of Greek writers referred to, and a copious one of Greek words. This last edition is, in every respect, a beautiful as well as valuable publication ; and has the advantage of references, not oniv to the verses of the poets from whom the dialects are taken, but to those editions of them which have been published since Maittaire's work* There are copies on fine vellum paper. Milner's Practical Greek Grammar. The second edition of 1740, Lond. 8vo. is the best. Moor Element a Linguce Greece. Edinb. 8vo. 1798. Pars prima, complectens Partes Orationis decluia- biles. Edit, noviss. Moschopuli De Raiione examinandce Orationis. R. Stephanus. Lutet.v4to. 1545. A rare work : some copies are found with a fine broad margin, and sell high. It was reprinted at Basil, 4to. 1550. Metron-ariston, Dissertation on Greek and Latin Prosody. Lond. 8vq. 1797. Parkhurst's Plain and Easy, Greek Grammar, adapted to the Use of Learners, and of those who understand no other Language than English. This is the title of a very short but judicious work, which is only to be obtained in conjunction with Park- 410 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, hurst's Greek and English Lexicon to the New Tes- tament. Vide ante, p. 398. The Greek verbs are well treated of, and the anomalous ones judiciously arranged. The preface is short, but well worth perusing. Posselii Syntaxis, Witteb. 1561-86 — published with additions by Schurzfleischius in 1704-25, Lips. 8vo. There are subsequent editions. Phrynichi Eclogce Nominum ac Verborum Atticorum. Romae. 8vo. 1517. First edition : the best edition is by Pauw, Traj. Rhen. 4to. 1739. Roullier's Primitives of the Greek Tongue, in Jive Languages — Greek, Latin, English, Italian, and French. In verse. Lond. 8vo. 1806. This very curious and amusing work is dedicated to Dr. Vin- cent, dean of Westminster. Seale On the Greek Metres. Cambr. 8vo. 1789. Second edit. Simonis Introductio grammaiico-critica in Ling. Grcec. First edition was in 1752; but the lest in by Schulze, Hal. Magdebourg. 8vo. 1771, front Simon's corrected MS. Stephani (Hen.) Paralipomena Grammaticar. Gro- car. Instit. Lutet. 8vo. 1581. A beautiful copy of this scarce grammatical tract was sold at Mr. Croft's sale. See No. 138. Thesaurus Cornucopia, et Horti Adonidis Gr. By Aldus. Venet. Fol. 1496. A very beautiful and rare work. See Bibl. Crofts. No. 1645 Crevenn. No. 2977; and Pinell. No. 12121. 66 This publication is a collection of grammatical tracts in the Greek language, selected with incredible labour from the remains of thirty-four ancient grammarians, whose names are prefixed to the work. GRAMMARS, &C. 411 The editor is chiefly Varino, or Favorxnus, or Pha- vorinus — who was however assisted by C. Antinon, a disciple, as well as himself, of Politian. The printing was undertaken by Aldus, with the assist- ance of Urbano Valeriano; who both, however, from the testimony of the preface, exercised the office of editors; and the work is justly considered as one of the finest productions of the Aldine press. " Roscoe'a Leo X. v. ii. 262-3. 4to. edit. Thomas Magisteh. Altici Eloquii Elegantice, &c. Romae. 3vo. 1517. First edition — republished m i7S7j ^vo. " cum notls variorum/' — Rare and va- luable. Valpy's Elements of Greek Grammar. With notes for the use of those who have made some progress in the language. 8vo. 1807, Second edition. The author of this very excellent work is well known to the public from the celebrity of his talents as an in- structor of youth. In this performance, Dr. Valpy has shewn himself to be a perfect master of tfoe subject which he has undertaken to illustrate. The observations on the Digamma have never before appeared in a similar work ; and the book, which is very neatly printed and very moderate in price, may be truly said to contain many useful remarks not to be found in any other grammar. This second edi- tion is in every respect the preferable one. Vigerus De Idiotismis Grceca Dictionis. This work was thrice edited by Hoogeveen, at Lug. Bat. 8vo. 1742-52-66; and afterwards twice by Zeunii?.%, Lips. 8vo. 1777-89 : but the most enlarged and valuable edition is the one by the celebrated Her- man, published at Lips. 8vo. 1802 — which is now rare in this country. Vjsrwey. Nova Via docendi Grceca, &x. Gaudae, 8vo. 412 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, 1702. Published with great improvements and addi- tions by Ketelius, Amst. and Ultraj. 8vo. 1737. Urbani Institutiones Graca Grammatiees. Venet. Fol. 1497. Printed by Aldus, Avery -are work— • Erasmus informs us, that as early as two years after its publication it was difficult to obtain a copy. See Bibl. Crevenn. No. 2994; L9 Imp. des Aide, t. i. *5- Welleri Grammatica Graca. Cura Fischer. Lips. 8vo. 1781. It should be accompanied by a volume of animadversions, in three parts, on the former editions — the parts bear date 1750-51-52 — they are very valuable, 'Wetstein (J. R,) Be Pronunciatione Gr. et Lai. Ling. Basil, 8vo. 1686. IV.LTBRI LEXICOGRAPHICI& GRAMMATICI LING, LAT. In this department of lexicography and grammar, it is my intention to describe chieflythe most ancient and rare works : to enumerate every useful publication on these subjects, would fill a little volume. Ainsworth's Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. Lond. 4to. 1736 : First Edition. This first edition con- tains, besides the Dedication to Dr. Mead, and the Admonition to the Reader, a Preface of 31 pages; in which Mr. Ainsworth has given a sketch of°the comparative labours of his predecessors, and of the nature, extent, and difficulties of his undertaking. The Preface, which is sufficiently interesting, has GRAMMARS, &C. 413 >een omitted in later editions. The edit. opt. of this very excellent Dictionary is by Morell, Lond. 410. 1783 — the London edition of 1796 being ex- actly the same work, with a fresh title-page only. Calepini Dictionarium octolingue, &c. Lugd. Fol. 168 1, edit. opt. There have been innumerable editions of this Dictionary, vhich, however, has struggled without effect for popularity. Diomedes de Arte Grammaiica. Venet. Jenson, Fol. sine anno. This is the first edition of Diomedes's book upon the grammar of the Latin tongue, and is extremely rare. A copy was purchased by Lord Spencer at the Pinelb sale, No. 121 28, for 5/. 5$. It must be remembered that this first edition com- prises the grammatical treatises of Phocas, Caper, Agraetius, Donatus, Servius, and Sergius. Doletj (Steph.) Comment ariorum Ling* Lat. vol. duo. Lugd. fol, 1536-38. 2 vols. A rare, beauti- ful, and interesting work. A fine copy was sold at the Pinelh sale, No. 12207. Consult Bibl. Har- leian. vol. iii. No. 118&. Du Fresni: (C<\roli Du Cange). Glossarium ad Scriptores media? ei infimce Latinitatis, &x. Paris, Fol. 1733; Basil. Fol. 1762; 6 vols. This is a work in vcrv great estimation, though by no means rare. It contains a fund of the most curious and amusing intelligence. " Care must be taken,5' says • De Bure, No. 2286, " that in the article < Mone- Ta' (Coins*, vol. iv. p. 914) there be ten plates of engravings of coins, and monagrams of various princes and sovereigns of Europe ; which are some- times missing, and which in consequence materi- ally lessens the value of the edition. " The reader is most probably aware that Charpentier's Sup- plement to this work, in four volumes, folio, Paris, 414 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, 1766, is necessary to render the set complete. The Greek, Latin, and French Glossary of Du Cange, form a series of the most instructive articles in the study of Jurisprudence and Belles- Lettres. There are copies on large paper. See De Bure, No. 2286; Bibl. Krohn. No. 2321; and Bridgmann's Legal Bibliography, 1807, 8vo. p. 102. There is an abridgment of this work in 6 vols, Svo., which, however, contains some matter not common to either of the preceding: this abridg- ment is exceedingly rare, and sells at a considerable price. Ernesti Lexicon Technologic Laiinorum Rhetorics. Lips. Svo. 1796. A similar work is published by the learned Ernesti upon Grecian eloquence— which the student should procure as its companion. Fabri Thesaurus Eruditionis scholastics, &c. Francof. et Lips. Fol. 1749. 2 vols. Edit. opt. Facciolati Lexicon totius Latinitatis. Opera et Stu- dio Forcellini. Patav. Fob r. 771. 4 vols. An excellent workl and well deserving of a conspicuous place in the choicest collection. 66 The works of Gesner and Facciolatus are so comprehensive, and executed with such indefatigable industry, that it may not perhaps be too much to assert, that if every other book on the subject had perished, these two alone might have supplied all the materials for an excellent treatise on Latin sy- nonymes." Edrab. Rev No. viii. 458. Testus, S. P. De Verhorum Signifi cat lone. Medio!. Fol. 1471. Editio princeps. Exceedingly rare. A copy is in the Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2176. It was republished by I. de Colonia and J. Manthem, in folio, 1 474 — a copy of which, with the edit, sine loco et anno of Marcus Terentkis Varro, 5 GRAMMARS, &C. 41^ was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 12130, for lol. tos. The Roman, edition of I475> foho> 1S held in considerable estimation from its having been superintended by Manilius Roinanus, whose epistle to Poniponius Lsetus is prefixed. Consult Audif- fredi, Edit. Rom. Saec.xv. p. 198. ; Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3046. The Parma edit, of Festus of 1480, which includes Nonnius Marcel 1 in us, is also held in repute. All these works are rare. Among the critical editions of this Latin gram- marian that of 1681, 4to. in Usum Delphini, is considered of more value than the Amst. edit, of 1699, 4to. Gesneri Thesaurus Lingua: Eruditionis Romany* Lips. Fol. 1749. 4 vols. This is an improved edi- tion of Stephens's Thesaurus, and is a very valuable publication. It is magnificently published. See the eulogy upon Facciolatus's Lexicon. Nonnius Marcellus* De Verborum Eleganiia. Fol. supposed to have been printed at Rome in 1470. Editio princeps : although De Bure, No. 2264, makes the edit, of itfi the first edition : but con- sult Bibl. Crevenn. No. 3050 ; Cat. de la VaUiere, No. 2184; and Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 396. It is of verv great rarity. The editions of 1471 and 1476 (the latter by Jenson at Venice) are also of considerable rarity ; especially that of 147 1 — a copy of which'was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 12136, for 9I. gs. Proba- bly it is the editio princeps ; as M. De La Serna Santander considers it as such. See his Bibl. Choisi, t. iii. No. 903 ; and Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2183. Perotti Nicolai Rudimenta Grammatices. Romas* Fol. 1473 : pri11^ by Sweynhcym and Pannartz. 4! 6 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES, Editio princeps. This is a very scarce gramma- tical volume, and does not occur in the Catalogues oi La Valliere and Pinelli, See Audiffredi, Edit. Rom. p. 127 ; and De Bure, No. 2260. According to M. De La Serna Santander, the second edition, by Pannartz, in 410. Romae, 1474, is much rarer than the preceding one ; and is the first work which Pannartz printed after the disso- lution of partnership with Swcynheym. From the same authority it would appear that upwards of fifty editions of this work were printed in the fifteenth century; of which five were executed in the year 1475 at Rome and Venice. See the BiOi. Choisi da XV Steele, t. iii. p. 241. P&isciani Opera Omnia, Fol. 1470. Editio prin- ceps. The first edition, which has neither indica- tion of place nor printer, is supposed to have be. n printed at Venice by Vindelin deSpira. It is of ex- cessive rarity, and was sold for 123 livres at Gaig- Bat's sale, No. 1394. See too Eibl. Oeveuii. No. 3057. At the Pmelli sale, No. 121/11, a beautiful copy, printed upon vellum, was purchased for Mr. Maccarly, of Toulouse, tor 51/. 9^. It is rat1 er extraordinary that this copy should have escaped M. Be La Serna Sautander in h.o BibL C/1 .,;'. t. iii. 294; who notices the Pinelli copy of 1472, which is slso mentioned by Maittaire, but of which De Bure was unable to discover a copy. In the Crachcrode collection there is a fine copy of the Aldine edition of 1527, 8vo. Stephani Thesaurus TLAngua Latin*?) &c. Paris. Fol. 1532, 2 vols. ; 1543, 3 vols. ; Lugd. 1 574, 4 vols. This last edition is greatly preferable to the preced- ing ones, and had becortie extremely rare and dear, till a new edition of the Thesaurus was printed at GRAMMARS, &C. 41 ? London in 1734-5, in 4 vols. Of this work, which is beautifully executed, ten copies only were struck off on large paper. See Bibl. Askev. No. 3169 ; which magnificent copy, in 5 vols, was sold for 12/., a sum much beneath its value at the present day. In the year 1740-43, this work was again re- printed at Basil, in 4 vols., with additions by Bir- rius : this latter edition is said to be more correct than the London one ; but on account of its infe? riority of typographical execution, it is not so much sought after. Terrntianus Maurus De Litteris, Syllabis et Me- tris Horatii. Mediol. Fol. 1497. Editio prin- ceps. This is one of the rarest books in the world : perhaps there are not six copies of it in existence. Dr. Taylor, the editor of Lysias, was fortunate enough to procure it from the Harleian collection for the mere trifle of four guineas — one hundred would not have induced him to part with it ! (See Nichols's Anecd. of Bowyer, p. 68.) On the death of Dr. Taylor it came into the possession of Dr. Askew, and at the latter's sale, No. 3337, it was purchased by Dr. Hunter ; in whose magni* ficent collection, at Glasgow, it now remains. Dr. Askew i$ supposed to have been unable to discover a copy in his travels throughout Europe ; and yet it must have been in the Pinelli library, as Dr. Charles Burney purchased a copy at the sale of the Pinelli books— see No. 9892. Mr. Wodhull is said to be in possession of a third copy. Neither De Bure, nor M. de la Serna Santander, have noticed it; and it is not to be found in the collections of Mead, the Duke de la Valliere, and Crevenna. Panzer refers to the Cat. Soubise, p. 333, as well as to Maittaire, 636 : see his AnnaL ▼OJU. W. RE 418 LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES-, Typog. p. 83. Fabricius, in his Bibl. Lat. Med. el Inf JEtat. vol, vi. 616, notices its first editor, Me nil a, and was probably acquainted with the edi- tion— although he does not specifically state it. It was afterwards printed at Venice by De Cereto de Tridino, alias Tacuinus, in 4to. 1503. See Cat. de la Valliere, No. 2480 — at Paris, 4U). 1510, with Probus, the grammarian ; of which Fabricius was ignorant — again at Paris, in 4to. 153 1, by Colinaeus; of which there was a fine copy in the Crevenna col-- lection — at Frankfort, 4to. 1532 — at Venice, 8vo. 1533, edited by Patrecinus'. See Bibl. Pinell. No, 9894 — and again ex offiC Sanctandreana in 1584, with Victorinus. The existence of the Frankfort edit, of 1584, 8vo. may probably be doubted. Valla (Laurentius) De Eleganiia Lingua Latino' Lib. vi, Romas. Foh 1471. Phil, de Lignamine. Although Jenson's edition was printed in the same year, there is reason to think that the present one is the editio princeps of this grammarian, as Lau- rentius Valla resided in the city of Rome, and would, of necessity, superintend the printing of his own work in the place where he lived, before he suffered it to be printed at Venice. Jenson's edition of 147 1 is a very beautiful and scarce book, and in equal estimation with the pre- ceding. See Bibl. Pinell. No. 12359-60; De Bure, No. 2266-7 \ and the Bibl. Choisi du XV Steele of Santander, t. iii. p. 420-1. Of this work there were various editions printed in the fifteenth century : the preceding are the most rare and valuable. Varro, M. T. DeLingvd Latina, &c.Venet. Fol. 1474. Editio princeps, according to De Bure, No. 225 £ ; although it may be questioned whether this edition Grammars, Sec. 419 has the precedency of the one mentioned in the Cat. de la Valliere, t. ii. No. 2174, which is supposed to have been printed at Rome by Sachsel and Golch, whose publications are of the rarest occurrence, and to whom we are indebted for the edit. prin. of A. Marcellinus. A similar copy to the one in the Duke de la Valliere's Cat. occurs in the Bibl. Cre- venn. No. 3041 — where it is stated to have been unknown to Laire and Audiffret.i. It is probable, therefore, that the Venetian edi- tion of 1474 may bear the palm of being the edit, prin. ; although it appears from Santander, Bill. Ckoisi, vol. iiu 424, that there was an edition of 1472, by Laver. The edit, sine loco et anno is ex- tremely rare, and, perhaps, of equal value. It seems from the description in the Crevenna copy^that this latter edit, (sine anno et loco) has blank spaces for the Greek words, and no diphthongs. (i Perhaps/* says the compiler of the Crev. Cat. " it is anterior to the edit. prin. of Ammianus Marcellinus" — if so, it may have the priority of the Venet, edit, of 1474. The editions of M. Terentius Varro of 1480 and 1483 are also rare; but not of equal rarity or value with the two preceding ones* E E Z 42$ AUCTORES CLASSICI LATIN I IN USUM DELPHINI. (IN QUARTO.) Afuleius - - - - Paris. 1688. 2 vols. In this edition the book " *«$* «£p»v£/W is amended from two MSS. : it is not very rare, Ernesti, Fair* B, L. t. iii. 40. Aulus Gellius. - - Paris. 168 r. Aurelius Victor. - - Ibid. 1681. Ausonius. - - ~ - Ibid. 1730. Boethius. .--- Ibid. 1680-95. Cjesar. Ibid. 1678. Callimachus. - - - Ibid. 1675. Catull. Tib. Prop. - Ibid. 1685. (3 parts,) A bad edition. Harwood, 195. Cicero. Libri Oratoriu - Ibid. 1687. 2 vols. • . Orationes. - - Ibid. 1684. 3 vols. Epist. ad Fam. - Ibid. 1685. . Opera Philosoph. Ibid. 1689. One of the scarcest of the Delphin classics. The true edition is distinguished by having the pages of eack philosophical treatise separately numbered ; whereat the spurious edition has the pages regularly numbered from the beginning to the end of the volume : the true edition has been sold for 520 livres. See Diet. Bib- liogr. t. i. 305 (edit. 1802). It k now prodigiously DELPHIN CLASSICS (QUARTO). 421 scarce ; but its typographical beauty or correctness has nothing very extraordinary to recommend it. Claudianus. ... Paris. 1677. This volume is rare. Dictys Cretensis, &c. Ibid. 1680. - Amst. 1702. Eutropius. - - - - Paris. 1683- 1702. Florus. ----- Ibid. 1674. Horatius. - . - - Ibid. 1691. 2 vols. Justinus. - - - - Ibid. 1677. Juvenalis et Persius, Ibid. 1684. Lxvius. ----- Ibid. 1679. 6 vo^'* Lucretius. - - - - Ibid. 1680. Manilius. . . - - Ibid. 1679, Martialis, - - - . Ibid. 1680. Nepos. ----- Ibid. 1675, Ovidius. ----- Lugd. 1689. 4 vols. In the " Fasti" the notes of Crispin are said^ by Mr. Gibbon, to be below criticism. Post. Works, vol. iii. 263. Panegyrici Veteres. - Paris. 1676. Ph^drus. - - - - Ibid. 1675. Plautus. - - . - Ibid. 1679. 2 vols. This edition is rare, and its critical merita are not despicable. Operarius, the editor, has incorporated some unpublished notes of Corbinell, which he found written in the margin of the edition of Sambucus, printed by Plantin. See Ernesti* Fair, B. L. t, i. 21-2; and vol. ii. p. 141, ante. Plinius (Senior). - - Paris. 1685. 5 vols. BE 3 422 DELPHIN CLASSICS (QUARTO). Pompeius Festus, &c. Paris. 1681 or 1692. s &c. Amst. 1699. Both these editions should be found in a complete list of the Delphin classics : the latter, printed at Amsterdam, is the more enlarged one. See Dictionn* Bibliogr. t. iv. 450. Prudentius. - - - Paris. 1687^ This is a very rare edition, and " one of the most valuable and best published of the Delphin classics," says Harwood. A copy was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 9835. It is accurately described by De Bure3 No. 2859. Quintus Curtius. - - Paris. 1678. Sallustius. - - - - Ibid. 1674. Statius. - - - - - Ibid. 1685. 2 vols. The rarest of the Delphin classics, owing to almost all the copies having been burnt in the printing-office. A copy was purchased at the Pinelli sale, No. 9887, by Lord Powis, for 21Z. 10s. 6d. ; but at the present day it would probably bring nearly double this sum. There are copies in the collection of His Majesty, the Duke of Roxburgh, the Marquis of Bute, and Lord Spencer. Suetonius. - - - - Paris. 1684. Tacitus. ----- Ibid. 1682-3. 4 vols. Very rare : at Gaignat's sale a superb copy was sold for 160 livres. See Diet. Blhliograph. t. iii. 75. Terentius. - - - - Ibid. 1675. Valerius Maximus. - Ibid. 1679. Velleius Peterculus. Ibid. 1675. Virgilius. - - - - Ibid. 1682. A very respectable edition. DELPHIN CLASSICS (QUARTO). 428 The preceding volumes, along with the Latin and French Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, by.DANET, Paris, 1680-84, 2 vols, form the complete list of the Classics, which were published for the use of the Dauphin, afterwards Lewis XV,, and are gene- rally bound in about sixty-five volumes. A fine set of these classics, in morocco, was sold at Mirabeau's sale, in 1792, for 3250 livres. See Dictionn. Billiog. t. iv. 447-51, where there is the most distinct and accurate account of them yet published. His Majesty has pro- bably the finest set in the world ; the greater part of them with an amplitude of margin which approaches to LARGE PAPER. The great utility of these classics is the copious Index which accompanies each edition; which, not- withstanding the sentiments of Ernesti (Fair. U. L. t. i. 21, note ij and Gibbon (Post. Works, vol. ii.), are found highly necessary and convenient. Although the notes do not contain those nice discriminations of the beauties and varieties of language which many of the Variorum editions exhibit, yet they are in many instances of great service to the student. See an in- teresting note in the second volume of Ernesti (Fair. B. G. p. 198, note fj, concerning the expenses and general merit of these publications. The Bibliogra- phical Dictionary* published by Baynes, vol. ii. 260, has some interesting intelligence on the subject, taken from the " Huetiaiia" Florus was the first Delphin edition* and Auso- &ius the last. E B 4 424 AUCTORES CLASSICI GR. ET LAT\ CUM NOTIS VARIORUM. (IN qUARTO.) Editiones Optimce* N. B. Those authors, to which there is no reference to a pre- ceding page subjoined, are not contained in this work. Vol.1. Page $Eliani Vance i T u * ^^. Huloria. - - }LuSBat- W- - - "«4 Be Nat.i A .irimo/. - - }AmSt' W" - * "5 jEschylus. - Hag. Com. 1745. - - 130 Ammianus Mar- 1 t t, . , celliNus. .J Lug. Bat. 1693. - - ,43 Anackeon. - - Lend, 1725-40. - 148 Antoninus Deite \„ . , , bus mis. - - iCantab- ■<**• - - 154 Idem, Iter Brilan-Uond nicum. - J ' * Apollonitjs Rho- 1 Oxon. 1777, 1 , dius. - - J Argent. 1780, J * " f"a Apuleius. - - Leidae. 1786. - - 171 Aristides. - - Oxon. 172a. 2 vols. 172 VARIORUM CLASSICS (QUARTO). 425 Vol. I. Page Aristophanes. - Lug. Bat. 1760. 2 Vols. 179 Aristoteles. Op. omnia. - - . 1 Francof. 1584. 5 vols. 190 — —Organum. - Genev. 1605. - *93 Poetica. Oxon. 1794. - 196 Aulus Gellius. Amst. 1706. - 209 Aurelius Victor. Am§t. *733- - 211 Ausonius. - Paris. 1513- _ 213 BoETHIUS. - Ibid. i783- - 221 CffiSAR. Lug. Bat. x737- - 23* Callimachus. - Paris. «577- ff — 234 Catullus. - - Patav. i738t. 1 - 245 Cicero. - - Paris. 1740. - 262 iw m m - Genev. 1758. - Ik . . Oxon. 1785. - II. Cklsus. ♦ - - Lug. Bat. 1783. - lb. Claudianus. Amst. 1760. - *9S Demosthenes. - Cantab. 1748. 2 Vols. 302 Diogenes Laer- \ Amst. 1692. 2 Vols. 312 tius. • - * - Epictetus. - - Lond. J739- 2 vols. 324 Euripides. - - Lipsiae. 1778. 3 vols. 334-S Frontinus. - - Patav. 1722. Hesiodus. - - Lond. *737- 2 Vols. 367 f The best quarto editions of 1684-9X ate also very valuable. See p. 244. The best Variorum quarto of Propebltius is of %hc date of 17*5, and the Tibullus 1749- 426 VARIORUM CLASSICS (QUARTO) Vol. I. Page HOMERUS. - - Cantab. 171 1. 2 Vols. 380 Idem. - - - Load. 1729. 4 vols. 381 HORAPOLLO. - - Traj. Rh. 1727. HORATIUS. - - Lond. 1792. 2 vols. Vol. II. 425 Page JuVENALIS ET PERS . Lug. Bat. 1695. - 29 Li vi us. - - i Amst. 1738. 7 vols. 40 LONGINUS* - - Oxon. 1778. •" ■• 47 LlJCANUS. - ~ Lug. Bat. 1728-40. 52 LUCIANUS. - - Amst. 1743- 4 vols. 53 Lucretius. - - Lug. Bat. 1725. 2 vols. 66 Idem. - - - - Lond. 1796. 3 vols. 67 Lycophron. - - Basil. 1566. - 72 Lysias. - - - Lond. J739- - 75 Maximus Tyrius. Lond. 1740. «• «• 86 Mela (Pomponius) . Lond. 1719. Nepos (Corn.) - Lutet. 1569. - 93 Oppianus. - - Argent. 1786. «• m 100 Orosius. - - - Lug. Bat. 1738. Ovidius. - - - Amst. 1727. 4 vols. 112 PetroniusArbitep L.Amst. 1743- - 117 Ph^edrus. - - Lug. Bat. 1727. - 121 Phalaris. - - Groning. 1777. Pindarus. - - Gotting. 1773- - 127 Pltnii Episiolce. - Amst. 1734. - 161 ■ VanegyricuSn Amst. 1738-46. 163 Plutarch i Fitce. Lond. 1729. 5 vols. 170 VARIORUM CLASSICS (QUARTO). 427 Vol. II. Page Plutarchi Moralia. Oxon. 1795. 5 vols. 172 Prudentius. - Parmae. 1788. - - 182 Quintilianus. - Lug. Bat. 1720* 2 vols. 187 QuintusCurtius. Lug. Bat.* 1724. - - 195 Sapphos. - - Hamb. 1733- Seneca Tragcedice. Delphis. 1728. - - 210 Silius Italicus. Traj. Rhen. 1717. - - 215 Sophocles. - - Paris, 1781. 2 vols. 221 . - - - - Argent. 1786. 2 vols. 222 Statu Opera omnia. Cygnese. 1664. 2 vols. 227 Sylvce. - Lond. 1728. - - 229 Suetonius. - - Leovard. 17 14. 2 vols. 242 . - - - - Arnst. 1736. 2 vols. 242-3 Tacitus. - <■ - Traj.adRh. 1721. 2 vols. 252 - — . - - - - Paris. 1771- 4 vols. 254 Terentius. - - Hag. Com. 1726. 2 vols. 268 Theocritus. - - Lond. J77o« 2 vols. 278 Theophrastus. 1 n u * o Ckaracteres. - } CobourS- '739- - - 289 Thucydides. - - Lipsiae. 1 790-1 804. - 297 Valerius Flaccus. Lug. Bat. 1724.. - - 301 Valerius Maxim us. Ibid. 1726. - - 305 Virgilius. - - Leovard. 1717. 2 vols. 330 Arnst, 1746. 4 vols. 332 Xenophon, Cyro-1^^ .A. padia. - - - }0xon' J727- - - 349 — Anabasis. Oxon. 1735. - - 351 • In the title there is « Delphis et L. Bat." 428 COLLECTANEA MISCELLANEA, GR, ET LAT, (IN QUARTO.) Analect. Vet. Poet, Gr. - - Argent. 1773.37015. Idem, by De Bosch3 Gr. etLat. Ultra)- 1795. 3 vols. Anthologia Vet. Lat. Epigram. Amst. 1759. 2 vo'8° GrammaticseLat. Auct. Antiq.* Hanov. 1605. Miscellanea Grasc. Carm. - Lond. 1722. MulierumGraecar, Fragmenta. Ibid. *739» Mythographi Latini* - - Lug. Bat. 1742* Poetaa Latini Minores '. - - Amst. 1731* — - Venatici et Bucolici. - Lug. Bat. 1728* Poetriarum Octo Fragmenta, Hamb, 1734. Proverbia ex Grose. Auetor. &c. Lug, Bat. 1653. Rei Rustics Scriptores. - - Lipsiae. 1773. 2 vote, Rhetores Antiqui Latini. - Argent. X75& Romanorum Vet. Itineraria. Ibid, !735* Rasini Corpus Roman, Antiq* Traj. Rh. 1 701 . Sybillina Oracula, Gr, et Lat. Amst. 1689. 2 vols. * This collection of the old Latin grammarians is an uncom- monly scarce and valuable work: of its intrinsic excellence eec the account in Ernesti's Fabr, B> L. t, iii. 393,., VARIORUM CLASSICS (QUARTO). 42$ The preceding are the best editions of what arc called the Variorum Classics, in quarto ; the student will perceive that many valuable classical authors are omitted, and of those mentioned, many important edi- tions are not inserted, owing to their having been pub- lished in a greater or lesser form. Fortunate, indeed, is that scholar who possesses good copies of the editions here detailed : he will find in them a never-failing fund of entertainment and instruction. This collection forms, on the whole, about one hun- dred and sixty volumes. Of many of the editions there are copies on large paper ; but a fine set, in the usual size paper, is not acquired without the research of some years— when attained, they afford a sumptu- ous ornament to any library, ** and greatly add/' as Dr. Harwood somewhere expresses it, " to the classi- cal happiness of that scholar who possesses them/* In the Royal library there is a magnificent set, oa tuarge paper, bound in morocco. 430 AUCTORES CLASSIC!, GR. ET LAT. CUM NOTIS VARIORUM. (IN OCTAVO.) Editiones Optima. "N". B. Those authors, to which there is no reference to a pre* ceding page subjoined, are not contained in this work. Vol. I. Page Historic - }L«S'Bat- 1 7o i. 2 vols. 123 . - Lipsias. 1780-93. - 125 JEschines. Dialogi. Amst. 171 1. . - Lipsice. 1786. — — . De Corona. Oxon. 1696. - 304 . . * Dublin. 1769. 2 vols. JSschylus. - - Halae. 1782. 3 vols. 131 iEsopus. - - Oxon. 1698. - 138 — — . ... Lipsise. 1741-81. - 140 Alciphron. - Lipsise. 1798. 2 vols. Alexander. - Lug. Bat. 1673. 2 vols. Amrmanus Marcel- Vypsw. , ?3. m H Anacreon. - - Lipsiae. I753"76"93* IS° Aadronicus Rhodius. Cantab. 1679. VARIORUM CLASSICS } Antoninus, De Re- bus suis. - Antoninus, Marc. \ Aurel. - -J Aphthonus. Apicius (Cselius) Apollodorus. Apollonius Rhodius. Appianus. Apuleius. Aristaenetus. Aristophanes. Opera. - ~. Plidus. "" " '"• * ■ •■ m — . — . Nules. . PlutuselNules. . Rana. Aristoteles. Opera omnia. . Rhetorica. - . . Poetica. !} Ethica. Oxon. Lipsise. Oxon. Lipsise. Lug. Bat Amst. Gotting. Lipsiae. Argent. Goudaa. Zevollae. Argent. Harling. Norimb. Lipsiae. Altdof. Hal. Sax. Bipont. Cantab. Oxon, Oxon. Oxon. Oxon. (octavo). Vol, I. 7©4. 775- 704. 775- 626. 2 vols. 2 vols. 3 vols. 709. 803. 797- 785. 650. 749-+ 783. 4 vols. 744. 776. 753-38. - 790. 797* 431 Page 155 lb. . lb. iii. 157 163 165 169 183 18a lb. 185 lb. 791. 728. 759- 780. 794- 716. 5 vols. 192 - • 194 lb. 195 196 198 f It is necessary to procure the editor's (Abresch) " Libri duo Lection. Aristmnet ." 8vo. 1749, and a small tract of 'supple- mental notes published in 1752: the " Libri duo Ltct." Sec. usually accompany the work, but the last-mentioned tract is scarce. 2 432 VARIORUM CLASSICS (oCTAVo). Vol. I. Pagp Arrianus. Opera. Lenigov. 1792. 2 Vols. . Exp, Alexand. Amst. 1757- — . Tactica. Amst. i7S°- Athenaeus. Argent. 1801. 5 vols. 203 Athenagoras. Oxon. 1706. Avianus. Amst. 1731-87. Aulus Gellius. Lug. Bat. 1687. - 208 . - Lipsiae. 1762. 2 VOls. lb. Aurelius Victor. - Tr. Rhen. 1696. - 211 Ausonius. - Amst. 1671. - 214 Bion et Moschus. Oxon. 1748. • 2l6 Boetius. Liio-. Bat. 1671. - 221 Caesar. Lug. Bat. 1661. - 229 Calaber (Quintus). Lug. Bat. 173* Callimachus. Ultraj. 1697. 2 Vols. 235 . - Lug. Bat. 1761. 2 Vols. 236 Catullus, Tib. Prop . Traj. Rh. 1680. - 242 Catullus. Lipsiae. 1788. 2 Vols. 245 Tibullus. Lipsiae. 1777.98. 247 Propertius. - Lipsiae. 1777. - 249 Cicero. OperaOmnia i. Hal. Sax. 1774. 8 vols. 26l . Rhetorica. Lug. Bat. 1761. - 267 ■ >. Orationes. - Amst. 1669. 6 vols. 269 ■ . ■•■■ v De Or afore. Lond. 1745- - 272 ~. Epist, ad Fam. Amst. 1677. 2 vols. 275 — — . Epist. ad Attic. Amst. 1684. 2 VOls. 278 . Epist, ad Q. Fratrem, &c. 1 Hag. Com . 1725.* - 279 * This is a scarce work, but necessary to make the three pre- ceding edition© complete. Variorum classics (octavo). 433 Vol. I. P»ge Cicero. Officia. ~ Lug. Bat. 1778. - 281 _# . m Brims w. 1783- 1 . Academicce lp Oucestiones. 1746. - 282 . Tus mlanfe ] p Qucesiiones* J 1706-38. - 284 . - - Lips. 1792. - 2S5 . »- - Oxon. 1805. - lb. •DeNat.Deorum.Cantab. 1732-44. 286 - . - - Lipsice. 1796. - lb. - — — • De Finilus. Cantab. 1 741. - 288 ■• Be Divina- 1 Cant. £fo%£. - /Lips. *73°- mm 288-9. '793- - lb. . De Legilus. Cantab. i?45- - 289 — — . - - Hanov. *795- —■°PeraPhil0'}nalSzx. sophica. - J 1804. 3 vols, . 291 — — * ClavisCicero- 1 Tt , mraa Ilrnesti. J 1777- . Lexicon Cice- •>* ronianum. J ° 1743- Claudianus - - Amst. 1665. - 295 Demetrius (Schnei- 1 ^ b den). ~ J 1779. Gr. Demosthenes. - Lipsie. 1770. 2 vols. • 3°3 . Orat. select. Cantab. I731* - 3°4 . DeRepullica.* Lond. I75S- 2 vols, . lb. % This edition, by Allen, is formed on the Roman one of 1712, 4to. by Lucchesini. Both of these editions are valu- able, but the curious give the preference to the quarto one* YOL. II, F F 434 VARIORUM CLASSICS (oCTAfo). Vol. I . Page Demosthenes. De Corona* - j Cantab. 1769. 2 vols. 304 Dictys Cretens. Amst. 1702. Diodorus Siculus. Bipont.t 1793. 10 vols. 3°7 Diogenes Laertius. Cur. Reg. I739. 2 Vols. 3*3 Dion. Chrysostom. Lipsiae. 1784. 2 vols. Dionys.AIexandrinus.Oxon. 1697. Dionys. Halicarnass ;. Lipsiae. 1774. 6 vols. 3i8 Dionys. Geograph. Oxon. 1704. Epictetus. L. Bat. 1670. 323 ■*""" '♦ » Dresdas. 1756-76. - 324 . Lipsise. 1799. 6 vols. 325 Eutropius. - Lug. Bat. 1762-93. - 345 Florus Lug. Bat. 1722-44. - 35° Frontinus. - Lug. Bat. 1731.79. Herodianus. Lipsias. 1789. 354 Herodotus - Lipsiae. 1778-1800. 361-^ Hesiodus. - Lipsiae. 1778. 368 Hippocrates. Opera* , Amst. 1665. 2 vols. Homerus. Opera. Lipsias. 1759. 5 vols. 386 *— . Lipsiae. 1802. 8 vols. 389 ■ ■■■ ■» Batrachom. Lond. 1721. 397 «— — . HymnusinCer. L. Bat. 178a. Horatius. L. Bat. 1653.70. -' 4H . Glasg. 1794- 421 < # Lipsix. 1800. 2 vols. 429 ' f This is the elaborate edition in which Heyne took a prin» cipal share. 5 VARIORUM [ CLASSICS 5 (OCTAVO). 435 Vol. II. Page Isocrates. - Cantab. 172949. - 6 . Paris. 1782. 3 vols* 7 Josephus. - Lipske. 1782. 3 vols. *3 Julius Obsequens. Lug. Bat. 1720. Justinus. Lug. Bat. 1669-1760. I 8-19 Juvenalis et Persius* Amst. 1684. 49 » Lipsise. 1 8oi. 2 Volft. 3* Lactantius. Opera. Lug. Bat. 1660. Livius* Lug. Bat. 1679. 3 vols. 39 Longinus* - Amst. *733* 46 Oxon. 1778. 47 Lucanus. Lug. Bat. 1658-69. - 5* Lucianu3. - Salmur. 1619. 2 vols. 53 . Bipont. 1789. 10 vols. 60 Lucretius. - Oxon. 1695. 65 Lycophron. Lipsise. 1788. n Lysias. Lipsiee. 1772. 78 . Paris. I783. 2 Vols. 19 Macrobius. - Lug. Bat. 1670. Martialis. - Lug. Bat, 1670. 84 Maximus Tyrius. - Cantab. 1703. 86 Menander ct Philemo Amst. 1709.* Minucius Felix Lug. Bat. 1672-1709. Mcnckenius. Amst. 1716-47. * The student will do well to procure the following works : " Emendationes in Menand. et Philetn. Sec. Auctorc Phileleu- thero Lipsiensi, Traj. Rhen. 1710." — "Ibid. Auctore Philar- gyrio Cantabrigiensi, Amst. i?n." Both in 3vo. FF2 43(3 VARIORUM CLASSICS (oCtAVo). Vol.11. Page Musaeus. Lug. Bat. *737- - 89 . Leovard. 1742. - 90 Nepos (Cornelius). Lug. Bat. 1675. - 95 . Lug. Bat. *773- - 96 Nonnus. Lug. Bat. 1610. Oppianus. - Argent. 1776-i 36; - IOO Orpheus. Traj. Rh. 1689. ~ 102 . - . - Lipsiae. 1764- 1805. ] [03-4 Ovidius. Lug. Bat. 1670-: [702. III Pausanias. - Lipsias. 1794. 2 Vols. 1*5 Petronius Arbiter. Amst. 1669. - 117 11 ■ . ** ■* Lipsise. 1781. - 118 Phaedrus. Amst. 1667-80. - 120 Pindarus. Gottind*. 1798. 3 vols. 129 Plato. Bipont. 1 78 1. 12 vols. 136 j . Dialogi. Oxon. *745- - 137 . De Republica . Cantab. I7I3- - lb. Plautus. Amst. 1684. 2 vols. 144 Plinius, Sen. Lug, Bat. 1669. 3 vols. 152 — , Jun. Epistoltf. Lug. Bat. 1669. - 159 Lug. Bat. l67S- -. 163 Plutarchus. Opera. Lipsiae, 1774. 12 Vols. 166 — — . Moralia. Oxon. I79S- 11 vols. 172 Polyasnus. - Lug. Bat. 1690. - 174 Polybius. Amst. 1670. 3 vols. 177 — — . Lipsiae. 1764. 3. vols. 178 Pomponius Mela. Lug. Bat. r722-i 18. VARIORUM CLASSICS (OCTAVO). 437 Vol. 11 \ Page Prudentius Am st. 1 667/ * 182 Quint III anus. Lug. Bat. 1665. - 187 Quintus Curtius. Amst. 1673-85. 194 Sallustius. Lug. Bat. 1690. - 200 Seneca. Opera. Amst. 1672. 3 vols, 207 ■^ — . Tragoedicz. Amst. 1682. - 2IO Severus (Sulpitius). Amst. 1665. Silius Italicus. Gotting. 1795- 2 vols. 217 Sophocles. Oxon. i7°5>< &c.3vols :. 220 . Argent. 1786, 3 vols. 222 Statius. Lug. Bat. 1671. - 227 Strabo. Lipsias. 1796. 3 vols. 237 Suetonius. * Lug. Bat. 1662. «■ 242 -. *• • Lipsise. 1802. 4 vols. 245 Tacitus. Amst. 1672-85. - 251 Terentius. - Amst. 1686. - 266 Theocritus. - Oxon. 1699. m 277 wmm^mmmtmm — •• Lug. Bat. 1779. - 282 Theophrastus. Cantab. 1712. - 288 Thucydides. Bipont. 1788. 6 vols. 297 Tryphiodorus. Oxon. 1741. Valerius Flaccus. Altenb. 1781. 2 vols. 302 Valerius Maximus. Lug. Bat. 1670. - 3°5 Velleius Paterculus. Lug. Bat. 1779. 2 vols. 309 Virgilius. Lug. Bat. 1680. 3 vols* 329 * This is, in fact, a duodecimo edition ; but the student may procure, instead, Plantin's edition of 1564, in octavo* FF 3 438 VARIORUM CLASSICS (OCTAVO). Vol. II. Page Virgilius. * *> Lond. J793- 4 vols. 339 <_ — , « . Lipsiae. 1800. 6 vols. lb. Xenophon. Opera. Oxon. 1703. 5 vols. 348 --*■ — -.. Cyropcedia. Lipsise. 1780. - 3So ■. Anabasis. Cantab, 1785. m =• 352 *— -*•• Hist. Grac. Lipsiae. 1791. - 353 . Memorabilia. Lipsiae. 1790, - 35S — — ~. (Economicus. Lipsiae. 1782. ■» - lb. **m "# Opuscula Polit. Lipsiagf *?*8. •» "» Jb, COLLECTANEA MISCELLANEA (IN OCTAVO). *tSt Gra'.Cur! } Argent- .77«. X*. •i . Cura Jacobs - - Lipsiae. 1 794**10 vols, Collectio Poet. Elegiac. Cura lx7> ^0j , T Michaeler. *;?> - jV,enn' *784' 4 vols. ■ — — • - Vindob.i79o.t 2 vols. Corpus Juris Civilis. (Elz.) Amst. 1664. 2 vols. * An edition of the " Anthologia" was published by Reisket in 1754, and by Warton, in 1766, both in one volume 8vo. Harles published an edition in 8vo. 1775 (Gr. Poet.); and Huschke published his " Analecta Critica, in Anthol. Grac." Jenae et Lips. 1800, 8vo. f The first of these collections is of " Elegiac Poets in tbs Style of CATVhhVS i" the second,, of " Elegiac Poets in the Stjfa of Ovid/3 TARIORUM CLASSICS (oCTAVo). 43Q G^aphi* Vet. Script. Gr. lQxQn l6 8.Uvo]Sa Min. Cura Hudson. - - J y -*-* ^SS^^l^ }Cantab- *7°4* — — . Cura Niclas - - Lipsiae. 1784, 4 vols. Greek Romances. - -,/<- Bipont. 1792. 4 vols. Mythology Ethic, et Physic. Amst. 1688. Mythographi Latini. - - Amst. 1681. Panegyrici Ve teres. - - Norimb. 1779. 2 vols. Poetce Minores, Gr. - - Cantab. 1652^ . Poetae Minores, Lat. Cur. \ T . . #w0 fi ^ . 1 Wernsdorffii. - - JLips«.i78o,&c.5vol. Rhetores Select'^ Gr. etLat. Oxon. 1676. Ibid. (CuraFischer.),Gr.et Lat. Lipsias. 1773. Scriptores Hist. Poeticae. Paris. 1675. « De Re Militari. VesCliv. 1670. J This is an extremely scarce work, and copies on LARGr paper are uncommonly valuable ; one of this sort was sold for 9/. i$s. at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 1824 ; but recently, at the 6ale of the late Bishop Horsley's books, a large paper copy was purchased for 39/. js. 6d. : so wonderfully rare are they become ! The small paper are now very scarce. " I wonder the University has never thought of republishing Hudson's Geog. Minores. They have become very scarce, and so scarce that I have never been able to procure a copy, though I have seen them in some libraries. They might be reprinted with additions according to the method pointed out by the late learned Mr. Wasse."— Toup's Letter to T.Warton. Wool's Mem* of ditto, 319. *J[ This edition of 165a, by the celebrated Buck, printer tc the university, is the most elegant book the Cambridge prea^ ever delivered to the public : it is also as correct as it is beautff foil. See Harwoodj 116-17* F F 4 440 VARIORUM CLASSICS (oCTAVo). Scriptores Hist. Augustas. L. Bat. 167 1. 2 vols, Rei Rusticae. - - Lipsiae. 1794. 4 vols, The preceding is probably the mast complete and accurate list extant, of the best octavo editions of the classical writers Cum Notts Variorum, To some of them, modem editions have been added ; and where there has been no professed Variorum edition, I have given the best octavo one ; as of Diodorus Siculus% Dionysius Halicarnasseus, Herodotus, Lucian, Pait- sanias, Pindar, Plutarch's Morals, Silius Italicusy Straboy Thucydides, and others — in order to render the set complete. Of many of them there are impressions on lakge paper : thev form all together an invaluable collection of about 426 volumes. Fine copies are exceedingly scarce and dear. 44! AUCTORES CLASSICI LATIN! APUD ELZEVIRIOS (IN DUODECIMO). Aulus Gellius. - Am st. 1651. Celsus. L. Bat. 1657. Ccesar. L. Bat. i635- Cicero. L. Bat. 1642. Claudianus. L.Bat. 1650. Fiorus. L. Bat. 1638. Horatius, L. Bat. 1629, Justinus. ~ L. Bat. 1640. v Livius. L. Bat. 1634. 3 vols. Ovidius. L. Bat. 1629. 3 vols# Plinius, Senior. - L. Bat. i635- 3 vols. Plinius^ Junior. - L. Bat. 1640. Pomponius Mela. L. Bat. 1646. Prudentius. - Amst. 1667. Quintus Curtius. L. Bat. l633- Sallustius. - L. Bat. 1634. Seneca. L. Bat. 1640. 3 vols* Tacitus. L.Bat. 1640. Terentius. f L. Bat. l635- Virgilius. L. Bat. 1636. Idem. - Amst. 1676. 442 AUCTORES CLASSICI LATIN! APUD MAITTAIRIUM ET BARBOU. Ediiiones Originates et Opt, (IN DUODECIMO .1 Maittaire. Bareou. CoESAB. V - 1716. - *755- Catullus^ Tib* Sec, i?1* - 1754. Celsus. ^ - 11 ■ "• - 1772. Cicero. am • . - 1768. 12 vols Biitrophis. * - 1 i# <• ».75*> Floras* ■a - 1715. - 1777. Horatius. - - 17'S' «■> 17S4-63-7S- Jusfinus. an m 1713- ■» 1770. liviirs. m - 1722. - *77* JLueanus. - ■* 17*9. " 1767, Lucretius. m» - 1713- " 1754. Martialis. a» ■■ 1716. ■t 1754. 2 Yols, Nepas. - ■» "7»5* - 1767. ©vidius. 0f m »7i|« - 1762. 3 Yftts* J*aterculu$, m .• - i7>3< - 1777, maittairb's and earbou's CLASSICS. 443 Phaedrus, Plautus. Plinius, Senior. - Plinius, Junior. - Quintus Curtius. - Sallustius. - Tacitus, Terentius. * Virgiiius. - Maittaire. - *7*3 1722 1716 *7*3 17^ Barbou. 1754- I7S9- 1779. 1769. *757- 1761. 1760. J753- J767. 3 vols* 6 vol$« 3 vols* 2 Vols* a vols* Of the above editions by Barbou, which were all printed at Paris, those of Cicero, Livy, Pliny's Epis- tles, Sallust, and Plautus, are remarkably well pub- lished. The above editions of Maittaire are valu~ able t of the greater part there are copies or* la$g$ fcA?«lb 444 AUCTORES CLASSIC!, Gr. et Lat. IN OFFICINA ALDINA IMPRESS!, ^Emilius Probus ($eu Cornelius Nepos), cum Jus-, tino. 8vo. 1522. A rare and correct edition. See vol. i. 98. JEschihis Orationes. Ful. 1513* See « Orationes Rhetor. Grsecor." iEschylus. 8vo. 1518* See vol. i, 126, iEsopus. Fol. 1505, See vol. i. 135. Anthologia Graca*. 8vo. 1503-21-50. The first edition is the most beautiful and rare., but the third is the most correct and critical. * Under the title of " Florilegium diversorum Epigram* matum in septem libros," Grsece, Renouard has given a very long and interesting article on the respective contents and merits of these Aldine editions of the Anthologia. The third is sometimes known by the date of 1550, and sometimes of 155 x : it was published in the latter year. The supposed edi-* tions of 15 1 7 and 15 19 are absolutely fictitious. Of the edition of 1503 a copy on vellum was sold at Dr. Askew's sale, No. 970, for 8/. 15J. His Majesty and Lord Spencer have each a similar copy. Renouard is in possession of a copy of theeditio princeps of this work (vide vol.ii. 87, note *), with many manuscript marginal annotations of Aldus himself \ dated 1506, supposed to have been inserted by way of memoran- dum for a new edition. Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 65, 66> 78, 79, *55> *59* ALDINE CLASSICS, 445 Apollonius Rhodius. 8vo. 1521. See vol. i. 159. Apuleius. 8vo. 1521. Et cum Medicis Lalihi^r Fol. 1547. See vol. i. 168. Archimedes. Fol, 1558. Aristophanes. Fol. 1498. See vol. i. 173. Aristoteles. Fol. 1495, &c. 5 vols. 8vo. 1551, &c. 6 vols. See vol. i. 189. Artemidorus. 8vo. 15 18. Edrtio princeps et raris- sima. Astronomi Veteres. Fol. 1499. Gr* ct Lat* A ver-r rare and beautiful work. In the Latin version of Aratus, bv Germanicus, are wooden cuts of astro- nomical figures, taken from the Venetian edition of Hyginus, 4to. 1482; but not so well executed. The second part of the volume, containing the Greek text, is frequently missing, or found separately. L'Imp. des Jlde> t. i. 26. At Dr. Askew's sale. No. 888, a copy of this very valuable work, in 3 vols, was sold for gl. It is now much dearer. Athenaeus. See vol. i. 199. Aulas Gellius. See vol. i. 207. Aurelius. 8vo. 1505. Rare and beautiful. In this work, of the poems of Augurellus, the three books of the Chrysopceia are wanting. Aurelius Victor. See Suetonius. Ausonius. 8vo. 15 17. See vol, 1. 213. Biblia Sacra Grseca. Fol. 15 18. See vol. i. 36. Bion, Moschus, et Theoc. See vol. i. 215, note f. Bizarri Petri Opuscula varia. 8vo. 1565. This rare , volume comprehends two parts : the first ot prose works, the second of poetical ones. An Epistle to Queen FJizabeth precedes the first part. The whole 2 446 ALDINE CLASSICS. contains 312 pages, or 156 sheets* Sett? Imp* cfe$ Aide, t. i. 355. Caesar. 8vo. 1516-19. See vol. i. 226. Idem. 8vo* 1559-61-64-66-69-70-7 1-75-76. 88. Tradotto.i 546* 56. The edition of 1546 is the best Italian trans* lation of Caesar. (The Latin edit, of 1565 is sup- posititious.) Calaber, Quintus. Editio princeps. 8vo. No date 5 supposed to have been printed in 1521 ; but more probably about 15 13. It is an extremely rare work* and contains as well the first edition of Quintus Calaber as of Coluthus (De Raptu Helena), and Tryphiodorus (De Trojce Excidio) . In His Ma- jesty's library there is a copy on vellum ; and Mr. Maecarty, of Toulouse, is in possession of a similar copy. See VImp. des Aide, t. i. 339- 440. Calepinus, Ambrosius, Dictionarium. Fol. 1542-48- 58-64-73. This was a famous work in its day ; but it is now little used— "Le nom de son auteur," says Renouard, " est devenu une expression prover- biale pour designer un nombreux magazin de mots." The editions of 1550-52-59-63-75-76-77, and 92, are considered by this bibliographer to be fictitious. VImp. des Aide, t. i. 221. See vol. ii. 413- Callistratus. See Lucianus. Callimachus. See Pindar. Cato. See " Scriptores Rei Rustics. " Catullus, Tib. Prop. 8vo. 1502-15. See vol. i. 240* With the Commentary of Muretus, 1558-62-67 ; alone, with the same Commentary, 15545 alone, with the Commentary of Achilles Statius, 1566. At Sainte-Geneyieve there is a copy of this latter ALDIN£ CLASSICS. 447 edition on strong writing-paper, in boards, filted with the notes of Corbinelli, who has written in the title-page, that the book was given him by th« editor, U Imp. des Aide, t. i* 357. Cebes. In App. " Grammat. Lascaris." For this latter work, consult vol. ii. 407 : in Gram. Lai, Aldi, 4to. 1501-8-14-23. Censorinus De Die natali. With Macrobius in Som* Scipionis* 8vo. 1528-81. The latter edit, is with the Commentaries of Paul Manutius. Chrysolorae Erotemata* 8vo. 1512-17-49. See vol. ii. 403. Cicero. Opera. 8vo. 1540, 10 vols. FoL 1578-83. See vol. i. 255-8. ■ Lilri Oratorii. 4to. 1514-21-33. 8vo. 154&- 50, 2 vols. ; 1554, 2 vols. ; 1559, 2 vols* 1564, 2 vols. ; 1569, 2 vols. ; 1569, 3 vols. (Ex. Bibl. Aid.) ■ 1 » Orationes. 8vo. 1519, 3 vols. ; 1540-1* 3 vols.; 1550, 3 vols.; 1554, 3 vols, | *559> 3 vols-> x56^ 3 vols-5 *S6S* 3 vols, (doubtful edit.); 1569, 3 vols, j 1570, 3 vols. (Ex. Bibl. Aid.) The best of these numerous editions are those which precede the year 1550. » Orat. in Antonium. 8vo. 1572. - Epist. ad Familiares. 8vo. 1502-12-22* 33-40-43-46-48-52-54-56 (doubtful edi- tion), 60-62-66-71-72 (doubtful), 75. m Epist. ad Atticum. 8vo. 15 13-21 -40-42 (doubtful edition), 44-48-51-54-58-61- 63-64-67-70-70. (Ex. Bibl. Aid.) 418 ALDINE CLASSICS. *• 5 Cicero. Opera Philosophica. 8vo. 1523, 2 vol 154.1, 2 vols.; 1546, 2 vols.; 1552, 2 vols. ; 1555-6, 2 vols.; 1560, 2 vols. ;, 1562, 2 vols. ; 1565, 2 vols. Officia. 8vo. 1517- 19-41-45-48-52-55-59- 61-64-67-70. (Ex Bibl. Aid.) The reader will find some of these publications noticed at vol. i. 280. -~ Comment, hi Art. Rhetor. Fol. 1546-51-61. — Asconius Pcdianus in Or at tones. 8vo. 1522- 4?"53'63- — Lucubrationes doct. Viror. in ibid. Fol. *547-52* — Lau reclaims in Orai. de Lege agraria. 4to, ■558? — H, Ferrarius. Emend, in Cicer. Philip. 8vo. *542. — P. Manotius in Or at. pro Sexto. 8vo. 1556- 59; in Orat. pro Archia Poet. Romse, 4to. 1572. — V. Priscianensis* Olservat. in Cicer. Epist* 8vo. 1549. — H. Kagazzonitvs. Comment, in Cicer. Epist. adFam. 8vo. 1555. — P. Manutius. Comment. inEpist. ad Attictnn, 8vo. 1547-53-57-61-68-72; inEpist. ad Brutum, 8vo. 1557-62. — Nizolius. Thesaurus Cicer oniamis. Fol. 1570- 76-91. — Epitheia a P. J. Nunnesio collecta. 8vo. 1570 *, * The above are the various editions of Cicero's works which Were executed in the Aldine press — to say nothing of the great ALDINE CLASSICS. 44Q Claudknus. 8vo. 1523. See vol. i. 293. Columella. See " Scriptores Rei Rusticae." Cornelius Vitelius in Perotti Cornucopia. Cyprianus, D. Ccecilius. In Poet. Christian. Demetrius Phalereus. See Rhetores Grseci. Democritus. Epistolce. See Epist. Graec< Collect. Demosthenes. Epistolce. See Ibid. ~— — . Orationes. Gr. FoL 1504. See vol.i. 297 ; Contra Philipp. Lat. 4to. 1549-51 ; Orationes Gr. 8vo. 1554. 3 vols. See vol.i. 301, note *. Dictionarium Gnecum, Fol. 1497-1524. See vol. ii. 386. Dio Chrysostomus. Orationes. Gr. 8vo. No date: but supposed to have been printed in 1551* VImp. des Aide, t. i. 267, Diogenes. Epistolce. See cc Epist. Grsecar, Collect." Dionysius. Idem. See Ibid. Dionysius Halicarnasseus. See " Rhetores GrsecL'5 Dionysius, De Situ Orbis ; with Pintfar. . Dioscorides. Gr. Fol. 1499. 4to. 1518. Epictetus ; with Politian. ■ iiiiwi. 1 1 » i*'1 - ■ 1 1 »■ 11 . 1. ■■ 11 1 ■ 1 !■ ii .1. 1 m\i 1 ■■■» ■ IP ■ ' ■ ■■ - number of Italian translations. In choosing these Latin editions care must be taken to select those which were printed antece- dently to the year 1550. f Epistolce Basilii magni Libanii Rhetoris. Chionis Plato- nici, JEschinis et Isocratis oratorum. Phalaridis Tyranni. Bruti Romani. ApolloniiTyanensis. Juliani Apostatae. Synesiu Demosthenis, Platonis. Aristotelis. Philippi. Alexandri. Hip- pocratis. Democriti. Heracliti. Diogenis. Cratis. Anacharsis. Euripidis. Theanonis. Melissoe. Myae. Alciphronis. Philo- strati. Theophylacti, JEliani. JEneas, Procopii* DionysrL Lysis < Amasis. Musonii. VOL, II, G G 450 Aitvime classics. Epistolarum Graecarum Collectio. 4ta. 1499. A rare and valuable edition ; republished at Geneva in fol. 1606, and said to be enlarged — but not containing a single letter more than the present Aldine publiea- tion. It is much to be wished that some ingenious Greek scholar would give us a new edition of this interesting collection of Greek Epistles. L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 24-5. Epistolse obscurorum Virorum, 1516. This work is supposed never to have been printed by Aldus. See L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 133. Erasmus. Adagia. Fol. 1508-20. Moria, sive Stul- titia. 8vo. 1515. One of the rarest of the Aldine publications* Etymologicum Magnum. Gr. Fol. 1549. This is a rare production, and more ample than the edition of 1499 of Calliergus. See vol. ii. 386-7. The first page of the text is ornamented with a large wooden vignette, in red ink, in the style of the preceding edition. The additions are all distinguished by a hand prefixed, thus — g^r. L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 256-7. Euripides, Epistola. See (* Epist. Graecar. Coll." ■■ Tragcedia;. Gr. 8vo. 1503. Vol. i. 328. *~* ^ Hecuba et Iphigen. in Aid. Lat. 8vo. 1507. A very small and equally rare volume; the translation is by the famous Eras- mus. There are two prefaces — the one by Aldus u to the studious" — the other by Erasmus to William, Arch- bishop of Canterbury. L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 85. Eusebius contra Hieroelem— along with Philostralus. Eutropius. See Suetonius, % ALDINE CLASSICS. 451 Florus, withLivy. Fol. 1520: 8vo. 1521. Gaza, Theodorus. Grammatica. 1 495-1 525. Grammatica Graec. Aid. Manutii. 4to. 1515. This is now a scarce book. _ ~_ w Latina. Ibid. 410. 1501-8-14-23; 8vo, 1558-61-64-68-75-76. Herodianus. See Politian. Hesiodus. See Theocritus. Hesychius. Fol. 1514. See vol. ii. 388. Hippocrates. Opera, Gr. Fol. 1526. Editio prin- Ceps. A beautiful, rare, and somewhat dear work; but not held iti great esteem, on account of its hav- ing been compiled from very imperfect MSS. Homerus. Gr. i2mo. 1504-17-24. See vol. i. 373. Horatius. i2mo. 1501-9-19-27. See vol. i. 403. 8vo. 1555-59-61-64-66-70. These six last editions con- tain the annotations and emendations of Muretus and others. Jamblicus De Mysteriis ; with other opuscula. Lat. Fol. 1497. Editio princeps. A rare and beau- tiful publication ; reprinted in 1516, fol. with ad- ditions, but not held in such request as the preced- ing work. Jason de Nores. De Arte Poet. Horatii. 8vo. 1553, Issens ; with the " Orationes Rhetor. Grcecor." Isocrates. Fol 1513. For the Oration*, see vol. ii. 4; for the Epistles, see " Epist. Grcecar. Collect*" Justinus. 8vo. 1522. See vol. ii. 17. Juvenalis. 8vo. 1501-35. See vol. ii. 25. Juvencus. See (f Poetae ChristiamV' Q G 2 452 ALDINE CLASSICS. Lascaris Constantini Grammatica. See vol. ii. 407-8'; Livius. 8vo. 1518, &c. See vol. ii, 36. Fol. 1555. This folio edition is an extremely handsome book, and preferable to the subsequent folio editions of 1566-72-92. Longinus. 4*0. 1555, Gr. See vol. ii. 44. Lucanus. 8vo. 1502-15. See vol. ii. 50. Lucianus. Fol. 1503-22. Gr. See vol.ii. 56. A Latin edition was published, in 8vo. 1516, of a selection from Lucian and others, by Erasmus. Lucretius. 4to. 1500; 8vo. 1515. See vol. ii. 62. Lycophron. Alexandra; with Pindar. Lycurgus; with the " Orationes Rhetor. Grsecor," Lysias. Fol. 1513. See vol. ii. 73. Macrobius. 8vo. 1528. The only edition printed in the office of Aldus. The copy in the possession of Cardinal de Brienne was supposed to have, been , printed in 1517 ; but this arose from the first x and the last 1 (in the date) having been scraethed out. See L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 133, 185. Marcellinus; with the Ci Rhetores Graeci." Martialis. 8vo. 1501-17. See vol. ii. 82. Moschus. See "Bion." Musaeus. 4to. No year; 8vo. 1517. See vol. ii. 87. Nonnus. Paraphrasis Evangel, secund. Joannem. Gr. 4to. No year; but supposed to' have been printed in 1 50 1. This work is become extremely rare, owing to a great number of copies having been de- stroyed, from its being an unfinished production. — Aldus promised a Latin translation, which never appeared. Obsequens, Julius, de Prodigiisj with u Plinius Junior." 4 ALDINE CLASSICS. 45 9 Olympiodorus. Comment, in Aristot. Fol. 2 vols. 1551. Gr. et Lat. Oraliones Rhetorum Gnecorum. Fol. 1513. Gr. In three parts; containing a variety of interesting rhe- torical tracts — among them, the Orations of Iso- crates, Lysias, iEschines, Isseus, and many others previously mentioned. The great value of this rare edition has been mentioned in a note(*), vol. ii. 73, Oppianus. 8vo. 1 5 1 7 . This edition is not sovaluable as the one published by Junta in 15 15, 8vo. L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 135-6. Orpheus; with Musxus, 1517 : and VaL Flaccus, 1523. Ovidius. 8vo. 1502, 3 vols. ; 8vo. 1515, 3* vols, j 1 533, 3V0IS.: see vol. ii. 109. An edition of the " Epistoltz Heroidum" was published in 1583-88, 8vo.' Palladius. See iQ Scriptores Piei Rustics. " Pausanias. Fol. 1516. See vol. ii. 1 13. Perotti Cornucopia ; sive Ling. Lat. Commentarii. Fol. 1499. Editio pkinceps; very rare. It was reprinted in 1513-17-275 but the first is the moat correct, as well as the rarest edition. See L'Imp. des Aide, t. i. 25, 107, 108, 136, 180. Persius; with "Juvenal." Phalaridis Epistolte. See "Epist. Grrecar. Collect, " Pindarus. 8vo. 1513. See vol. ii. 124. Plautus. 4to. 1522. See vol. u. 1 to. Plinius, senior. 8vo. 1535, &c. 4 vols.; Fol. 1559, See vol. ii. 151-2. Plinius, junior. 8vo. 1508-18. See vol. ii. 158. Plutarchus, Vitce, Fol. 1519. Gr. See vol, ii. 169. GG3 454 ALDINE CLASSICS. Plutarehus. Moralia. Fol. 1509. Gr. See vol. ii, 171. Poetae Christian!. 4U), 1501-2. See " Prudentius." Poetae tres egregii, nunc primum in lucem editi : scil. Gratii d'e Venatione Lib. 1.: Ovidii Halieuticon : Nemesiani Cynegeticon et Carmen bucolicum: Cal- phurnii Bucolica: Adriani Card. Venatio. 8vo. 1534. The three first of these works were never before published. A very splendid copy of this scarce and curious volume, printed on vellum, was sold at the Pinelli sale, No. 9807, for 16/. 55. 6 J. See Uhnp. des Aide, t. i. 196-7. Politianus Angelus. Opera. Fol. 1498. This beautiful and rare edition is more enlarged than the Florence one of 1499, but less complete than the Basil edition of 1553, in fol. (" Apud Episcvpium>") — the only one in which the history of the conspiracy of the Pazzi is related. Aldus probably omitted this nar- rative from motives of delicacy towards the Roman Pontiff: he could not have been ignorant of it, since it was separately printed in 4to., without printer's name or place, not long after the year 1478, Uhnp* des Aide, t. i. 22. Priapeia. Diversor. vet. Poetar. in Priap. Lusus, &c. 8vo. 1517-34. The first edition is a very correct and rare publication : in the Cracherode collection (in the British Museum) there is a fine copy on LARGE PAPER. Propertius; with Cattullus. See yol. i. 240, Prudentius. 4to. 1501. See vol. ii. 180. Psalterium Grcecum. No year. 4to. Gr. Very rare; printed in red and black, with the same types as the Aristotle of 1495 — the title consists of a single Greek word, " yaathpion." It is supposed to have been printed between the years 1497 and 1498. IJImp* ALBINE CLASSICS. 455 des Aide, t. i. 4.37. A copy of this edition was pur* chased at the Pinelli sale, No. 4948, for 2/. l%&* 6<2. Quintilianus. 4U). 1514-22. See vol. ii. 186. Guintus Curtius. 8vo. 1520. See vol. ii. 192. Rhetores Grasci Antiqui. Fol. 1508-9. 2 vols. 'A very rare and valuable work, and along with the " Orationes RhetoF. Grsecor." forms one of the most interesting and carious collections of Grecian oratory. Sallustius. 8vo. 1509-21. See vol. ii. 198. Reprinted in 1557-60.63-67-73.77-88. Scriptores Geographic?,. 8vo. 1518. Rei Rustics. 4to. 1514-33. See vol. ii. 358. -* — — Histories Augusta*. 8vo. 15 16- 19. Seneca. Queestiones natural. 4to. 1522. See vol. ii. 205, note #. — — . Tragcedice. 8vo. 1517. See vol. ii. 209. Silius Italicus. 8vo. 1523. See vol. ii. 214. Sophocles. 8vo. 1503. See vol. ii. 217. Statius. 8vo. 1502-19. See vol. ii. 225, Strabo. Fol. 151 6. See vol. ii. 234. Suetonius. 8vo. 1516-21. See vol. ii. 24Q. Suidas. Fol. 1514. See vol. ii. 393. Tacitus. 4to. 1534. This edition, says Ren ouard, is compiled from the Basil edition of 1533 (see vol. ii. 248) ; but some assistance was derived from a much better MS. than the one which formed the basis of the Roman edition of 15 15 (see vol. ii, 247). Ulmp. des Aide, t. i. 202. Terentius. 8vo. 1517-21-41-45-53-55-58-59-60-63- 65-66-70-75. See vol. ii. 263. The editions from *553 *° x 575 were accompanied by the comment** G G 4 456 ALD1NE CLASSICS, ries of Muretus. In the year 1570 an edition was published with the commentaries of Vincentius Cordatus. Themistius. Fol. 1534. Gr. In the library of Lord Spencer I saw a magnificent copy of this work on large paper : according to Renouard there is ano- ther in the British Museum, which originally be- longed to the Bibl. Daguesseau. Theocritus. Fol. 1495. Gr* See vol. iu 273* Thesaurus Cornueopiae, &c. See vol. ii. 410. Thucydides. Fol. 1502. Gr# See vol. ii. 291. Tibullus; with "Catullus." Valerius Flaccus, 8vo. 1523, See vol. ii. 300. Valerius Maximus. 8vo. 1502-14-34. See vol. ii, 3°4- Virgilius. Opera. 8vo. 1501-5-14-27-40-45-55-58- 60-63-76-80-85. Catalecta. 1505-17-34. The first six are the principal editions; the reader will find them described at vol. ii. 323. Ulpianus. Comment, in Demosth. Fol. 1503. See vol. i. 298, note*. Republished in fol. 1527; but this latter edition is less rare and beautiful. Urban i Grammatica. Gr. Fol. 1497. See vol. ii". 412, Xenophon. Fol. 1525. Gr. See vol. ii. 345. These are the numerous editions of the Greek and Latin Classics which were printed in the office founded by the celebrated Aldus. It was my original wish to have given a short bibliographical account, or list, of all the Aldine publications — Greek, Latin, and Italian 1 but the limits of my work, and the time, care, and ALDINE CLASSICS. 457 attention necessary to be bestowed upon it, forbade the undertaking. I have, therefore, contented myself with such a list as is connected with the nature of the present publication. I cannot dismiss this account, without paying a tribute of respect to the name and memory of Aldus ! There is scarcely a bibliographer who has not reve- renced his industry and talents — and the curious reader will discover many splendid eulogies on his character from Erasmus to Renouard. Let us hope that the examples of Aldus in Italy, of the Stephenses and Turnebus in France, of Oporinus and Plantin in Germany, of Bowyer in England, and of Ruddiman in Scotland, may be reverenced and revived in the present age ! INDEX TO THE Biographical Notices and Anecdotes. Vol. Pasr« Alsop . • . . , i. Barnes. i. Baskerville (Printer) ii. Barthius ... i. Battie, W ii. Bentley i. Beza i. BlTD.KUS Camerarius . Carlyle, J. D, Casaubon .,. 11. ii. i. L ii. i. i. Castalio Castell Clarke (Dr. Sam.) i. 381 Cocchi (Dr.) f ii. 376- CoLIN^US , i. 64 Fabfr i. 412 Fell ,, i. 89 FiciNus , ii. 135 158 146 :>> 294 6 99.414. 74 383 140 11.5 200- r 30 ;s 24 Gale Gkabk Holmes (Dr. Robert) Homer (Henry) Hudson 353 46. S3 425 i. 293 460 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. Vol. Pag& &USTER ...... i. I 78 ■ "• 39+ Lipsius . . . . ii. 249 Livje.. • i. 422 Maittaire . . . . i. 148 Markland •..,.•.0 ii. 2*29 Mill (Dr. John) .♦. i. 92 IMorel (Printer) , i. 302 Mosell (Dr.) . . . ii. 398 Musurus . ii. 132 CECOLAMPADIUS .. 1. 6l Plantin c i. 9 Stanley (Thomas) i. 128 Taylor (Dr. John) ii. 75 Toup ii. 47 TURNEBUS . . . i. 39I Tyrwhitt i. 196 Wakefield Ii. 67*8 Walton • i. 21 Warton (Thomas) ii. 278 Wetstein i. 103 XlMENES • J. 7 Xylander. ii. 165 THE END. S. Gosneil, Prints Little Qti^en Street. NEW WORKS, PRINTED FOR Longman, Hurst, Itees, and Orme^ PATERNOSTER ROW. A GRAMMAR of the GREEK LANGUAGE, on a new and improved Plan, in English and Greek. By John Jones, Member of the Philological Society at Manchester, Neatly printed in 12 mo. price 6s, boards. 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