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Ônibus Germaniæ invenitur, licet semper satis caro vendatur, et ob intrinsicum valorem opusculum a bibliophilis avide exquiratur. Qui plura de illo libro scire cupiunt, consulant SALENGRE in Mem. de Lit. T. II. p. 203-232. Vogt. 'Cat. libr. rar. Hamb. 1738, et præsertim CLEMENT Bibl. sub nomine Curionis. Notæ scriptæ quæ in nostro exemplari inveniuntur nec frequentes, nec antiquæ, nec magni pretii videntur.

Nov. 20, 1758.

M. MATY."

In the Julius Exclusus there is much genuine humour, not unlike that of Lucian.

One or two specimens from this very rare book will require no apology.

De indulgentiis Iulii.

Fraude capit totum mercator Iulius orbem,

Vendit enim cælos, non habet ipse tamen.

Vende mihi quod habes, nam quo pudor, ut mihi vendas, Ipsum te Iuli cujus egere vides.

Quin fera centimanos emittat terra Gigantes,

Julius expulso vendat ut astra Jove.

Donec enim cœlos alius regit, et tonat inde,

Non ego tam magui muneris emptor ero.

In Leonem x. Ac. San.

Sumere maternis titulos cum posset ab ursis
Cæculus hic noster, maluit esse Leo.

Quod tibi cum magno commúne est talpa leone?
Non cadit in turpes nobilis ira feras.

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Ipse licet cupias animos simulare leonis:

Non lupus hoc genitor, non sinit ursa parens } Ergo aliud tibi prorsus habendum est Cæcule no.. Nam cuncta ut possis, non potes esse Leo.

DE ROME PETULANTIA.

Marti olim complexa Venus poscebat amante
Munus, quo nullum majus in orbe foret.
Ille Stygem jurat, danti quodcunque datur
Et Romam tota cum ditione dedit.
Martia Roma prius fuerat, Cithereia nunc
Cesserunt Aquila, signaque Passer hab
Roma caput scelerum, nivei jactura pudo
Exitium fidei, luxuriæque parens.
Sola Venus dispensat opes, dispensat he
Sola facit, serva quicquid in urbe lit
Extollit, magnosque facit sapientia tu

Sit procul, in tenero cui sedet ore
Tartara sunt molli potius adeunda ju
Si non est alius, sit tibi barba co

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SUIDAS.

DIALOGUM HUNC, A CETERIS EDITIONIBUS OMISSUM, HABET MEDIOLANENSIS,

ANNI 1499.

διάλογος σεφάνου τοῦ μέλανος.
βιβλιοπώλης· καὶ φιλομαθήσε

Βί. δεύρ ̓ ἴθι φιλομαθές, εἰ τῆς ἑλληνικῆς ἐρᾶς τάχα φωνῆς. φιλ. τί ποιήσων. ειπέ μοι διὰ τάχους. οὐ γάρ μοι σχολή ἐςιν. βι. θεασόμενος τοιγαροῦν ταύτην τὴν βίβλον. τὴν νεωςὶ ὥσπερ ὄψει, τετυπωμένην, καὶ μετέπειτα ὠνησόμε νος. πολλῶν γάρ ἐςι ποικίλων καὶ παντοδαπῶν μετή. ὁρᾶς δέ τὸ πάχος αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ μέγεθος. οὐδὲν γάρ ἐςιν οὔτε παρὰ ποιηταῖς οὔτε παρ' ἱςορικοῖς καὶ λογογράφοις ουτω δύσκολον καὶ σκοτεινὸν, ὅπερ οὐκ εὐχερὲς καὶ σαφές ποιεῖ. ἑρμηνεύει γάρ ὡς πλεῖσα καὶ χρησιμώτατα. φιλ. οὐκ οἶσθα ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τὸ πανταχῆ τεθρυλλημένον. ὁ πολλὰ λαλῶν πολλὰ καὶ σφάλλεται. βι. εἶδα πως γὰρ οὔ. ἀλ' ἥκισα ἡ τοῦ σουίδα πολυφωνία ἐνέχεται τῇ παροιμίᾳ. τὸν γὰρ περιπολλῶν και διαφόρων λέγοντα πολλὰ καὶ λέγειν ἀναγκαῖον. καὶ δὴ καὶ σουίδας πάμπολλα συντεμὼν ὀλίγοις περιείληφε· καὶ τὸ τῶν μελισσών μάλιςα εμιμήθη. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖναι ἐφ ̓ ἅπαντα μὲν τὰ βλαςήματα καθιζάνουσιν ἀφ' ἑκάςου δὲ τὰ χρήσιμα λαμ βάνουσιν, οὕτω καὶ σουίδας, καὶ ἁπλῶς οἱ σπουδαῖοι καὶ ἐλλό γιμοι των ἀνδρῶν πολλῶν μὲν ἀπόπειραν λαμβάνειν εἰώθασιν. ἐξ αὐτῶν δὲ τὰ χρήσιμα καὶ καλλίω συλλέγειν. φιλ. ευγενὴ τὸν ἀπόλλῳ καὶ καλῶς ἔφης. καὶ σοι χάριν ὁμολογώ. ἡ οὖν τῆς βίβλου τιμὴ πόση τίς εςι. βι. χρυσῶν τριῶν. φιλ. λάμβανα δὴ καὶ δὸς τὴν βίβλον.

EDITIONS

EDITIONS OF THE CLASSICS.

THE following curious editions of different Classic Authors were omitted by Harwood, and are not noticed in the subsequent republications of his book at Venice.

HOMER.

Homeri Opera Gr. 8vo. Jo. Lonicero. Argent. apud Vuolf Cephal. 1542. 2 Vol.

Gr. 8vo.

Sabio 1547. 2 Vol.

Venice a Petro de

Eadem a Bernardino Feliciano.

There are two editions of Felician's Homer by the Sabii, one of 1547, the other of 1551, the title page or rather the colophon alone being changed.

Ilias ab Hadriano Turnebo. Gr. 8vo. With the edition of the Iliad, printed by Turnebus, the Cracherode Collection possesses the Batrachomyomachia & Hymns in the same character, but without date. The copy, as I have elsewhere mentioned, was formerly in the collection of Mr. Bridges, and is mentioned by Maittaire, Annal. Typog. tom. 3. p. 647. Count Revickzky had another copy with the same additional pieces: it is now in the possession of Lord Spencer.

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