reader may consult Maittaire, v. i, p. 313; Audiffredi, p. 98; Panzer, v. ii, p. 431; Laire, Spec. p. 178, and Ind. v. i, p. 287; De Bure, No. 4921; Beloe's Anecdotes, v. iv, p. 77; Santander, t. iii, p. 377; Dibdin's Introd. v. ii, p. 239; and Bibl. Spencer. v. ii, p. 385-86; and Brunet, t. iii, p. 277.

FLORENT. 4to. 1478. De Grammaticis & Rhetoribus Claris. Typis Jac. de Ripoli.

A scarce though not very valuable edition, consisting of 14 leaves only, which have signatures, but neither catch-words nor paging-figures. It commences on the recto of fol. 1, which has no signature, as follows;

C. SVETONII. TRANQVILLI.
DE GRAMMATICIS. ET RHE
TORIBVS. CLARIS. LIBER. IN
CIPIT.

g

RAMMATICA.

ROMAE

ne in usu quidem olim nedū in
honore ullo erat: redi scilicet ac

bellicosa etia tū ciuitate: nec dū magnope

&c. &c. &c.

On the reverse of the (14th

and) last leaf, at the conclusion of the text, we read as follows;
NIL. AMPLIVS. REPERITVR.
IMPRESSVM FLORENTIAE A
PVD SANCTVM JACOBVM DE
RIPOLI. M CCCC LXXVIII

Consult Maittaire,

p. 390, not. 2, & p. 394; Panzer, t. i, p. 406; Cat. de la Vallière, t. iii, p. 154 (which copy produced 36 francs); Rossi, p. 71; Cat. Bibl. Pinell. v. iii, p. 168 ; &c. &c. I possess an uncut copy of this book.

FLORENT. 8vo. 1510. Summa diligentia castigatum. Florentiæ excusum est opera et impensa Phil. de Giunta. This edition is by no means common, it was edited by Marianus Tuccius, by whom it was dedicated to J. B. Nasius. Reprinted in 8vo. in 1515.

VENET. 8vo. 1516 et 1521. In ædib. Aldi.

These editions contain excerpta from Aurelius Victor, com

mencing with Augustus Cæsar to Theodosius; Eutropius, and the 8 Books of Paul Diaconus; the latter in addition contains an Index to Suetonius, compiled by Egnatius, and the Annotations of the same on Suetonius and the Notes of Erasmus on Suetonius, Eutropius and Paul Diaconus. Both these editions are very rarely met with in good condition, which may be accounted for in the words of Renouard, “parcequ'elles furent longtemps le manuel de quiconque vouloit étudier l'Histoire Romaine." The value of the latter edition is considerably enhanced by the Index Memorabilium', which was taken from the Hist. August. Script. by Erasmus, printed at Basle by Froben in 1518, and the Notes. At the sale of the Duke de la Vallière's Collection a copy of this latter edition ON VELLUM was sold for 137. 11s. Ernesti speaking of the Notes observes; "Notulas etiam addidit Egnatius, pro illius temporis ratione, bonas, quas et laudat Erasmus 1. c. (præf. ad Sueton.) et editioni suæ inseruit Burmannus. Ipse quidem hunc suum Suetonium non dubitat longe emendatissimum appellare," See his Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii, p. 454; Renouard, Annales, t. i, p. 130-31, & 157-58 ; & Brunet, t. iii, p. 278.

LUGD. 8vo. 1520. Apud Guil. Huyon

Ernesti observes

This edition is very rare and little known. of it; 66 quæ est editio illa, in qua haerebat Burmannus (praefat. ad Svet. p. 6.) memorata ab Casaubono aliquoties, et antiquissima, ambigua sane, sed de more vulgari, appellata: habetque lectiones ex eo laudatus. In ea, Francinus dicit, textum esse, collatis in unum plurimis antiquissimis exemplaribus emendatum; quod ille valde fidenter dicit: estque ea digna, quae in nova editione, si qua futura est, diligentius excutiatur." Fabr. Bibl. Lat. v. ii, p. 456.

PARIS. 8vo. 1543. R. Stephani.

Ernesti says that this edition is superior to all the preceding which were published in France, and that Robert Stephens was the first who made use of the celebrated Codex Memmius,' to which we are principally indebted for the text of Suetonius, as we now have it. See his Fabr. Bibl. Lat. v. ii, p. 457.

LUGD. fol. 1548. Apud Joh. Frellonium.

This edition is classed among his Catalogue Libr. rarissimor. by Engel, who calls it "Editio admodum nitida." Bibl. Selectiss. pt. i, p. 153. Ernesti observes that it contains nothing new, but merely a re-impression of the Commentaries of Sabellicus and Beroaldus, and the Annotations of Erasmus and Egnatius: it was followed by two other editions in 1553 and 1560, printed at Basle, also, which were superintended by

Glareanus; which, says he, are much superior; and the notes display no little learning. See his Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii, p. 457. ANTV. 8vo. 1574. Pulmanni.

A very respectable edition; it was succeeded by two others, the one in 12mo. printed in 1578, and the other in 4to. in 1592, which last is illustrated with a very learned Commentary, attributed to Torrentius; but Ernesti thinks that Casaubon, and not Torrentius, was the author. See Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii, p. 457.

GENEV. 4to. 1595, 1615; et ARGENT. 4to. 1647, Casauboni.

The Commentary of Casaubon is extremely valuable, and for illustrating this author is infinitely superior to all the preceding; it is indeed replete with various and exquisite learning; nor has he, in illustrating the text of his author, neglected the critical duties of an editor. In 1596, Casaubon published an Appendix, containing some notes and information respecting the "Monumentum Ancyranum:" this is incorporated with the rest of the notes in the edition of 1615; but in the latter, in addition to these Commentaries, he has inserted Boecler's Political Dissertations, and the fragments of Suetonius; which is the preferable edition. See Ernesti Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii, p. 457-58; Harles, Brev. Not. Lit. Rom. p. 431; and Dibdin's Introd. v. ii, p. 241. PARIS. 12mo. 1644. E Typogr. A beautiful edition, and now rare.

and Brunet, t. iii, p. 279.

Regia.

See De Bure, No. 4924;

LUG. BAT. 8vo. 1647, 51, 62, et 1667. Cum Notis Variorum. 12s.

Though these editions contain the observations and corrections of Lipsius and Salmasius, they are not much esteemed; Harwood calls that of 1662" a correct and well published book.'

TRAJECT. 4to. 1672, 1691, et 1703. Grævii.

The first of these editions contains the entire Commentaries of Torrentius and Casaubon, with the notes of Marcilius, and those of Guietus, Gronovius, Achilles Statius, and Vinetus, on the books de Grammaticis et Rhetoribus,' and the very copious Index of Mat. Berneccer: this was reprinted in 1691, but not so correctly as the preceding; it is adorned with plates representing the Emperors, taken from some coins in the possession of Coetierius; it also contains the conjectures of Goesius. The third and last edition of Grævius was published in 1703, and is much superior to the preceding in accuracy and

copiousness: he has greatly augmented the notes by Excerpta' from the Codex Memmius,' and by a collation of some ancient MSS. and the addition of the entire Commentary of Patinus, who illustrated the text of this author from some ancient coins. See Ernesti Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii. p. 458-59; and Harles, Brev. Not. Lit. Rom. p. 431-32.

LUG. BAT. 12mo. 1698. Gronovii.

A very accurate little edition; it contains also the book de illustribus Grammaticis, de claris Rhetoribus,' the Fragments, an extract from an Oxford MS. and an useful index. At the bottom of each page are various readings taken from the Codex Memmius: the first part only of which was collated by Salmasius; which Gronovius completed. Harles calls it "egregia et critica." It is by no means of common occurrence. LEOV. 4to. 1714. Pitisci.

"No one better understood Roman antiquities, or more happily illustrated them than Pitiscus." Harwood. This is a very excellent and valuable edition, in which the industry as well as the learning of the editor has been fully displayed; in his Commentary, according to the Bibl. Harleian, he has inserted extracts from nearly 900 ancient and modern authors. Pitiscus published his first edition at Utrecht, in 1699. See the Bibl. Harleian. v. iii,' No. 5404, where the reader will find a review of this volume, inserted by Mr. Dibdin in his Introd. v. ii, p. 243. It was reprinted at the Hague, in 4to. in 1727, with some additional remarks from other commentators and lexicographers on Roman antiquities. See De Bure, No. 4927.

AMST. 4to. 1736.

Cum Notis integris Egnatii, &c. 2 vols. 17. 10s.

"An edition replete with valuable illustrations. It contains the text of Grævius, and the notes of the best critics." Kett's Elements, v. ii, p. 539. A very copious and excellent edition, formed on the basis of that of Grævius, which has been collated with some of the earlier impressions of this author: it contains the entire notes of Egnatius, Glareanus, Torrentius, Casaubon, Gruter, Patinus, and others, and a selection of the Variorum Notes, and some of the editor's (Burmann) own. It is justly entitled to the appellation of the best edition which has yet been published. See Ernesti, Fabr. B. Lat. v. ii, p. 459; Harles. Brev. Not. p. 432; Dibdin's Introd. v. ii, p. 243; and Brunet, t. iii, p. 279.

LIPS. 8vo. 1748 et 1775. Ernesti.

14s.

These editions are held in little estimation, and are by no means such as from the literary character and various erudi

tion of the editor might have been expected. Harles observes ; Neque tamen satisfecit Ernesti, et censoribus, (atque cel. Kappius in censura novissimæ editionis in Ephemeridibus litterariis. Erfurt. multas adtulit emendationes novas,) neque doctiss. editori Suetonii Bipontino, qui exemplum Ernestinum, facta cum accuratioribus edd. comparatione, emendatius excribendum curavit." Brevior. Not. p. 432-33. Dr. Harwood

as usual exclaims against the badness of the paper on which the majority of the Leipsic editions are printed: "Suetonium aliosque scriptores Latinos elegantissimos eâ cartâ conspurcavit Ernesti," says he, "in qua nostræ apud Anglos cantilenæ vulgo imprimuntur.' Consult Ernesti's Fabr. Bibl. Lat. v. ii, p. 459-60, &c. &c.

LUG. BAT. 8vo. 1751. Ex recens. F. Oudendorpii. 15s. "I have carefully read through this edition," says Harwood, "and cheerfully pronounce it to be very correctly and judiciously published." "Inter ea novam e libris scriptis editisque fecit textus recensionem, et Suetonium cum varr. lectionibus suisque eruditis, maximam partem criticis, intermixtis Grævii, Jac. Gronovii et ineditis Caroli And. Dukeri annotationibus." Harles, Brev. Not. p. 433. See Gibbon's Posthumous Works, v. ii, p. 287; and Brunet, t. iii, p. 279. Mr. Dibdin in his observations on this edition has erroneously translated the following observation of Ernesti: "In textu nullam superiorum recensionum totam sequitur;" “The text is not formed on any preceding edition :" had this gentleman perused the remainder of this sentence, he would not have thus mistaken the meaning of Ernesti, who continues, " sæpissime tamen Grævianam et Gronovianam, sed ita, ut rationes auctorum commemoret : sæpe sequitur suum judicium: in quo et scriptis quibusdam libris usus est, et edd. veteribus pluribus: bene sane de Suetonio meritus est." Fabr. Bibl. Lat. v. ii, p. 460.

TURICI. 8vo. 1800. Bremi.

This edition frequently departs from the text of Ernesti, and introduces some of his own conjectural emendations. The notes, which are in German, are chiefly selections from those of preceding commentators; he has, however, corrected some of the errors of other editors: but it cannot be denied, as Klügling truly observes, that he has frequently erroneously interpreted some passages. See his Suppl. p. 270-71.

LIPS. 8vo. 1802. Wolfii.

An elegant and accurate edition: the text is that of Ernesti, which Wolf, by a collation of some MSS. and the earlier editions, has greatly improved, and has frequently succeeded in restoring to its original purity. At the bottom of each page,