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A manual of classical bibliography: comprising a copious detail of the various editions of the Greek and Latin classics, and of the critical and philological works, published in illustration of them, with an account of the principal translations, into English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc / [Joseph William Moss].

  • Joseph William Moss
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1837
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Credit: A manual of classical bibliography: comprising a copious detail of the various editions of the Greek and Latin classics, and of the critical and philological works, published in illustration of them, with an account of the principal translations, into English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc / [Joseph William Moss]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2r, Argent. 8vo. 1662. Fabella? quoedam, Apophtheo-mata select. Gr^]ece; ct Gnomae, Gr. et Lat. 5s. 6d. Lond. 12mo. 1679. Gr. et Lat. 2s. - 12mo. 1682. Gr. et Lat. Centum, et Gabriae Fabellae. OxoN. 8VO, 1698. Gr. et Lat. Alsopi. Copies of this edition are now becoming scarce ; those on large paper are valuable. See Brunet, t. i. p. 10.; Fabr. B. G. lib. ii. c. 9.; Harles, Introd. L. G. t. i. p. 212.; Warton’s Essay on Pope, v. ii. p. 393.; and Dibdin’s Introd. v. i. p. 138—139. Lond. 8vo. 1703. Gr, et Ang. Hamb. 12mo. 1711 et 1718. Gr. et Lat. Centum Fabulas. OxoN. 8vo. 1718. Gr. et Lat. Hudson!. “ Nos—id negotii pensique nobis dari non jegre tuliinus, ut fabulas quas a Neveleto Greece editas invenimus, multo emen- ** datius et nova cum accessione publici juris faceremus; eis- ** que versionem Latinam subjungeremus, partim jam natam, “ partim olim factam, et nunc demum recognitam. Operam quidam dedimus, ut fabularum interpretatio, cujus nonnullam rationem habuimus, quamvis paulo liberior et fidelis et Latina “ et perspicua esset, quoad ejus fieri posset; ne quos ob oratio- “ nem incultam ab iis legendis retraherent puerorum magistri, “ aut literarum proceres.” Editor’s Preface. Stolle, Introd. in Hist. Litt. p. 833, speaks well of this edition. See Cle¬ ment, t. ii. p. 334.; and Brunet, t. i. p. 20. Amst, 12mo. 1726. Gr. et Lat. Embellished with wood- cuts. 2s. Lips. 8vo. 1741. Gr. et Lat, Hauptmanni. A respectable edition. - 8VO. 1741. Gr. et Lat. Heusingeri. We frequently meet with copies of this edition bearing the date of 1756, but it is one and the same edition, with a fresh title page. A very good edition. Brunet, t. i. p. 20, says, that Hudson’s edition formed the basis of the present one. 4s. Paris. 8vo. 1769. Barbou. A Desbillons. VOL. I. E