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Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature / By Robert Watt.

  • Robert Watt
Date:
1824
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    106 ESOF | had previously been printed at Venice, 1543, 4to.—Mythologia A.sopica, in & qua Ausopi Fabule Greco-Latine 297 Quarum 136 primum prodeunt, accedunt Gabrie Fabule etiam auctiores: Anonymi veteris Fabula, Phedri, Avieni, -Abstemii Fabule cum Notis Tsaaci Nicolai Neveleti. France. 1610, 8vo. 1660, 8vo.—Fabelle quedam, Apothegmata Select. AGEL 108 eentury.—He wrote a History of the Conversions in Japan and the Phi- lippine Islands, with a Detail of his Religious Embassy; and a General History of the Moluccas and the Philippines, from the discovery of them to the middle of the 17th century, 2 vols. AGAPETUS, Deacon of the Church of Constantinople, about A. D. naccio. Hamb. 1711, 12mo.—Centum Collectio, Gr. Lat. Mariani. Hamb. 1718, 8vo.—Fab. Gr. Lat. Amst. 1726.—Fab. Hauptmanni. Lipsie, 1741, 8vo. From Hudson’s edition, but less accurate.—Fab. Heusingeri, Lipsiw, 1741 and. 1756, 8vo. These two dates belong to the same impres- sion. © This work contains the Latin Interpretation of Camerarius, and the é€ Editor’s own notes with those of Hudson. It was reprinted 1770, 1771, and 1775.—Fab. Desbillons. Paris, by Barbou. 1769, 8vo.—Francisci Jo- sephi Desbillons, S, J. Fabule Asopie, curis posterioribus omnes fere emendate accesserunt plusquam crxx. Nove Manhem, 2 vols. 8vo. with cuts.—Fab. Basil, 1780, 8vo—Fab. Gr. Ernesti Lipsiz. 1781, 8vo. con- taining the legitimate Fables of Alsop only, carefully collated with the Varie Lectiones.—Life of AZsop, by Count Giulio, in Italian. Ven. 1545, curious book, and. very rare—and also, another Life, by Meziriac, printed at Bourg, in Bresse. 1632, 16mo. ZESOP, a Greek Historian, wrote a Romantic History of Alexander the d Great, which was published at Strasburgh, 1486, in German. i THICUS, Author of—Cosmographia, ex Bibliothec. P. Pithzei, cum Schol. Jos. Simleri. Bas. 1575, 16mo. .Paris, 1577. Et cum Mela de Situ Orbis per Jac. Gronovium. Lugd. Bat. 1696, 8vo. him, consisting of seventy-two chapters, entitled,—Charta Regia; being In- structions and Advice concerning the Duties of a Christian Prince. Edit. princeps, Gr. Lat. Venice, 1509, 8vo, Reprinted, Basil, 1518, 8vo. Paris, 1711, in Bib. Patr. Louis XIII. of France, in his youth, translated this work into French, which was first published, Paris, 1612, 8vo. Often reprinted, per M. G. Draudium. Francf. 1615, 4to. The most correct edition is that of Bonche, in a collection entitled, Imperium Orientale. Paris, 1711, 2 vols, fol. The last edition was published at Leipsic, 1733, 8vo. Gr. & Lat. by Grebelius, with notes. This author is often found printed in the same Z volume with AKsop’s Fables. AGAPIUS, of Mount Athos, a Greek Monk, and author of a Treatise wrote in modern Greek, entitled—'The Salvation of Sinners. Published at Venice, 1641 and 1664. AGAR, Wit11am, Chaplain to the 20th Regiment of Foot, and Rector of South Kelsey, &c.—Fourteen Sermons, preached at the Camps near Blanford and Dorchester, in 1756 and 1757, with Proposals for a Military Form of Prayer. Lond. 1759, 8vo. 5s. AGARD, Arruur, a learned and industrious English Antiquary, was born in Derbyshire 1540; died 1615. He was author of the following de- the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th century.—The work for which he is now known is Tetrabiblos, being a Compilation from all the Medical Authors preceding him, as Galen, Archigenes, Dioscorides, &c. It appears to have consisted originally of sixteen Books, of which eight still remain in MS. The other eight have been published first by Aldus, under the title, e Operum Tomus Primus continens 8 Libros Priores Grece. Wen. 1534. The same under the title, De Re Medica Lat. aJ. Bapt. Veronensi. Basil, 1535, fol. and also entitled, Contractz ex Veteribus Medicinz Tetrabiblos, Lat. per Janum Cornarium. © Basil, 1542, fol. Venice, 1543, 8vo. Bas. Hearne’s Collection, vol. i. p. 19. 1771.—Dimensions of the Land of Eng~ land. Ibid. p. 45.—Authority, Office, and Privilege of Heralds in Eng- land. Ibid. p. 60.—Of the Antiquity of Houses or Inns of Court, and of Chancery. Ibid. p.'64.—Of the Diversity of the Names of this Island. Ibid. p. 95.— Antiquity of Arms in England. Ibid. p. 173.— Antiquity of the Name of Duke in England. See Hearne’s Collection, vol. i. p. 184. 1771.—Etymology, Antiquity, and Privileges of Castles in England. (1598. } Ibid. p. 186.—Antiquity of Ceremonies used at Funerals in England, Ibid. p. 212,—Antiquity of Epitaphs in England. Ibid. p. 246.—Anti- Soleriis. 1560, 4 vols. 12mo.—Fragmentum Gracum de Paschate. Paris, 1630, and several others are found inserted in old medical books. ETO N-—On the Constitution of the Church. Edin. 1730, 8vo. AFFLECK, Caprarn.—On the Agitation of the Sea at Antigua. Phil. Trans. Abr. xi. 9. 1755. f AFFLITTO, in Latin DE AFFLICTIS, Martruew, an eminent Law- yer, was born at Naples about 1480; died 1510. The principal of Afilitto’s works are—Commentarius in Constitutiones Siciliz et Neapolis. Franef, 1603, fol—Commentarius super tres libros Feudorum. — Venice, 1534, fol. tlemen in England. Ibid. p. 260.— Antiquity, Power, Order, State, Man- ner, Persons, and Proceedings of the High Court of Parliament in Eng- land. See Hearne’s Collection, vol. i. p. 295. 1771.—Antiquity, Au- thority, and Succession of the High Steward of England. Ibid. vol. ii. p. 41.— Antiquity of the Office of the Constable of England. Ibid. p. 77.— Antiquity of the Office of Earl Marshal of England, Ibid. p. 103.—An- tiquity of the Christian Religion in England. See Hearne’s Collection, vol. ii. p- 106. 1771.—Antiquity, Use, and Ceremony of Lawful Com- bats in England. Ibid. p. 215.—Antiquity of Barons. Ibid. p. 309.—An- politane Antique et Nove.: Venice, 1564, 1584, 1600, and 1635, fol. Franef. 1616, and 1635, fol.—Lecture super Constitutiones utriusque Nea- polis Sicilieque Regni. Leyd. 1535, fol. cum Notis J. Antonii Batti, et aliorum. Venet. 1606, 2 vols. fol. Reprinted under different titles, and with the additions of other writers upon the same subject.—De Jure Proti- gmeseos, cum Baldo et Marantha, Tr. xviii. Francf. 1571 and 1588, 8vo. Reprinted at Spires, 1603, 8vo.—Enumeratio Privilegiorum Fisci. . Basle, 1550, fol.—lLecture super 7 Codicis Justiniani, 1560.—De Consiliariis Principum et Officialibus eligendis ad justitiam regendam Naples. A very tiquity of Sterling Money. Ibid. p. 316. AGAS. See Aceas, E. AGATE, Joun.—His Answer to Mr. Withers and Mr. Trap, concern- ing the Case of the Dissenters. Oxf. 1708, 8vo. AGATE, Wittram, Lecturer of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London.—A Sermon persuasive to Repentance, on Jer. y. 3. 1750, 4to.—On the Fast, on 2 Chron. xx. 3, 4. 1758, 8vo. AGATHANGELUS, an Armenian Historian, Secretary to Tiri- dates, the first Christian King of that Country, and lived in the begin- AFFO, Ireneus, a native of Bussetto, in the duchy of Piacenza, was appointed, in 1768, Professor of Philosophy at Guastalla, where he wrote his—Historia di Guastalla, 4 vols. 4to. It commences with the reign of Charlemagne and the Gonzagos, and finishes in 1776—He wrote also Historia di Parma, printed there, 2 vols. 4to.—Saggio di Memorie sulla h Tipographia Parmese del Secolo 15. Parma, 1791, 4to. This is an ela- borate work, consisting of two parts; in the first he discusses the History of Printing at Parma; and in the second part he describes, according to chro- nological order, fifty of its productions of the 15th century- of the Introduction of Christianity into Armenia, with a Life of King Tiridates. Constantinople, 1709, 4to. AGATHARCHIDES, a voluminous Geographer and Historian, a native of Gnidus, Tutorto Ptolemy Alexander, King of Egypt, about a cen- tury before Christ ; but of his immense writings only very few fragments remain, entitled —Fragmenta Historica de Mare Rubro. Gr. Lat. Per R. Brett. Oxon. 1597, 8vo. Et Gr. ex Photii Bibliotheca, cum Interpreta- tione Rhodomanni. Hudson’s Geographi. Minores, vol. i. This has like- wise been published abroad by the Stephens, at Paris, 1557, 8vo, and Paris, ‘in Palestine, in the 3d century. He composed a Chronology, to convince the heathens of the antiquity of the true religion, and the novelty of the fables of the Pagans. He also left a work entitled —Ccestus, some fragments _ of which were printed in the Mathematici Veteres. These were afterwards translated into French by Guiscard, in his Memoires Militaires, a work # printed at Paris, 1774, 3 vols. 8vo. A great part of this Chronography is Eusebius’s Chronicon, in Greek. AFZELIUS, Avam, author of curious paper, entitled, —Obser vatioy AGATHEMER, a Greek Geographer, is supposed to have flourished in the 3d century. His only work now known is the following :—Geogra~ phiz Expositionum, libri ii. a Tennulio, Gr. et Lat. Amst. 1671, 8vo. Gr Lat. par Jac Gronovium. Leyden, 1697, 4to. Lugd. Bat. 1700. And, lastly, in Hudson’s Geographi Minores, vol. ii. Oxon. 1703. AGATHIAS, a Greek Historian, was born at Myrina, in the 6th cen- tury.—He wrote 5 books on the Reign and Actions of the Emperor Jus- tinian, beginning where Procopius ends, entitled, De Imperio et Rebys Gestis Justiniani, Lat. a Persona Rome. 1516, fol. a Vulcanio, Gr. Lat. _demica de Viribus atque Usu Digitalis Purpurer. Upsal, 1806, 4to.— 202.1791. AGANDER, Nicuoras Grorce.—An Abridgment of the History of _ j Sweden, from the most Antient Time to the Present Day. Translated into French, from the original of M. Lagerbring. Paris, 1788, 12mo.—Select Orations, and other important Papers relative to the Swedish Academy. Translated from the Swedish. 1791, 4to. 7s. 6d. AGANDURU, Ropzric Moris, a Spanish Missionary of the 17th nam. Aug. V. 1518, 4to. : _ AGATHODAMON, Atexanoprinus, author of Delineatio Orbis, ex libris Ptolemxi. Lat. Basil, 1552. Lat. 1584. Per Mercatorem et Ber- tium. Amst. 1618. Lugd. Bat. 1618. AGELIUS, or AGELLI, Awnruony, a native of Sorrento, in the King- dom of Naples, in the 16th century, was celebrated for his general learning ‘and. acquaintance with the learned languages, and for his writing on the Holy Scriptures. — Versio Lat. lib. S. Cyrilli Alex. de Advocationein Spiritu set Veritate, Rom. 1558,—He was employed by Pope Gregory X]II. on
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