Greek books by Colinæus. Books printed at Eton college. Books printed under the patronage of Leo X. Miscellaneous English literature. Old English poetry. anecdotes of early printed books. Early

tes of Literature and scarce Books ; e Rev. William Beloe, Translator of dotus, &c. Vol. III. 8vo. pp. 412. 95.-Rivingtons; London, 1808. had great pleasure in perusing, nging the public acquainted with, > former volumes of this work; have not found the present volume resting in itself, nor so well calculamuse, and convey information to, in general. The collectors of books will certainly reap some adfrom Mr. Beloe's labours; but chiefly beholden to Mattaire, to , to Audiffredi, to Laire, to Re, to Meerinan, de Bure, Dibdin, d as their works, together with catalogues of celebrated libraries, ady in the hands of the curious e scholars; we much doubt whemight not have spared himself a rable part of his pains.-If he had d us with descriptions of such is he had himself examined, or disin the various libraries to which he I access, we should have considered es under no small obligation to The contents of this vol. are as follows: but we feel no such sensation, for "Account of the earlier Bibles. Novum ts of books given on the autho Testamentum. German Bibles. Polish works open to our inspection as Bibles. Olivetan Bible. Edward the his. We say this with undimi- | Sixth's Catechism. Miscellaneous Biolirespect for Mr. Beloe, He excal. Theological. Tindal. Polyglot Psalan apprehension (Pref. p. xiv,) ter. New Testament in Latin Hexameto common readers this present ters. God's Plea for Ninevah. Erastus e may not be particularly interest- Senior. Guide to Grand Jurymen. ChryThere are some things in it, he someson. Wedding Sermons. Life of that may be generally entertain- Joane of the Crosse. Alexandrian Maat he is aware, that the bibliogra- nuscript. Wilson's Bible. The Primer. nd curious collector may be best Hymns and Songs of the Church. Goded with this, which is the precursor ly and spiritual songs. Martin Mar-Premore for which he has prepared late. Martin's Month's Minde. Two ials." We are convinced, how-notable Sermons. Jon Bon. Greek that unless he draws more from his Books from 1476 to 1500. Greek Books tores, and unless he confines him- by Aldus before 1500. Greek Books by the notice of such books as he has Aldus without date. Early Editions of ith in his own person; he will save Virgil. Early Printers. John Mentelin. graphers and collectors very little Ulric Zel. George Laver. Sweynheim e-We like his bill of fare for the and Pannartz. Bishop of Aleria. Pomwo volumes very well; particularly ponius Lætus. Rare books of the 15th ticles which we express in Italics. century. Greek Books in capital letters. at pledging himself to "any speci-Rare editions of Latin Poets of the 15th angement," Mr. B. says his mate- century. Latin Translations of the Greek repared are" An account of some Peets." Greek books printed at Venice and me, by Callivergus. The first books dat Paris, by Ægidius Gormontius. 1. VI. [Lit. Pan. May, 1809]

French Literature. General miscellaneous anecdotes."

We hope we shall find, in the promised volumes, anecdotes indeed ;-things not hitherto published; for that is the meaning of the word.

Mr. Beloe has been permitted to look into several distinguished libraries; particularly those of Earl Spencer and the Bishop of Ely, (late of Rochester,) Bishop Dampier; and we feel happy, as Englishmen, that in their lordships' possession, and in the King's library, and in Mr. Cracherode's collection, now in the British Museum, is deposited such a treasure of scarce books; comprising so many speci mens of early typography. In certain instances Mr. B. urges the propriety of collating those ancient copies. In several of them he has discovered various readings of importance. For this sort of information he deserves the thanks of all learned men.

Our readers will naturally suppose that these subjects are not all treated of at equal length. Oa some we find a good

is very meagre. Thus, for instance, under the head "Alexandrian manuscript," we only find what follows;

deal of discussion; what is said on others, he judges rightly. We expect very sQC to see this point settled by Mr. Archde con Churton, whose life of Dean Now! (which we take this opportunity of a nouncing) is in a state of forwardness f publication. It will contain an unpal lished portrait of that great protestant ¿ vine, engraved after a picture in the po session of Dr. Sherson, whose moth was a Nowell.

Ten copies only of the Alexandrian manuscript of the Greek testament in the British Museum were printed upon vellum. They were subscribed for by the following indivi

duals:

His Majesty, Duke of Grafton, Lord Sandys, Mr. Peachy, Mr. Burrell, Rev. Mr. Cracherode, Rev. Mr. Rose, Mr Jackson, Mr. Nicolls (Qr. Nicol), Rev. Dr. Lort.

Dr. Lort's copy was purchased by the Bishop of Rochester. Mr. Jackson's copy was sold by auction at Leigh and Sotheby's rooms. Of this Jackson see some account in my former volumes.

The next article, on "Wilson's Bible," is of the same kind. "Ten large paper copies were printed of it, and of those two were imperfect." There are only six entire lines in p. 116, where this important information is recorded.

In pp. 18, 19, mention is made of the Polish Bible, printed " Curâ et sumptibus Nicolai Radzivilii, Palatini Vilnensis," 1563; and Mr. B. says, "he is informed that the famous text I, John 5, 7, is to be found in it; from whence it is to be inferred, that the Vulgate was the original from whence the version was made." "It was entirely superintended by the leaders of the Socinians, among whom was the celebrated Michael Servetus.". We do not subscribe to Mr. B.'s inference; particularly as the Bible in question is described to have been published "à Socinianis ex Hebraicis et Græcis Fontibus." We think it will be somewhat difficult to prove, that Servetus, the Spaniard, once an advocate at Toulouse, then a graduated doctor of physic in the university of Paris, settled at Vienne in Dauphiny as a physician, and afterwards burnt at Geneva, on his way to Naples, where he meant to practice in the medical faculty, any share in superintending the Polish Bible. It is a curious circumstance that the controverted text should appear in this Bible. The Fratres Polonici have not determined on its being an interpolation, as some later divines, (rashly enough, we think,) have pronounced it to be.

had

P. 22. Edward the Sixth's catechism. Mr. B. inclines to give the drawing up of this catechism to the learned Alex. Nowell, dean of St. Paul's ; and we think

Pp. 49, 50, 51. Thordinary of Cry ten Men. By Wynken de Worde.

There are two editions of this book, bo the other in 1506. printed by Wynken de Worde; one in 150 Both are ornament

with wooden cuts, but these are totally dif rent in the two editions; though I belie the contents of the two editions are same.

This book is minutely described by H bert; but, as he has given no extract, t following concise one may be acceptable:

"Here foloweth the ten paynes of partye of the body that these dampned suff in hell (and every of them devysed in four and so they ben forty paynes.

The first is fyre ryght cruelly brennynge, The second is colde so moche fresynge, The thyrde grete cryes of dolour witho ceasynge,

The fourth smoke the whiche may not hell be lefte,

The fyfth odour and stynkynge moche he ryble,

The syxte vysyon of devylles terryble, The seventh hungre tourmentynge cruell The eyghth thyrste the whiche torme teth in lyke wyse,

The nynth grete shame and confusyon. The tenth in all his membres afflyceyon. the whiche it is to understande, that na The firste payne is of fyre brennynge, withstandynge that the fyre of hell is a thyng corporall (and of the same nature as is th of this worlde), how be it they differ in four thynges. The firste is in sharpness of het for it is more hote than is oures, of as inoch as oures is more hoter than that the whiche i paynted on a wall, after as sayth saint Austy the whiche is none other thynge to under stand, but that we be not suffycyent for $ garde and comparyson of oures. Of th ymagine the excesse of the fyre of hell in re which evermore we have soo mervayllous ex peryens, that there is noo metall nor othe thynge but that it melteth, brenneth ar al treth, and therefore esmervayll the tourment o the fyre of hell what it may be. The secoot dyfference of the fyre of hell and of oures i lesseth and consumeth his mater, but that of as unto the hardenes for oures is in beynge hell is eternall and never lesseth. For for

ever ber mater shall endure. That is to understande the body and the soule of dampned yours them holdeth alwayes in the one maner. Thyrdely they differre in lyght, for how be it that that of hell is grete and brennynge ever more yet it yeldeth no lyght, the whiche is ony thynge pleasaunte, but all the yght, and lyght the whiche is in hell, it is for to torment grevously these that ben dampned. Fourthly they differre, for it conserveth in beynge the thynge that it brenneth and boyleth to chaunge into ashes, or in to other nature. By these foure thynges appereth, that none understandynge is suffycyent to comprehende the horybylyte of suche tour

mest.

Here in the words printed in Italics we see the source of Milton's "darkness vible, which served but to discover sights of woe, &c."

Many typographical errors deform this volume" omnia vividi !" "Silius Attins!" &c.

We remark a mistake, into which Mr. B has fallen, in p. 272. Sweynheim and Pannartz, the celebrated Roman printers, who first, indeed, carried the art of printing to Italy, were in great distress at Rome. They were in want of the com mon necessaries of life. They caused an epistle to be addressed to the Pope in which they are made to say "Ingens omptus ad victum necessarius, cessantibas emtoribus, ferri amplius à nobis Dequit. Et ementes non esse, ullum est gravius testimonium, quam quod domus nostra, satis magna, plena est quinterniDEM, inanis verum necessarium." Says Mr. B"The reader will observe that the expression here used for sheets is quinternions, which proves that they did not divide their paper as we do."-In our judgment the word means no such thing; but simply this, that their house was full of large volumes. The letter printed at the bottom of the first page of a sheet, by way of signature, fixing the order of the sheets for the information of the binder, was not marked, as now, A, and then, after going through the alphabet and on commencing a second, 2 A; but first A,

then

AA, then AAA, terniones as they are called in the direction to the Binder; then the letters are put four times, quaternines; then even five times, quinterniones. The term quinterniones refers not to the mode of folding the sheets, but to the gnatures the re-publication of signatures which they bore.

Titi Lucretii Cari de rerum primordia natura, Libri vi. cum argumentis.

Veronæ, excudebat Paulus Fridanperger.
Anuo 1486. Folio.

tion of Lucretius, which it is not.
De Bure and others calls this the first edi
exceedingly scarce and curious. The Colo-
But it is
phon has often exercised the sagacity of bibli-
ographers.

Paulus hunc impressit Fridenperger in Verona, qui genitus est in Patavia alæ mag

næ ab incarnatione Christi MCCCCLXXXVI. die vigessimo octavo Septembris Calen. Octo bris."

Ala' magna is by Maittaire interpreted to mean Alemania, that is Germany, who also considers Patavia to signify Passaw; but what lends of October can imply, is far beyond my the twenty-eighth day of September the cacomprehension.

De Bure from Mattaire assigns very erro neously the superintendance of this edition to tius corrected the edition, by Aldus, of 1500. Hieronymus Avantius. Hieronymus Avan

Spencer's collection, at the British Museum There are copies of this edition in Lord (Cracherode's), and with the Bishop of Rochester.

The text of this edition is remarkably in

correct."

28th day of September is one of the caWe have here only to remark, that the lends of October, being the 4th of the calends of the latter month.

The titles of many early printed books are now only to be found in the Colophons subjoined. By a late act of parliament, printers are obliged to insert their name and place of abode on the first and the last leaf of the books they send from their presses. It were an excellent thing, for the sake of posterity, to add, at least, an abbreviated title of each book in the way of an ancient Colophon.

This third volume is dedicated to his grace the archbishop of Canterbury; and Mr. Beloe in the conclusion of his preface, thus remarks:

with entreating those who may possess literary I conclude this preface, as I did the former, such things are deposited, to oblige me with rarities, or who may chance to know where the loan of them, or to inform me where I may have access to them.

the conclusion of the fifth volume, and they I reserve the additions and corrections to will be accompanied by a general Index to the whole work.

might cost them their lives to be out in the air. The Sensitive Plant hop'd her friend would ex-volume in search of an instance. The decuse her,