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arranged alphabetically. The second part, which 

 he called the Pandects, appeared in 1 548, divided 

 into nineteen books, and arranged according to the 

 nature of the subjects : the twentieth book was to 

 oe devoted to medical subjects, but was never 

 rinished, as the author was unable to satisfy himself 

 as to its completeness and accuracy; the twenty-first 

 embraced theological authors and did not appear till 

 about a year after the rest.* Many editions of 

 Greek and Latin authors, with notes and commen- 

 taries, were published by Gesner, as well as several 

 Dictionaries, amended and enlarged, such as the 

 Latin Lexicon Ambr. Calepini^ Greek Dictionary 

 of Favorini, &c. He likewise published many por- 

 tions of Greek manuscripts which he had copied 

 during his travels in Italy and Venice, such as the 

 Aphorisms of Abbas Maximus, Institutions of Theo- 

 philus, the Oration of Tatianus Assyrius, translating 

 several of them into Latin, and adding explanatory 

 notes ; besides many other treatises relating to an- 

 cient literature. One of the most curious and in- 

 genious of his productions on literary subjects was 

 published in 1555, under the name of Mithridates, 

 or an inquiry " De differentiis linguarum," an inves- 

 tigation for which his extensive acquaintance botli 

 with ancient and contemporaneous languages ad- 

 mirably qualified him. He originated many views 

 in this work which have been more fully developed 



* An abridgment of the Bib. Universalis, with the addition 

 of a good deal of new matter, by Simler and J. J. Fries, was 

 published at Zurich in 1583, 1 vol. foL 



