Middle Ages* jy 
of Hermolaus Barbarus was publifhed 
in 1492. To Hermolaus fucceeded B r.u n s - 
FELSius, Petrus Leydejijisy Lacuna, Ama- 
Tus LusiTANUs, Robert Constantine, 
VaL CoRDUs, and feveral others; and 
' finally Matthiolus, whofe work has fu- 
' perfeded the reft. It was firft printed in 
^1554, and paffed through feventeen edi- 
tions. If we may believe one of the corre- 
fpondents of this author, thirty-two thou- 
fand copies had been fold before the year 
1561 The beft edition, with the ac- 
- ceffions of Caspar Bauhine in 1598, 
ftill finds a reputable place in modern li- 
.-braries. 
Among the illuftrators of Pliny, Her-- 
molaus Barbarus in 1492 ftood foremoft. 
His Cajiigationes Fliniancey were publifhed 
in 1492, in which he fuccefsfully corredted 
the text ; and Leonicenus, in the fame 
: year, was the firft who employed critical 
knowledge on this author, The corrup- 
tions of the text afforded grtat fcope after-^ 
wards to Galenius, Rhenanus, Pin-i 
? Matthiol. Oper, Omn, Ed. 1674. m Epijl, p. 150^ 
P 3 tiani, 
