558 
correftion of places wherein the abridge- 
ment is a fubftitute for the loft text, and 
alfo to re-eftablifh many. paflages of the 
text itfelf. This MS. has been removed 
from the library of Sedan, to that of Paris, 
from whence it was fent to M. Schweig- 
heufer, by order of the Minifter of the 
Interior. The fecond, and the moft im- 
portant, has been brought from Venice to 
Paris. It is believed to be of the tenth 
century, and confequently is more antient 
than any of the MSS. known to the fame 
author. But what renders it more valu- 
able, is, that it is evidently the original of 
all thofe that arenow extant. - The proofs 
of this are unqueftionable, being the fame 
by which a MS, of Longinus, of the fame 
library, is. equally recognized to be an 
original: that isto fay, that all the gaps 
found in the copies, whether manufcript 
or printed, correfpond exactly with the 
leaves, or portions of leaves, which are 
cefe&tive in this latter. One reflection 
which arifes refpeCting the fate of this MS. 
brought from Italy te France within thele 
laft few years, is, that the great revolu- 
tion which has tranfported to France fo 
many monuments of the fciences and the 
arts, will {peedily redound to the advan- 
tace of both the one and the other. Thofe 
chet d zuvres of antient {culpture, and of 
the modern pencil, which drew artifts 
from all parts to vifit them, who were 
Lift of New Publicationss 
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obliged to ftudy them in hafte, and to quit 
them with regret, will now have abun- 
dantly more pupils from all quarters than 
they had at Rome or Florence, in the times 
of the Popes and of the Medicis. ‘The 
firft and moft antient copies, approaching 
to their primitive purity, not only of Athe= 
nus, but of all the antient authors, were 
ulelefsly buried in St. Mark’s, or the Vati- 
can, &c. &c. but no fooner are thefe trea-. 
fures of Icaly in the hands of the French, 
than they are inftantly © diffeminated 
throughout the whole learned world, and 
Italy hevfelf enjoys the gifts that France 
fheds upon her. The work of Athenzeus 
here alluded to, is an immenfe compila- 
tion, containing a charming colle&tion of | 
antholegy, and 2. number of fragments, 
not only from the actient poets, but alfo 
from the writings o: the antient hiftori- 
ans, philofaphers, grammarians, &c. in 
all the various departments of criticifm, 
inthe (ciences, and the arts. The expli- 
cation, &c. of iuch an author, cemands, 
confequerily, mors extenfive knowledge 
than thai which is requifite merely to un- 
deritand well any of the feparate claffes 
abovementioned. We learn, from the 
fame fource, that M. de la Rochette is re- 
ving another famous MS, from whichhe 
propofes to publifh the Greek Anthology 
entire; a work hitherto known but. very 
imperfectly. P 
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