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We deem this a proper place for the infertion of the following ditlertation on the At-lantica of Rudbcck , a work but little known out of the fphere of the learned—

01 . Rudbeckii Atlantica, Pars I —1 V.—Upfalhe, 167 5—1702, folio.

Olf Rudbecks Atland Mer Manheim etc. Olavii Rudbeckii Atlantica five Manheim,.vera Japheti poflerovum fedes ac patria, ex qua non tantuin monarchal et reges ad totumfere orbem reliquum regendum ac domandum ftirpefque fuas in eo condendas, led etiamScvthce Barbari, Afte, Gigantes, Gothi, Phryges, Trojani, Amazones, Thraces, Li-bves Mauri, Tufci, Galli, Cimbri, Cimmerii, Saxones, Germani, Suevi, Longobar-di Vandali, Heruli, Gepidm, Teutones, Angli, Pidtores, Dani, Sicambri, aliique vir-tute clari et celebres populi olim exierunt. Upfalae. excudit Henricus Curio, S. R. M.et Academi® Upfal. Bibliopola. A. 1675, in folio, pp. 891, exclufove of the dedicationand preface in three pages.

Olf Rudbecks. Atlands eller Man’neims andra deel. &c. Olavi Rudbeckii Atlanticsrfive Maheimii pars focunda, in qua folis lunse, ac terrm cultus deferibitur, omnifque adeofuperftitionis hujufee origo parti Sueonim feptentrionali, terra puta cimmeriorum vindi-cate ex qua deinceps in orbem reliquum divulgata eft: idque feriptorum non tantumdomefticorum, fed etiam externorum, maxime vero veterum atque do&iffimarum fabu-larum fide, quarum explicatio genuina nufquam ante hanc noftram in lucem prodiit.Accedunt demonftrationes certiffim® quae feptentrionales noftros in maxime genuinumfolis ac lunee motum, indeque pendentem accuratiflxmam temporum rationem, multoet prius et felicius, quam gentem aliam ullam olim penetraffe, ac etiam alia multa adhanc ufque diem incognita declarant. Upfalsc excudit Henricus curio S. R. M. et Acad.Upfal. Bibliopola. anno 1689, in folio, pp« 672, without the preliminary matter.

Olf Rudbecks. Atlands eller Manheims tridie Deel &c. Olavii Rudbeckii Atlantic® feuManheimii pars tertia , in qua vetuftiffima majorum noftrorum Atlantidum lapidibus, fagoatque cortici Runas fuas incidendi ratio, una cum tempore quo ilia primum cceperit,exponitur. Deinde aurei numeri fingulis annis tributi, et fignorum coelefiium, quaehinc ad Grecos et Latinos funt Iranflata, vera origo ac fignificatio traditur. Turn fexillse a diluvio Noachi proximo; eetates, atque in illis prima Atlantidum noftrorum reipub-licm forma deferibuntur ; quae migrationes et bella fub Boreo feu Saturno ejufque filioThoro feu Jove gefta funt recenfentur ; et denique Scytharum, Phoenicum, et Amazo-num hie ducibus in Indo.—Scythiam et Phceniciam feu Paleftinam a Sueonia fa&® ex-peditiones enarrantur. Ouibus omnibus Mythologi® per plures, quarum fenfus in huncufque diem incognitus heic detnum dele&us prodit, jucund® fan® et perquam utiles ad-

jungun^u^^ ^ grat i one Diogenis in quemdam Cappadocem : non venit Scytha telo vedtusper Iftrum aut Tanaim, fed in univerfam terrain et mare.”

* Upfalae, Typis et impends autoris. Anno MDCXCVIII. (1698) in folio, pp. 762,

exclufive of preliminary matter. # ,,,, . .

Qlf Rudbecks Atlands eller Manheims, fierde del. Olavi Rudbeckii Atlantic® feuMaheimii, pars quarta, (Upfal® typis et impenfis autoiis, 1702,) in folio, pp. 210.

Johan. Molleri ad Sueciam litteratam Js Schefferi Hypomnemata, page 415. Bibliothecahi ft orica Struvio-Buderiana 2d book , page 1602. Lenglet du Frefnoy, catalogue des princi-pal hiftoriens, methode, &c. Paris 1735, in quarto, tom. 4, pp, 285. Niceron, me-moires tom. 31, P* U9- S. J. Baumgarten’s Na'chrichten von Merkviir digen Buchern,’ 2 Band 3