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2 Band, Halle, 1752, in 8 vo. pp. 98. Jo Vogt, catal. libror. vancr, p. 589. Job. Ihrc.differt. duo de caujis raritatis librorum, Upfal, 1743, in $to. page 19, 20. Dan. GerdcsFlorilegium libror. varior. Groningce, 1747, in Svo. p. 313. Bibliotb. Vffenbach.- univerf.libri 2, pp. 478. Bibliotheca Seledlifima , (Jo.Theod. de Schoenberg) A mil. 1743, in 8 vo.liber. 1. p. 88. lib. 2, p. 584. Bibliotb . Breitenaviana Lubeca, 1 747, in 4to book 2, p. 427.Catal. bibliotb. Voogiana. Drefden, 1755, in 8vo. p. 465 and 597. Bibliotb. Ad. Rud.Solger, p. 1. Norimb. 1760, in Svo. p. 130. Catal. libror. Comitis Caroli EhrenpreusHolm, 1761, in 8vo. p. 11.

I have a&ually before me two copies of the fir ft book of the Atlantica of Rudbeck,one of which is dated 1675, the other 1679, in vain have I turned over the leaves frombeginning to end ; I have been unable to diftinguifh any difference except that at thebottom of the title page of the copy dated 1679, the following is printed : Editio fecun-da, multis in locis emendata et avita. Accedunt judicia et variorum doctorum infigni-uin ; in every thing elfe the two copies perfeftly refemble, correfponding with- eachother, page by page, and line by line, as well in the Swedifh language, as in the Latin v erfion ; nor is there any addition, corrections, or opinions of learned men. It may,therefore, be the cafe as afferted by Struve, and after him by Vogt, that nothing but thetitle page has been renewed, firft in 1679, and afterwards in 1684. I have not, indeed,hitherto feen any copy bearing the latter date, but, on the other hand, I have feen onein which the year of its being printed was entirely omitted. Poffibly thefe copies mighthave been intended particularly for foreign countries.

However that may be, for certainly it was in contemplation in fome part of Germany ,to reprint the firjl volume. This impreffion, however, is unknown in Sweden , whereI was unable to ferret out any more than a tingle copy. It was in the poffeffion of Mr.Baumgarten, who informed me that it contained the Latin verfion only, and that efpecialcare had been taken to indicate in the margin, the pages of the original edition.

The dedication at the head of this volume is addrefied to Olaus Verilius , a celebratedantiquary, and particular friend of the author. Rudbeck in this explains the motiveswhich induced him to undertake this wrnrk, and annex a Latin verfion, the labour ofwhich, he allows, was participated by one of his friends. In Joach F. Felleri, OtiumHanoverianum, Lips. 1718, 8vo. p. 146.; the illuftrious Leibnitz is hated to have faid,“Rudbeckim curabat per Schefferum fua omnia verti latine, non enim libenter hac linguafcribebat, Germanica libentius.” I know not from whom Leibnitz received this anecdote,but it appears to me a bold charge ; for however poorly informed on fubjecfs of litera-ture, it is known to the mereft novice, that Rudbeck and Verelius were far from beingonfriendly terms with Scheffer : moreover, fhould Scheffer have acceded to the requeft ofRudbeck, to tranflate his Atlantica into Latin , itwould have been impoflible he could havegiven more than the firft volume, as he died the 26th April, 1679. On my part I fhouldmore willingly credit with the famous Eric Benzelius, that Profeffor Andrew Norcopenfs,fince known by the name of Noordenbiehn, was the tranflator at leaft of the firft volume,the fucceeding one being attributable to another friend of Rudbeck ’s, that is to fay,Peter Salan, mentioned byM. Celfius, Hiftor. biblioth. Upfal, p. 116.

Bayle and Tentzel have given extracts from this volume; the former in the Nouvellesde la Republique de Retires, Jan. et Feb. 16S5 ; the latter in Monalt. unterredungen, Feb.mid March, 1690.

I ought not to omit that feveral geographical and chronological charts belong to thisv olume, with feveral engravings from wood. As both one and the other are of muchRrger fize than the book, they are bound up by themfelves, and form afeparate"volume.

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