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on that subject: 1 . Rerum Itulicarum Scriptures ( a . d . 600-1500), quo-rum potissima pars nunc primum in lucem prodit, &c. 28 vols. in folio,Milan , I.XX."

1723-1738, 1751. A volume of chronological and alphabetical tablesis still wanting as a key to this great work, which is yet in.a disorder-ly and defective state. 2. Antiquitates Italia medii JEvi, 6 vols. in folio,

Milan , 1733-1743, in 75 curious dissertations on the manners, govern-ment, religion, &c. of the Italians of the darker ages, with a large sup-plement of charters, chronicles, &c. 3. Dissertationi sepra le Anliquita

Italiane, 3 vols. in 4to. Milano , 1751, a free version by the author,which may be quoted with the same confidence as the Latin text ofthe Antiquities. 4. Annali d' Italia, 18 vols. in octavo, Milan , 1753-1756, a dry though accurate and useful abridgement of the history ofItaly from the birth of Christ to the middle of the eighteenth century.

5. Dell’ Antichita Estense et Italiane, 2 vols. in folio, Modena , 1717,

1740. In the history of this illustrious race, the parent of our Bruns-wick kings, the critic is not seduced by the loyalty or gratitude of thesubject. In all his works, Muratori approves himself a diligent andlaborious writer, w ho aspires above the prejudices of a Catholic priest.

He was born in the year 1672, and died in the year 1750, after pass-ing near sixty years in the libraries of Milan and Modena (Vita delProposto Ludovico Antonio Muratori , by his nephew and successorGian. Francesco Soli Muratori, Venezia, 1750, in 4to.)