Curiosities of the Royal Library at Dresden

479.) Accipe candidissime lector Philippi Beroaldi viri doctissimi in asinum aureum L. Apulei ex Archetypo redimpressa (Arte singularique in imprimendis libris industria honesti viri Magistri Ioannis Philippi) Commentaria, quod si probaveris, spero te brevi, hac venustissima litera, ejusdem Floridorum libros, cum plerisque aliis Apulei monumentis, quam emendatissime consecuturum. Accept, most candid reader, the Commentaries of the most learned man Philippus Beroaldus on the Golden Ass of L. Apuleius, reprinted from the archetype (by the singular art and industry in printing books of the honest man Master Ioannis Philippus); if you approve of this, I hope that shortly, in this most beautiful type, you will obtain the same books of Floridorum, along with most other monuments of Apuleius, most correctly amended. At the end stands: Impressum Lutecie charactere admodum venusto expensis Ludovici Hornken, & Gottfredi Hittorpii sociorum virorum integerrimorum, Industria vero cumprimis honesti viri Magistri Joannis Philippi, Anno a partu virgino 1512. f. 206. Blätter. Printed in Paris in a very beautiful character at the expense of Ludovicus Hornken and Godfredus Hittorpius, most honest partners, but especially by the industry of the honest man Master Ioannes Philippus, in the year from the Virgin birth 1512. folio, 206 leaves.

Everything that stands in the preceding edition is also to be found in this very clean one, namely Beroaldus's dedication to Peter, Archbishop of Colocza in Hungary, his preface and life of Apuleius, the text of Apuleius with Beroaldus's explanations, and lastly the epigram of Coelius Calcagnini Ferrariensis, likewise Philippus Beroaldus's Endecasyllabon eleven-syllable poem to the Golden Ass. Added to this edition, and placed at the end, is the dedication of Jo. Kierher of Slettstädt—who taught the liberal arts in Paris—to his students Albert Truchses and Georg Goeler, Canons at Speyer, the same man's epigram on this edition, and his

extensive register of the most distinguished words. The judgment of Claudius Verderius, which is read in Morhof's Polyhistor Vol. I, Book IV, Cap. XIV, § 3, is admittedly unfair, yet it deserves to be cited. "Philippus Beroaldus," are his words, "was a man addicted to certain dictionaries, from which he stole everything: he is very lazy; he dozes over Apuleius. If I wished to pursue all his errors, a book of a large volume would have to be issued." Many others judge him differently, such as Pope-Blount, Paul Jovius, Erasmus, Lipsius, Ang. Politianus, [and] Scioppius, to whom more belief is to be given in this matter. Conf. Compare Baillet.

480.) Commentaria Epistolarum conficiendorum Henrici Bebeli Justingensis, Poeta Laureati, Poeticam & Oratoriam publice profitentis in studio Tubingensi. Commentaries on the composing of letters by Henricus Bebelius of Justingen, Poet Laureate, publicly teaching poetry and oratory at the University of Tübingen. Contra epistolandi modos Pontii & aliorum. Against the epistolary methods of Pontius and others. Contra Epistolas Caroli Commentaria de Abusione lingvae latinae apud Germanos, & de proprietate ejusdem. Against the letters of Carolus, commentaries on the abuse of the Latin language among the Germans, and on the propriety of the same. Vocabularius optimarum dictionum. Haec omnia denuo emendata sunt. Vocabulary of the best words. All these things have been amended anew. Annotationes & lima in Mammotractum, cum novis additionibus. Annotations and polish for the Mammotractus, with new additions. Annotationes novae pro lingva latina. New annotations for the Latin language. De Magistratibus Romanorum, cum expositione terminorum. On Roman magistrates, with an explanation of terms. Nomina latina artificum. Latin names of craftsmen. Nomina morborum corporis humani latine & graece. Names of diseases of the human body in Latin and Greek. Nomina propria Sanctorum, & eorum interpretatio. Expositio qua-