lished at Basil in 1565, 8vo. Consult _Polyhist. Liter._
vol. i. 199: _Jugemens des Savans_, vol. iii. art. 887, but
more particularly Niceron's _Memoires des Hommes Illustres_,
vol. xxx. In regard to Neander, Vogt has given the title at
length (a sufficiently tempting one!) calling the work "very
rare," and the preface of Neander (which is twice the length
of the work) "curious and erudite." See his _Catalog.
Libror. Rarior._, p. 614, edit. 1793.]

[Footnote 105: LA CROIX DU MAINE'S book appeared toward the
end of the year 1584; and that of his coadjutor, ANTHONY
VERDIER, in the beginning of the subsequent year. They are
both in folio, and are usually bound in one volume. Of these
works, the first is the rarest and best executed; but the
very excellent edition of both of them, by DE LA MONNOYE and
JUVIGNY, in six volumes, 4to., 1772, which has realized the
patriotic wishes of Baillet, leaves nothing to be desired in
the old editions--and these are accordingly dropping fast
into annihilation. It would appear from an advertisement of
De Bure, subjoined to his catalogue of Count Macarty's
books, 1779, 8vo., that there were then remaining only
eleven copies of this new edition upon LARGE PAPER, which
were sold for one hundred and twenty livres. Claude Verdier,
son of Antony, who published a supplement to Gesner's
Bibliotheca, and a "_Censio auctorum omnium veterum et
recentiorum_," affected to censure his father's work, and
declared that nothing but parental respect could have
induced him to consent to its publication--but consult the
_Jugemens des Savans_, vol. ii. 87-8, upon Claude's filial
affection; and Morhof's _Polyhist. Literar._, vol. i., 176,
concerning the "Censio," &c.--"misere," exclaims Morhof,
"ille corvos deludit hiantes: nam ubi censuram suam exercet,
manifestum hominis phrenesin facile deprehendas!" The
ancient editions are well described in _Bibl. Creven._, vol.
v., 277-8, edit. 1776--but more particularly by De Bure,
nos. 6020-1. A copy of the ancient edition was sold at
West's sale for 2_l._ 15_s._ See _Bibl. West._, No. 934.]

[Footnote 106: JOHN BAPTIST CARDONA, a learned and
industrious writer, and bishop of Tortosa, published a
quarto volume at Tarracona, in 1537, 4to.--comprehending the
following four p