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AUGUSTISSIMO ET BENEFICENTISSIMO

PRINCIPI

GULIELMO IV.

ANIMI IN POPULUM PATERNI

QUI FRATREM TÒN MAKAPÍTHN

SUMMA PIETATE ET OBSERVANTIA

EST PROSECUTUS

HOC OPUS

GEORGII IV.

PATROCINIO SUSCEPTUM

LIBERALITATE PERFECTUM

D. D. D.

A. J. V.

PRÆFATIO.

HUMANITATIS et Literarum studiosorum commodis haud mediocrem in modum consultum iri arbitrabamur, si celeberrimum illud opus, in usum Serenissimi Delphini olim concinnatum, illustratum, et apud nos quasi consecratum, novæ incudi, prelo nostro Britannico redderemus; quippe quod importune requirebat publica vox, et clamose flagitabat; et rarescebat adeo jampridem apud bibliopolas universa singulorum voluminum congeries, ut vix impetranda et exoranda esset. Concedendum est etenim, omnes et singulos auctores in usum Delphini editos, collectim, vix ullius pretii tunc dierum emi potuisse ideoque collectionem omnium editionum Delphinianarum, commentariis, observationibus, discursibus, et notis criticorum optimorum probatissimis, una cum notitiis literariis, tam librorum impressorum quam manuscriptorum, qui in publicis Britanniæ bibliothecis inveniendi sunt, adjunctis, in uno fasciculo comprehensam, pro nucleo elegantiarum, et florilegio copiosissimo bibliothecis publicis

accommodatissimo, et librorum collectoribus, atque omnibus literarum classicarum studiosis, indice quasi promto, et directorio utilissimo, sumendam atque coagmentandam esse.

Deterrebat attamen nos tanti operis magnitudo, nimia impensa ingravescens onus quam cui privatorum humeri sufficere valerent, nisi labori subvenirent manus rite auxiliatrices, nisi incepto aspirarent refocillatrices auræ. At grata supervenit suffragatorum cohors atque patronorum; in id quod maxime verebamur, lucrum incertum, ingratum, impensis non responsurum, allatæ sunt suppetiæ; ascripta sunt nomina clarorum, nobilium, doctorum, omni laude, summis gratiis cumulandorum virorum, qui collatitiis quasi stipendiis nobis succurrere non sunt dedignati. Non defuit ipsa magnanimi regis majestas, doctorum et doctrinæ adjutrix, qui regiam nominis auctoritatem et interventum benevolentior largitus est. Amoto igitur isto ad quem adhærere potuissemus obice, summa industria et intentiore animo ad laborem nosmet accinximus indies procliviorem, et editiones veterum Latinorum scriptorum, quos Classicos Gellius appellat, incude reficiendas, reformandas, et limatius expoliendas curavimus.

Ast enimvero summa industria et axpißsía indices, qui et optimi et selectissimi, exquisitius elaboratos

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