[8] Quoted from the edition of St. Jerome's _De viris illustribus_ in J. A. Fabricius, _Bibliotheca ecclesiastica_, Hamburg, 1718, p. 13. I have used this edition because it contains useful notes on these authors. [9] A pupil of the Milesian historian Hellanicus and author of an account of the ancestors of the men who fought at Troy, a catalogue of tribes and cities, and a book on poets and sophists. [10] The author of various geographical treatises, among which I see nothing clearly bibliographical in nature. See a very interesting account in Jonsius, pp. 173-175, which begins by raising the question whether Agatharcides is to be considered a writer of bibliography. [11] The author of a general biobibliography. [12] The author of a book on famous women. [13] The author of four books on famous men and four books on famous women. [14] A disciple of Aristotle and the author of a collection of biographies. [15] The author of a treatise on Heraclea in Pontus and its famous men. This is an early instance of a regional biobibliography. [16] See _Bibliotheca bibliothecarum_ (Rouen, 1672), p. 40, Leipzig, 1682, p. 67. I have not tried to run down Labbé's reference to "St. Jerome, p. 62." Something has gone wrong with Labbé's introductory words: "Ex antiquis Damastae Sigiaeo facile quoque fuerit plures qui de vitis Eruditorum Hominum scripserunt, puta Agatharcidem Cnidium,..." The sense is, however, obvious. [16a] For the bibliographical details of the bibliographies of bibliographies cited in this essay see the "Bibliography." [17] Fols. 1^a-42^b. This meaning of _grammatica_ (grammar) is still seen in the titles of such books as Cardinal Newman's _An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent_ (London, 1870); Karl Pearson's _The Grammar of Science_ (London, 1892); and Kenneth Burke's _A Grammar of Motives_ (New York, 1945). For other references see _A New English Dictionary_, s.v. "grammar," 6. [18] "De varijs," fols. 18^a-30^b. [19] There is an unpublished translation by Conrad Clauser. Gesner gives this information and the information in the four following notes. I have quoted it to show his careful procedure as a bibliographer. [20] Stephanus Niger (fl. 1498) has translated a large portion and there is also, it is said, a translation by Hieronymus Parisetus (1520-1600). A complete translation, which is said to exist in Italy, has not yet been printed. [21] Fragments are extant, and scraps have been printed in Heraclides Ponticus, _De furtis poetarum_. [This is a reference to Heraclitus (sic) Ponticus, _Allegoriae in Homeri fabulas_ ... _Conradi Gesnero interprete_ (Basel, 1544. MH)]. [22] Except for Melanchthon's translation of Book VII, c. 6, this is not available in translation. [23] Rodolfus Gualtherus has translated Pollux. Both the Latin and the Greek _Onomasticon_ have been printed. The Greek _Onomasticon_ has a Latin and a very rich Greek index. [24] This is a reference to fols. 321^a-322^b.