The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 11, October, 1836Various
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The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. II., No. 11, October, 1836
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Phædrus, à Schwabio. Brunswick, 1806, 2 vols. 8vo. 16 francs,
engravings. It has a life—an excellent notitia literaria—a
dissertation on the age of Phædrus—another on the Fables of Gabriel
Faernus—34 Fables è MSto. Divionensi—a copious Index; and supplenda.
There are some castrated editions of Phædrus.
Phalaris, à Boyle. Oxon, 1718, 8vo. 7 frs. Though now regarded as
certainly spurious, the epistles are worth having, for the sake of the
literary controversy, and Bentley's masterly investigations on
Phalaris, Æsop, &c. London, 1817, 8vo.
Philo Judæus may be left among the mystic and ecclesiastic writers.
Philo Byzantinus is of little worth, even in a geographical
collection.
Philostratus. His _Life of Apollonius_, his _Heroica_, _Icones_, and
_Lives of the Sophists_ may be all omitted. There is no uniform
edition, except in folio. The 8vo. of Boissonade, Paris, 1806, is of
the Heroica only.
Phlegon Trallianus. His fragments are of no value.
Phocylides. The fragments attributed to him are too slight and too
uncertain to collected.
Photius. Of his Myriobiblon, there is no 8vo. edition.
Pindar, à Heyne. Göttingen, 1798-9, 3 vols. in 5, 8vo. 45 to 60
francs. It is the best. Its Leipsig copy of 1817, in 4 vols. 8vo. may
be taken equally well.
Plato. The Bipont edition, 1781-8, 12 vols. 8vo. is certainly to be
preferred. Besides its other auxiliaries, the discourse of Thiedman
(in the 12th vol.) on the Philosophy of Plato, is highly valuable. It
grows dearer every day; now worth probably 150 francs. Good editions
have since been published by Bekker and Ast—the former reprinted in
London, 11 vols. 8vo. 10_l_ It is well to mention the Translation into
French, which Cousin is now publishing, and of which some 7 or 8 vols.
have appeared.
Plautus, à Bothio. Berlin, 1804-11, 4 vols. 8vo.; the last occupied
with notes. It offers a much emended text, and a metrical
restoration—1_l_. 1_s_.
Plinius, _Historia Naturalis_, à Franzio. Lipsiæ, 1776-91, 10 vols.
8vo. This is the edition usually adopted for such a collection. It is,
however, too copious, and wants taste. It would, perhaps, be well to
abandon, in this instance, the 8vo. size, and take the beautiful and
esteemed edition of Brotier, printed by Barbou, Paris, 1779, 6 vols.
12mo. Its price is about 45, and that of Franzius about 60 francs. It
may be remarked, however, in regard to the latter, that its 10th vol.
is made up of some curious Dissertations. It possesses, too, in the
1st, 2d, and 3d, various other auxilliary pieces of value.
Plinius the Younger. His _Panegyricus Trajani_ is in the collection,
already indicated, of the Panegyrici Veteres Latini.
Plinius, Epistolæ, à Gierig. Lipsiæ, 1800, 2 vols. 8vo. 17 frs. The
edition of 1806, by the same Editor, is still better, and includes the
Panegyric. It is about the same price.
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