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Raynal's (Abbé) History of the Settlements and
Trade of the Europeans in the East and West
Indies, by Justamond. 8 vols. 8vo.
Robertson's (W.) History of America.

7th edit.

Lond. 1788.

3 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1796.

Southey's (R.) History of Brazil. 3 vols 4to.

Lond. 1810-19.

Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River in North America. Narrative of occurrences since the connexion of the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company. 8vo. Lond. 1817. Stedman's (C.) History of the American War. 2 vols. 4to. Lond. 1794. Washington's (Gen.) official Letters to the Congress, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain. 2 vols. 8vo.

Lond. 1795. Young's (Sir W.) West India Common-place Book; shewing the Interest of Great Britain in its Sugar Colonies, &c. &c. 4to. Lond. 1807.

SECTION VII.

Biography.

1. Historical and Biographical Dictionaries.

A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical;
(including a translation of the whole of
Bayle's,) containing the History of the most
illustrious persons of all ages and nations; by
Bernard, Birch, Lockman, and Sale. 10 vols.
Fol.
Lond. 1734-41.

Adams's (Dr.) Classical Biography. 8vo.

Edinb. 1800. Aikin's (Dr.) General Biography; or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the most eminent persons, of all ages, countries, conditions, and persuasions. 10 vols. 4to. Lond. 1799-1815. Annual Necrology for 1797-8; including, also, various articles of neglected Biography. 8vo. Lond. 1800. Biographical Dictionary. 15 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1798. * Castellani (P.) Vitæ veterum et illustrium Medicorum, qui toto Orbe, usque ad sæculum XIII. floruerunt. Fol. Thesaur. Græc. Antiq. vol. x. * Fabri (Tanaq.) Vitæ Poetarum Græcorum; ubi, de eorundem Patria, Moribus, Scriptis, &c. disseritur. Fol. Thesaur. Græc. Antiq. vol. x. + Fabronii (A.) Vitæ Italorum doctrina excellentium, qui sæculis XVII. et XVIII. floruerunt. Pisistr. 1778.

5 tom. 8vo.

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Johnson's (Dr.) Lives of eminent Persons. 8vo. Works, vol. xii. Lemprière's (J.) Bibliotheca Classica; or, Classical Dictionary, containing a full account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors. 8vo. 3d edit. Lond. 1797. Priestley's (Dr.) Description of a Chart of Biography. 12mo. Lond. 1800. Pilkington's (M.) Dictionary of Painters; with Supplement by J. Barry. 4to. Lond. 1798. Savérien (A.) Histoire des Philosophes modernes. 8 tom. 12mo. 3me edit.

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Paris, 1762-69.

Lond. 1797.

Seward's (Miss) Anecdotes of distinguished Persons. 4 vols. 8vo. 4th edit. Vitæ selectæ, quorundam eruditissimorum ac illustrium virorum; a clarissimis viris scriptæ, et antehac seperatim editæ, denuo ob summam raritatem et præstantiam recusæ, ac in unum volumen redactæ. 8vo. Uratislav. 1711.

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2. Lives of eminent Persons.*

Abeillard and Heloisa, (History of the Lives of) with their genuine letters; by the Rev. Joseph Berington. 4to. 2d edit. Birmingham, 1788. + Buonarotti; (Vita di Michelagnolo) publicata mentre viveva dal suo Scolare Asc. Condivi. Fol. Ediz. sec. Firenz. 1746. + Cortesii (P.) Dialogus de hominibus doctis. 4to. Florent. 1734.

Dodwelli (H.) Annales Velleiani, Quintiliani, et

Statiani. 8vo.

Oxon. 1698.

Epicuri; (De vita et moribus) auctore P. Gassendo.

4to.

Lugd. 1647. Erythræi (J. N.) Pinacotheca imaginum illustrium virorum, qui, auctore superstite, diem suum obierunt. 8vo. Lipsia, 1692.

+ Fabricii (J. A.) Centifolium Lutheranum; sive notitia litteraria omnis generis de B. D. Luthero.

2 tom. 8vo.

* Fenelon. Vie de. 4to.

Hamb. 1728-30.

Oeuvres, tom. i.

+ Ficinus. (M.) Commentarius de Platonicæ Phi

losophiæ post renatas literas instauratione; sive Marsilii Ficini vita; auctore Joanne Corsio. 8vo. Paris, 1771. + Grammont; (Mémoires du Comte de) par Le C. Ant. Hamilton. 4to. Lond. 1792. + Greswell's (R. P.) Memoirs of A. Politianus, J. Picus, A. S. Sannazarius, P. Bembus, H. Fracastorius, M. A. Flaminius, and the Amalthei; translations from their Poetical Works, &c. 8vo. 2d edit. Manchester, 1801.

• For British Biography see Class IV.

History of the famous Preacher, Friar Gerund de

Campazas. 2 vols. 8vo.

+ Leo the Tenth; (The Life and

W. Roscoe. 4 vols. 4to.

Lond. 1772.

Pontificate of) by

+ The same work, on French Paper,

Copies were printed. 4 vols. 4to.

Liverpool, 1805.

of which only six Liverpool, 1805.

Lope de Vega; (Account of the Life and Writings of) by Lord Holland. 8vo.

Lond. 1806.

+ Lorenzo de' Medici; (The Life of) by W. Ros

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+ Laurent de Médicis ; (Vie de) traduite de l'Anglais de William Roscoe, sur la seconde édition; par F. Thurot. 2 tom. 8vo.

Paris, An. viii. + Lorenz von Medici; (Wilhelm Roscoe's) aus dem Englishcen überfekt von Sprengel. 8vo.

Berlin, 1797. Mannetti (J.) vitæ Dantis, Petrarchæ, ac Boccacii. Flor. 1746.

8vo. + Mazzuchelli (G. M.) Gli scrittori d' Italia, cioe notizie storiche, e critiche intorno alle vite, e a gli scrittori dei letterati Italiani. 6 tom. Fol. Brescia, 1753-63. Meibomii (J. H.) Mæcenas; sive, de C. C. Mæcenatis vita, &c. accessit C. P. Albinovani Mæcenati scriptum Epicedium, notis illustratum. Lug. Bat. 1653.

4to. Metastasio; (Memoirs of the Life and Writings of) with translations of his principal letters, by Dr. Burney. 3 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1796.

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