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REPLY1850

CAVE'S HISTORIA LITERARIA

By S. R. MAITLAND.

I do not know whether the notices respecting Cave's *Historia Literaria* (Vol. ii., pp. 230. 255.) hold out any prospect of a new edition. It is much to be desired; and as it may be done at some time or other, you will perhaps allow me to make a Note of a circumstance which accidentally came to my knowledge, and should be known to any future editor. It is simply this: in the second volume of the Oxford edition of 1740, after the three dissertations, &c., there are fifteen pages, with a fresh pagination of their own, entitled, "Notæ MSS. et Accessiones *Anonymi* ad Cavei Historiam Literariam, C…

Topics: Historia Literaria, Manuscripts, Literary History

Locations: Oxford, Lambeth