CRITICI SACRI. ' The first edition of this immense work,' says Orme (Biblioth. Bibl. p. 128), ' was printed at London by Bee, in 1660, in 9 vols. folio. It was designed to be a companion to Walton's Polyglott, published shortly before. The editors were Bishop Pearson, John Pearson, An thony Scattergood, and Francis Gouldman. It was reprinted at Frankfort, under the care of Gurtler, in 1695, in 7 vols. In 1698 it re-ap peared at Amsterdam, in 9 vols.; and a supple ment of 2 vols. more was published in 170o and 1701 ; and a second supplement appeared in 2 vols. fol., Amst. 1732. This collection contains all, or most of the books of the 0. T., the en tire annotations of Munster, Vatablus, Castalio, Clarius, Drusius, and Grotius ; brief annotations of Fagius on the Chaldaic Paraphrase of the Pentateuch, and his larger exposition of the first four chapters of Genesis ; the commentaries of Masius on Joshua ; the annotations of Codurcus on Job ; of Pricaeus on the Psalms ; and of Bayne on the Proverbs ; the commentary of Forerius on Isaiah, that of Lively on Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah and Jonah ; of Badwell on the Apocrypha, and Hoeschel on Ecclesiastes, etc. On the N. T.
it contains the collations of Valla, with the ani madversions of Revins ; the annotations of Eras mus, Vatablus, Castalio, Clarius, Zegerus, and Grotius ; on particular places and subjects of the N. T., Munster, Drusius, Scaliger, Casaubon, Cameron, Lud. Capellus, Gualtperius, Schultetus, and Pricaeus. There are also a number of philo logical tracts and dissertations ; such as John Gre gory's Notes and Observations, Fagius's Compari son of the principal Translations of the 0. T., Cartwright's Mellificinnz Ebraicum ; Drusius on the Mandrakes, Jos. Scaliger and Amama on Tythes ; Lud. Capel1us on the Vow of Jephtha and Corban ; Pithmus De Latinis Biblioninz In terpretationibus ; Urstius De fabrica Arne Noce ; Rittershusius De litre Asylorum ; Allatins De Engastrymutho ; Montanus on Jewish Antiqui ties ; Bertram and Cunseus on the Hebrew Re public; Waser on the Ancient Coins and Mea sures of the Hebrews, Chaldmans, and Syrians ; and many others of a similar description.'