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NONNIUS

Volume 7 · 89 words · 1778 Edition

or Nonius (Lewis), a learned phy- sician of Antwerp in the 17th century, wrote several works which are esteemed; the principal of which are, 1. An excellent treatise intitled Icthyophagia, five de Pisium eftu. 2. Hispania; which is of great use in understanding the ancient geography of Spain. 3. A commentary on the medals of Greece, and those of Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Tiberius, in folio: it contains Goltzius's two works on the same subject. 4. A commentary on Goltzius's account of Greece, the islands, &c. 5. Poems, &c.