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NONNIUS

Volume 13 · 88 words · 1797 Edition

or NONIUS (Lewis), a learned physician of Antwerp in the 17th century, wrote several works which are esteemed; the principal of which are,

1. An excellent treatise intitled *Ichthyophagia, sive de piscium usu*. 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 Cæsar, Augustus, and Tiberius, in folio; it contains Goltzius's two words on the same subject. 4. A commentary on Goltzius's account of Greece, the islands, &c. 5. Poems, &c.