MICHAEL, a learned English writer, was born in 1668. Dr South, canon of Christ-Church, made him a student of that house, where he took the degree of M.A. March 23, 1696. From 1695 till 1699 he was second master of Westminster school; which was afterwards indebted to him for Grece Linguae Dialecti, in usum Scholae Westmonasteriensis, 1706, 8vo; and for "The English Grammar, applied to, and exemplified in, the English Tongue, 1712," 8vo. In 1711, he published "Remarks on Mr Whitton's Account of the Convocation's proceedings with relation to himself, in a Letter to the right reverend Father in God George Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells," 8vo; also "An Essay against Arianism, and some other Heresies; or a Reply to Mr William Whitton's Historical Preface and Appendix to his Primitive Christianity revived," 8vo. In 1709 he gave the first specimen of his great skill in typographical antiquities, by publishing Stephanorum Historia, vitas totum ac libros complectens, 8vo; which was followed in 1717 by Historia Typographorum aliquot Parisiensium, vitas et libros complectens, 8vo. In 1719, Annales Typographici ab arte inventa origine ad annum MD, 4to. The second volume, divided into two parts, and continued to the year 1336, was published at the Hague in 1702; introduced by a letter of John Toland, under the title of Conjectura verisimilis de prima Typographiae Inventione. The third volume, from the same press, in two parts, continued to 1557, and (by an Appendix) to 1664, in 1725. In 1733 was published at Amsterdam what is usually considered as the fourth volume, under the title of Annales Typographici ab arte inventa origine, ad annum MDCLXIV, opera Mich. Maittaire, A.M. editio nova, auctior et emendator; In 1741 the work was closed at London, by Annalium Typographicorum Tomus quintus et ultimus, indicem in tomos quattuor praecantantes complectens; divided, like the two preceding volumes, into two parts. In the intermediate years, Mr Maittaire was diligently employed on various works of value. In 1713 he published by subscription Opera ad Fragmenta Veterum Poetarum, 1713, two volumes in folio: the title of some copies is dated 1721. In 1714, he was the editor of a Greek Testament, in 2 vols. The Latin writers, which he published separately, most of them with good indexes, came out in the following order: In 1713, Chrysost Patiens; Juven; Lucretius; Phaedrus; Sallust; Terence. In 1715, Catullus; Tibullus; Propertius; Cornelius Nepos; Florus; Horace; Juvenal; Ovid, 3 vols.; Virgil. In 1711, Caesar's Commentaries; Martial; Quintus Curtius. In 1718 and 1725, Velleius Paterculus. In 1719, Lucan. In 1720, Boneforni Carmina. In 1721 he published, Batrachomyomachia, Graeci, ad veterum exemplarium fidem recta; glotta Graeca, variabilibus lectionibus, verisimilibus Latinis, commentarius et indicibus, illigata, 8vo. In 1722, Miscellanea Graecorum aliquot Scriporum Carmina, cum verifone Latina et notis, 4to. In 1724 he compiled, at the request of Dr John Freind (at whose expense it was printed), an index to the works of Arateus, to accompany the splendid folio edition of that author in 1723. In 1725 he published an excellent edition of Anacreon in 4to, of which no more than 100 copies were printed, and the few errata in each copy corrected by his own hand. A second edition of the like number was printed in 1741, with five copies on fine writing paper. In 1726 he published Petri Petili Medici Parisiensis in tres prioris Aratei Cappadoci Libros Commentarii, nunc primum editi, 4to. This learned commentary was found among the papers of Graevius. From 1728 to 1733 he was employed in publishing Marmorum Arundelionorum, Seldenianorum, aliorumque Academiae Oxoniensis donatorum, una cum Commentariis et Indice, editio secunda, folio; to which an Appendix was printed in 1733. Epistolae D. Mich. Maittaire ad D. P. Des Maizeaux, in qua Indicis in Annales Typographicos methodus explicatur, &c., is printed in "The Present State of the Republic of Letters," August 1733, p. 142. The life of Robert Stephens in Latin, revised and corrected by the author, with a new and complete list of his works, is prefixed to the improved edition of R. Stephens's Thesaurus, 4 vols. in folio, in 1734. In 1736 appeared Antique Inscriptiones duae, folio; being a commentary on two large copper tables discovered near Heraclea, in the bay of Tarentum. In 1738 were printed at the Hague Graecae Linguae Dialecti in Schola Regiae Westmonasteriensis usum recogniti, opera Mich. Maittaire. In 1739 he addressed to the empress of Russia a small Latin poem, under the title of Carmen Epinicum Auguflffimi Rufforum Imperatrix sacrum. His name not having been printed in the title page, it is not so generally known that he was editor of Plutarch's Apophthegmata, 1741, 4to. The last publication of Mr Maittaire was a volume of poems in 4to, 1742, under the title of Senilia, sive Poetica aliquot in argumentis variis generis tentamina. Mr Maittaire died in 1747, aged 79. His valuable library, which had been 50 years collecting, was sold by auction by Messrs Cock and Langford, at the close of the same year, and the beginning of the following, taking up in all 44 nights. Mr Maittaire, it may be added, was patronized by the first earl of Oxford, both before and after that gentleman's elevation to the peerage, and continued a favourite with his son the second earl. He was also Latin tutor to Mr Stanhope, the earl of Chesterfield's favourite son.