📙 Excerpt from Gerardi Meerman Et Doctorum Virorum Ad Eum Epistolae Atque Observationes De Chartae Vulgaris Seu Lineae OrigineA R I A E funt retardatae huius opufculi editionis caufl'ae, praecipua tamen, quod nova fubinde ex diflitis longe re gionibus exfpe&anda nobis citcnt fubfidia ut qùòad fieri poitet, accuratifiima aliquand0 charme lz'neae aetas origo definiretur: illud autem'licet hac disquifitione fieri nondum potuerit, quin imo dubia etiam nunc fuperfint quam plu rima habet nihilo minus ill. Meer mannus quod fibi reip. Literariae gratuletur, quum amica hac disquifitionc efi'ecerit, ut diferimeh non tantum inter lineum bombycinum chartae genus me lius iam quam antehac cognofcatur, fed variorum codicum'ac diplomatum notitia in clariore'm lucera expofita fit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.