Excerpt from M. Fabii Quintiliani De Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim, Vol. 4: Ad Codicum Veterum Fidem Recensuit Et Annotatione, Continens Libros X-XIIQuod ego non putavernm unquam futurum, ut Quintiliano, cui num: demum in¿uni ob tigi¿'e editorem laetabnntur eruditi, edendi operam et ipfe navarem aliquando, id facere me coegit cal'us mihi, dum vivo, omnium prope acerbi¿imus. Nam cum G. L... Spaldin gium operi cui ille per vìginti fere annos Optima9 horas lingulari ac pacue inenarrabiii cum Rudio impendi¿'et, pro¿igato jam ét pro pemodum ad finem perducto fubita mo'rs die VII lun. MDCCCXI eripui¿'et: me poti¿imum -lmioorum eius delfinabat voluntas, qui cala, -mum fumarem ipfo mortis die ab eo depofi tum, et perfectore_ fuo orbatum opus quoail -proprium pateretur judicium i'pfius more et modo abfolvcrem. Demandatum negotium li benter fufcepi, non quod ad hnno praecipue Icriptorem aoeuiatius atque adeo cum editoria meorum me fiudiorum ratio duxil'i'ei: [ed quod per infimam multorum an norum cum Spddin'gio familiaìitatem uccelli fiudinn'nqu9, qum, in maxima felicitatis mm.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.