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MELETEMATA THORVNENSIA feu DISSERTATIONES VARII ARGVMENTI , AD HISTORIAM MAXIME POLON VNG, ET PRVSSICAM, POLITICAM, PHYSICAM, REM NVMMARIAM, AC LITERARIAM SPECTANTES, VNO VOLVMINE IAM COLLECTAE El’ COMPREHENSAE CVRANTE PETRO IAENICHIO Tomus Ill. THOR Typis & fumpt. Ioh Nicolai, NOBIL. SENAT. & GYMN, Typogr. 29. Jänichen 1731 Janichen published his collection of historical texts (Me/etemata) in 1731. On 26 November 1730, Matyas Bél (Mathias Belius) asked Samuel Dobai Székely (1704-1779) to precisely copy Naldi’s text in Toronya.”’ Dobai Székely’s copy was completed at the beginning of 1731.8 The considerable work remained memorable, as he mentions this assistance in his letter to Jozsef Koller on 25 June 1769.*” Matyas Bél finally published a revised version of Naldi’s text in 1737, with a historiographical introduction.*” His correspondence at press time reveals that he asked several people for help in interpreting the text and identifying its accuracy. His correspondence during editing reveals that he asked several people for help in interpreting the text and determining its accuracy. On 12 September 1736 he asks 327 SZELESTEI NAGY-GRÜLL, kiad., Bél Mátyás levelezése, 1993, 218. 38 STILL exists, Esztergom, Főszékesegyházi Könyvtár, collectio Batthyány, Hist. IV. b. 9 Hencz, kiad., Dobai Székely és Koller levelezes, 2016, 27. #0 Ber, Nozitia, III, 1737, 589-642. 95
