Note 654 — Chapter I · JOURNEYS OF THE ITALIANS.
S. G. C. (Samuel George Chetwynd) Middlemore translation
Pii II. Comment. l. i. p. 14. That he did not always observe correctly, and sometimes filled up the picture from his fancy, is clearly shown, e.g., by his description of Basel. Yet his merit on the whole is nevertheless great. On the description of Basel see G. Voigt; Enea Silvio, i. 228; on E. S. as Geographer, ii. 302-309. Comp. i. 91 sqq.