Miscellanea Observationum – Pierre Petit – 1682 | Classical Literature Commentary

Petri Petiti miscellanearum observationum by Pierre Petit is a 1682 printing of Petit’s commentary on classical literature. Published in Latin, this first edition includes Petit’s notes on classical authors including Cicero, Plutarch, Aristotle, Pliny, and Galen. His comments address plants, animals, minerals, and early medical ideas.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Petri Petiti… miscellanearum observationum libri quatuor, nunquam antehac editi
• Author(s): Pierre Petit
• Publisher: Trajecti ad Rhenum, typis Rudolphi à Zyll
• Edition: First Edition, 1682
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Full vellum
• Size:  7.5 in x 5.25 in (19 cm x 13.3 cm)
• Collation: [16], 308, [28] pp
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • Liber Primus – Deals heavily with classical authors’ texts (Euripides, Callimachus, Cicero, Plutarch, Pliny, Solon, Aristotle, Hesiod, Philoponus, etc.) and textual emendations.
  • Liber Secundus – Focuses more on Aristotle, Philoponus, Galen, Themistius, Empedocles, Hesiod, Pliny, and classical philosophical commentary.
  • Liber Tertius – Begins with notes on St. Jerome (Hieronymus), then continues with Aristotle, Themistius, Philoponus, and various Greek and Latin authors, still with heavy philological commentary.
  • Liber Quartus – Mixes Cicero, Lucian, Maro (Virgil), Theophrastus, Servius, and other authors; includes philosophical, natural history, and poetic analysis.
  • commentary on passages about plants, animals, minerals, and ancient medicine.
• Provenance: Modern bookplate – St. Mark’s Library, The General Theological Seminary. Part of The Memorial Library of the Rev. Edwin A. Dalrymple Whittingham Collection.

Condition:

Very Good. Full vellum binding, tight and stable. Light loss at the spine. Interior complete with minimal wear.

Why Collect This?

• Bullet a key rarity or unrecorded status

Item Number: # 29199