Leonis Allatii Σuμμικτων Sive Opusculorum Græcorum, & Latinorum Vetustiorum, ac Recentiorum Libri X

4to. pp. 24. Signatures: A-C⁸. Contemporary vellum over boards. Woodcut title ornament. Early collection stamp on title page. The word 'Symmikton' in the title has been transliterated from the Greek. Imprint date pasted in on title page. Preface signed 'Romae Kal. Apr. 1668.'

Bound with:

• Licetus Leonis Allatii Carmine expressus. Rome, Typis Mascardi, 1641 (Bib# 8190226 in this collection)
• Leonis Allatii Hellas, In Natales Delphini Gallici. Rome, Excudebat Mascardus, 1642 (Bib# 8190227)
• Leonis Allatii Melissolyra De Laudibus Dionysii Petavii Societas Iesu Presbyteri. Rome, 1653 (Bib# 8190228)
• Leonis Allatii librorum editorum elenchus. Ad illustrissimum dominum D. Aloysium Lafarina Machionem Madoniæ, &c. Rome, Ad Instantiam Blasii Diversini Bibliopolæ Ex Typographia Varesii, 1659 (Bib# 8190229)
• Leonis Allatii De Ioanna Papissa Fabula Commentatio. Rome, Ex Typographia Rev. Cam. Apost., 1630 (Bib# 8190230)

First book in a collected volume of six rare first editions of shorter works by the eminent Greek scholar and theologian, Leone Allacci (Leo Allatius, 1586-1669), who wrote numerous short works in Greek on bibliographical subjects while in the employ of Cardinal Barberini (1597-1679) as his librarian. He was appointed by Pope Gregory XV in 1622 to undertake the incorporation into the Vatican library of the great Heidelberg library (Bibliotheca Palatina) that had been presented to him by the Bavarian Elector Maximilian, following the capture of that city by Tilly during the 30 Years War. Allacci became librarian of the Vatican in 1661 where he stayed for the remainder of his life. These works generally deal with Greek literature, bibliography and biography. His most famous work was the Apes urbanae sive de viris illustribus (Rome, 1633) which includes the first bibliographical appearance of Galileo Galilei who had been a close friend and colleague at the University of Padua.

The present work is a bibliographical catalogue of minor works of Greek and Latin authors edited and with a preface by the Italian poet Andrea Peschiulli (1601-1691).

Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.