Leonis Allatii librorum editorum elenchus. Ad illustrissimum dominum D. Aloysium Lafarina Machionem Madoniæ, &c

8vo. pp. 14, [2]. Signatures: A8. Woodcut rose with 3 bees on title-page. Uncut copy.

Bound with:

• Leonis Allatii Σuμμικτων Sive Opusculorum Græcorum, & Latinorum Vetustiorum, ac Recentiorum Libri X. Rome, Apud Successorem Mascardi, 1668 (Bib# 7138489 in this collection).
• Licetus Leonis Allatii Carmine expressus. Rome, Typis Mascardi, 1641 (Bib# 8190226).
• 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 De Ioanna Papissa Fabula Commentatio. Rome, Ex Typographia Rev. Cam. Apost., 1630 (Bib# 8190230).

Fifth 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 the author's own bibliography, describing forty of his printed works which he dedicates to Aloysius Lafarina. The title page is decorated with a rose hosting three “Barberini” bees (used as tailpiece in previous work) and woodcut of a flower and single bee at the end.

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