Lexicon Plautinum, in quo elegantiae omnium simplicium vocabulorum antiquae linguae romanae, velut indice quodam absolutissimo, accurate eruuntur & explicantur. Passim quoque Variorum authorum Latinorum iuxta ac Graecorum loca enodantur & illustrantur, auctore J. Philippo Pareo. by PLAUTUS.- PAREUS,J.Ph

Frankfurt (Francofurti), Apud Nicolaum Hoffmannum, sumptibus Ionae Rosae, 1614. 8vo. (276 leaves = 14 and 538 unnumbered p.) Vellum. 20 cm (Ref: VD17 3:609063W; Schweiger 2,780; Ebert 17250; Graesse 5,133) (Details: 6 thonghs laced through the joints. Woodcut printer's mark on the title, depicting a winged stag in flight, on its back a man brandishing with his left arm a coiling snake) (Condition: Vellum somewhat soiled. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Old ink inscription on the front flyleaf. Small wormholes in the upper margin, not affecting the text. A few small inkspots and ink annotations) (Note: The classicist Johann Philipp Pareus, 1576-1648, was one of the most laborious grammarians Germany ever produced. He did much for Plautine scholarship. He published in 1610 an edition of Plautus, and a revised edition in 1619, based on the first accurate collation of the Palatine MSS. A third edition appeared in 1641. In 1614 this 'Lexicon Plautinum' was published, in 1617 his 'Electa Plautina', in 1623 his 'Analecta Plautina', and in 1638 his 'De metris comicis ac praecipue Plautinis commentatio methodica'. 'Paraeus did permanent service to the study of Plautus by the publication of his Lexicon (1614, 2nd ed. 1634)', Sandys observes. The lexikon was praised by the German Plautus-specialist Ritschl. Pareus made also other useful contributions to Latin lexicography, e.g. in his edition of Terence. (ADB 12,169; Sandys 2,362) (Provenance: Bookplate of the Dutch hispanist 'Dr J.A. van Praag', 1895-1969, on the front pastedown. On the front flyleaf: in an old hand 'Constat 15 st.' (which means 15 stuivers, 1 stuiver being 1/20 of a Dutch guilder). § In a different hand: 'M. Tydeman 1816 Febr.' Mr. Meindert Tydeman, 1741-1825, was librarian since 1811 of the University Library of Leyden, and in 1814 he was appointed professor of philosophy). § In another recent hand: 'Santpoort, 3 Nov. 1947, J.A. van Praag'. § On the verso of this flyleaf a dedication: 'Egregio praestantissimoque juveni PETRO LIETAART discipulo & amico suo longe carissimo munusculum hoc offert Arn. Henr. Westerhovius. A.d. XVII Kal. Nov. 1721'. Arnoldus Henricus Westerhovius, (died 1737), of German origin, born in Hamm, Westfalen, was a Dutch critic and scholar. He was rector of the Schola Latina at Gouda till his death. His Terentius edition, first published in 1726, remained very popular throughout the 18th century. He also edited some orations of Cicero, Justinus & Nepos. The young man, Petrus Lietaart, was a member of a family of prominent citizens in the province of Holland, and must have been a pupil of Westerhovius at the Schola Latina of Gouda. We traced a notary named Pieter Lietaart ca. 1750 in the small town of Nieuwkoop, in the heart of Holland) (Collation: (?)8 (minus (?)8); A-2L8 (2L6,7 & 8 blank) (Photographs on request)