Operae Horarum Subcisivarum Sive Meditationes Historicae Auctiores quam antea editae. (1644)
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Operae Horarum Subcisivarum Sive Meditationes Historicae Auctiores quam antea editae. (1644)
by Philippus Camerarius
Full title: Operae Horarum Subcisivarum Sive Meditationes Historicae Auctiores quam antea editae. Continentes accuratum delectum memorabilium Historiarum, & rerum tam veterum, quam recentium, singulari studio invicem collatarum, quae omnia lectoribus & uberem admodum fructum, & liberalem pariter oblectationem afferre poterunt Centuria.
8 ¼ x 6 ½. In Latin. Francofurti Rotelius [Rostock] Hallervordius & Wildius 1644. Three volumes in one. Complete. Contemporary stiff vellum (slight warping), fore-edge cover extensions, horizontal title in early manuscript at head of spine. Title of Volume I printed letterpress within elaborate engraved architectural border showing allegorical figures of Neutralitas, Justitia, Diligentia, Veritas, Experientia and Libertas. Woodcut headpieces and initials. Some foxing and browning. Provenance: Andre’ Lambert; PETRO PACKENIO IDG D.D.A. 1662. Overall in very good condition. New to our inventory. Detailed condition report coming soon.
Early edition of this extraordinary collection of 300 self-contained essays (3 "centuries") full of fascinating facts and fictions culled from the author's wide reading. First published at Altdorf, 1591, in a single volume, it was soon expanded into three volumes, Frankfurt 1601-1609. It remained popular throughout the mid-seventeenth century and was translated to English, French, Italian, and German. Camerarius carefully cites his sources - nearly a thousand of them - in marginal notes, and lists them at the beginning of each volume.
Broad subjects include history, natural history, mythology, linguistics, and religion. Among the specific topics covered are: elephants, werewolves, Cicero's death, Marseilles' law on bearing arms, punishment in kind, the Cabala, beggars and lepers, lions, bears, persecution of Christians by Nero and the Turks, amulets, the German language, libraries, laws against transvestites, homosexuality, the bite of the tarantula spider, the emotions of fish, the bulls of Arles, gypsies, the Faust legend, Turkish dervishes, the Gowrie conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (1600), and the death of Sir Thomas More.
Philippus Camerarius (1537-1624) was a humanist, professor, jurist, and historian, was the son of the German reformer and humanist Joachim Camerarius (1500-74). He studied at Leipzig.
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