Bibliographia antiquaria [THE FIRST BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTIQUITIES]
Hamburg/Leipzig: Chr. Liebezeit, 1713. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Collation: [rev. parens]-2[rev. parens]4, A-4M4, 2[rev. parens (second series)]2, a-b4, c2, d4, e3 (= 351 leaves). [16], 648; [4], 20, 13, [1 blank]pp; title in red and black; additional engraved plate (sometimes appearing as frontispiece) correctly placed as indicated at p. 269. Contemporary vellum with exposed thongs, yapp edges; gilt monogram at cover; sprinkled edges. Intermittant faint embrowning, minimal foxing at ends, else a fine, crisp copy.
First edition of the first bibliography devoted to archaeology and antiquities. The leading classical philologist of the early eighteenth century, Johann Albert Fabricius (1668-1736) began his career as the librarian to a private collection in Hamburg, and later headed the famous Hamburg Johanneum school. An amazingly prolific polymath, he established his reputation with the Bibliotheca Latina (1697), a summary of all the classical Latin writings, and the monumental Bibliotheca Graeca (1705-28), a similar and more comprehensive survey of surviving classical Greek literature. He also edited the Codex pseudepigraphus Veteris Testamenti (1722-23) – the first such scholarly collection – along with a parallel selection of the New Testament pseudepigrapha. The present work points toward more recent bibliographical conventions in that it tackled classical archaeology from a pragmatic stance, pointing students to the most useful works on the subject. With a concluding Carmen de Missa by Maurice de Sens. Nearly Fine. Item #49185
Full title and imprint: Bibliographia antiquaria, sive Introductio in notitiam scriptorum, qui antiquitates Hebraicas, Graecas, Romanas et Christianas scriptis illustraverunt: Accedit Mauricii Senonensis de S. missae ritibus Carmen, nunc primum editum.
References: Besterman I, 465; Brunet II, 1154; Graesse II, 543; VD18 1136176X; cf. Breslauer & Folter 90 (Bibliotheca Latina).
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