A Renaissance Latin Grammar & Encyclopedia
The Italian humanist Niccolo Perotti was one of the most influential Latinists of the Renaissance era for his editions of classical texts as well as the grammatical commentary. Even into the modern era, his work is greatly appreciated among scholars of the period for its insight into humanist neo-Latin grammar. For any serious scholar of the era, I would encourage you to find a copy (however, be warned - one of the volumes of the 3rd edition Aldus printing - the Cornucopia - is priced at roughly $13k US in a rare book store).
Also, for those interested here is a 1608 Perotti edition of the text of Polybius with no less than Wolfgang Musculus’ interpretation included.
Although not a complete set, Google books has the following and the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek has others:
- Reg. po. ne quid ad rem litterariam tibi desit studiose adulescens damus tibi Perotti Sypontini grammaticam q. emendatissimam addito uerborum indice copiosissimo cuius ductu quacunque habere desideraueris nullo labore reperies. Hac enim imprimendi facultate ita laborare instiruimus vt cum re …
Italia: impresos s. XVI (1523) READ PDF | Download PDF - Polybii Megalopolitani Historiarum libri V. priores (1608) READ PDF | DOWNLOAD PDF
- For a color version from the Hungarian - Bibliotheca Corviniana Digitalis - see here
- A flawed scan but here is: Nicolai Perotti libellus de metris Odarum Horatianarum (1543) READ PDF | DOWNLOAD PDF
- At the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek there are multiple editions of the grammatical work here
- Cornvcopiae, … Habes amice ac studiose lector insigne opus commentarioru[m] linguae latinae: quod … eius auctor, Reuerendus pater dominus Nicolaus Perottvs, Pontifex sipontinus … Cornvcopiae intitulauit: Nuper … opera sollertissimorum virorum paresiensium reuisum: Ex vniuersis praecedentibus exemplaribus castigatum … Cu[m] textu Martialis lo[n]ge castigatius …, [Straßburg], 1506 READ PDF | DOWNLOAD PDF
- Rudimenta grammatices, gewidmet Pyrrhus Perottus. Mit anonymer Vorrede, Köln (1677)
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Enjoy!
