1700 De Graecae Linguae Particulis by Matthaeus Devarius | Greek–Latin Study in Full Vellum

A beautifully preserved pocket-sized work of classical scholarship, bound in period full vellum and printed in Amsterdam in 1700. Matthaei Devarii de Particulis Graecae Linguae Liber Particularis is an important early study of the particles of the ancient Greek language, explained in Latin and illustrated throughout with passages printed in Greek type.

Matthaeus Devarius, or Matteo Devaris, was a sixteenth-century Greek philologist from Corfu who studied in Rome and later served as librarian to Cardinal Niccolò Ridolfi and as a corrector of Greek manuscripts at the Vatican Library. Published posthumously, his treatise became a respected reference work among classical scholars for its detailed examination of the small but essential words that shape meaning, emphasis, and relationships within ancient Greek sentences. The work was first published in Rome in the late sixteenth century; this is the Amsterdam edition issued by Joannem Wolters in 1700.

The volume opens with a title page printed in red and black and bearing an engraved printer’s device. Decorative typographical ornaments and initials appear within the edition, while the printed text presents Greek and Latin together many pages. A lengthy index follows the principal text, making this a remarkably substantial scholarly work in a diminutive format.

Condition: Very Good for age.

Bound in period full vellum over boards with an early handwritten title to the spine. An early ownership inscription dated February 1717 appears on the verso facing the title page, giving the volume an appealing record of its early history. The text leaves show general toning. The binding remains sound and the pages are clean and readily legible.

Printed in Amsterdam by Joannem Wolters in 1700. Greek and Latin text. 518pp followed by the index.

Size: 3⅜” x 5⅜”

A scarce and early linguistic work, especially appealing for its compact proportions, period vellum binding, Greek typography, and documented eighteenth-century ownership.