Grammaticae Latinae Auctores Antiqui: Charisius. Diomedes. Priscianus. Probus. Magno. P. Diaconus. Phocas. Asper. Donatus. Servius. Sergius. Cledonius. Victorinus. Augustinus. Consentius. Alcuinus. Eutyches. Fronto. Vel. Longus. Caper. Scaurus. Agroetius. Cassiodorus. Beda. Terentianus. Victorinus. Plotius. Caesius Bassus. Fortunatianus. Rufinus. Censorinus. Macrobius. Incerti. Quorum aliquot nunquam antehac editi, reliqui ex manuscriptis codicibus ita augentur & emendantur, ut nunc primum prodire videantur, Opera & studio Heliae Putschii. Cum indicibvs locupletissimis

Two parts in one volume, 4to (244x174 mm). [8] ll., 1-1358 cols., [1] p.; [1] l., 1365-2384 cols., 2385-2448 pp., 2449-2803 cols., [1] col., [39] ll. Collation: *-**⁴ A-Tt⁸ Vv⁴; Xx-Ccccc⁸. Printer's device depicting Pegasus on title page. Authors' names printed in three columns on the title page. On title-page verso printing privilege for Germany only (some copies also contain the privilege for France printed below on the same page). The works of each author are preceded by a divisional half title. Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek. Decorative initials, head- and tailpieces. Includes index. Later half calf, spine with four raised bands and double morocco lettering piece, red edges (spine partly restored, still worn and rubbed, in particular the corners and the top of the spine). Loss of paper to the lower margin of l. *4 not affecting the text, restorations to the verso of the title page not affecting the text, mostly browned due to the quality of the paper, some marginal staining.

First edition, divided in two parts, of this anthology of several grammatical works by 33 Latin grammarians, ten of which appear here for the first time, “ein für das Studium der lateinischen Sprache und ihrer Geschichte epochemachendes Werk, das ihm für alle Zeiten einen Ehrenplatz in der Geschichte der Philologie gesichert hat” (A.D.B., XXVI, 748).

The first part, dedicated to Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), the son of Julius Caesar, contains texts by the following authors: Flavius Sosipater Charisius (4^th cent.), Diomedes Grammaticus (4^th cent.), and Priscianus Caesarensis (5^th-6^th cent.).

The  second, dedicated to Marquard Freher (1565-1614), contains texts by the following authors: Pseudus Quintus Remmius Palaemon (1^st cent., here in 1^st edition), Marcus Valerius Probus (ca. 20/30-105), Magnus (or Magno) Senonensis (748-818), Petrus Diaconus (ca. 1110-1159), Phocas Grammaticus (ca. 3^rd-4^th cent.), Asper Junior (5^th cent.), Aelius Donatus (4^th cent.), Marius Honoratus Servius (ca. 4^th-5^th cent.), Sergius Grammaticus (6^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Cledonius Grammaticus (5^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Maximus Victorinus (4^th cent.?), Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), Consentius Grammaticus (5^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Flaccus Alcuinus (735-804), Euthyches Grammaticus (6^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100-170), Velius Longus (2^nd cent., here in 1^st edition), Flavius Caper (2^nd cent., here in 1^st edition), Quintus Terentius Scaurus (2^nd cent.), Agroetius Senonensis (5^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (490-583), Beda Venerabilis (672-735, here in 1^st edition), Terentianus Maurus (2^nd-3^rd cent.), Gaius Marius Victorinus (281-362), Marius Plotius Sacerdos (3^rd-4^th cent., here in 1^st edition), Caesius Bassus (d. 79), Atilius Fortunatianus (4^th cent.), Rufinus Antiochensis (4^th-5^th cent.), Censorinus (3^rd cent.), and Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (ca. 385-430).

Helias Putschen (or van Putschen), latinized in Putschius, was born in Antwerp in 1580. He dedicated his life to poetry and classical philology. His first significant contribution was an edition of Sallust printed in 1602. Three years later he published the Grammaticae latinae autores antiqui, which remained the reference work in the field for more than 250 years. Putschen used only manuscripts as sources for the texts he included in the collection, ten of which are here in first edition.

VD17, 7:664160B; cf. Schweiger, s.v.

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