Enquiry into Plants

8vo. Haym. Bibl. Ital. p. 200, 5. Conf. Tirabosch. Litter. Ital. T. VII. P. II. p. 98. and 19.

Certain Commentaries and Illustrations occurring separately.

I.

Julius Caesar Scaliger first keenly elicited various things, especially the series of his thoughts; although he is often impeded by empty disputes. Also, being overly deprived of the knowledge of herbs, he perturbs the things which the author observed more subtly, then refutes and castigates them. He brings forward certain subtle conjectures. His Animadversiones in Historias Theophrasti were published at the house of Joanna, daughter of Jac. Giunta, Lyon, 1584. 8vo.

Added at the end are the annotations of Robertus Constantinus, who brought few things, but those very acute, and generally corrects the text with most fortunate success, and corrects Gaza’s version. Moreover, he is apt and concise in his words.

II.

Felicis Accoromboni explanatio sententiarum difficilium in Theophrasti libris de Plantis, (Hist. Pl. and de Caus. Pl.) With an interpretation of the more obscure passages and all the thoughts of Aristotle’s works. Rome, at the house of Sanctius and Co. 1590. fol. Pages 697—727.

In thorny and obstructed passages, he investigates the order of the thoughts with often fortunate success.