PETIT, Pierre (1617-1687): - Lot 155

PETIT, Pierre (1617-1687): 3 works by Pierre Petit in 1 volume in-8, full contemporary vellum (missing upper cover). - Homeri Nepenthes sive de Helena Medicamento luctum, animique omnem ægritudinem abolente. Utrecht, Halman and Zyll, 1698 (16ff), 159 pp. - De Natura & Moribus Anthropophagorum Dissertatio. Utrecht. Halman and Zyll, 1688. 152 pp. and (8 ff). First edition. - Miscellanearum Observationum Libri quatuor. Utrecht, Halman and Zyll, 1682. 308 pp. and (14 ff). First edition. Pierre Petit, Latinist and physician, was tutor to the children of President Lamoignon, and a member of the Academy of Padua. His works "are curious and esteemed" (Mémoires pour l'histoire du XVIlème siècle). All his works are rare. Provenance: Bibliothèque humaniste du Morbihan.