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In 1636 , his library and manuscripts at Sellerhausen having been destroyed by fire, he moved to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died on the September 17 , 1658 . Barth was a very voluminous writer. Of his writings those considered to be most important are:
  • ''Adversariorum commentariorum'' in 60 books (Frankfurt 1624, reprinted in 1658), a storehouse of miscellaneous learning, dealing not only with classical but also with medieval and modern writers

  • commentaries on ''Claudian'' (1650)

  • and ''Statius'' (1664).