Background
Barth was born at Küstrin (today Kostrzyn in Poland) in the Neumark region of Brandenburg.
Barth was born at Küstrin (today Kostrzyn in Poland) in the Neumark region of Brandenburg.
A precocious child, he was looked upon as a marvel of learning. After studying at Gotha, Eisenach, Wittenberg, and Jena, he travelled extensively, visiting most of the countries of Europe. Too independent to accept any regular post, he lived alternately at Halle and on his property at Sellerhausen in Leipzig.
Because his library and manuscripts were destroyed by a fire at Sellerhausen, Barth moved to the Paulinum at Leipzig, where he died.
Barth was a voluminous writer He appears to have been excessively vain and of an unamiable disposition." That article considered the following to be his most important writings:
Adversariorum commentariolum 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)
In addition, another work can be noted:
Caspar Barthen Deutscher Phoenix (Caspar Barthen German Phoenix, 1626).