Thucydides, historia...traduzida...por Diego Gracian, Salamanca, 1564, modern vellum

Thucydides

Historia de Thucydides que trata de las guerras entre los Peloponeses y Athenienses... traduzida de lengua Griega en Castellana... por el secretario Diego Gracian. Salamanca: Juan de Cánova, 1564

folio (273 x 190mm.), title within woodcut border, woodcut illustration on O2, modern vellum, lower corner of Cc1 repaired, occasional staining or browning

FIRST SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THUCYDIDES. Diego Gracián translated several Greek works into Spanish, including Xenophon and Plutarch, as well as Latin texts. He was a member of a dynasty of translators who held several posts at the royal court, from the time of Charles V into the seventeenth century. The book was dedicated by Gracián to Charles V, even though he had died by the time of publication, and Gracián included a petition within the dedication for his son to inherit his official position.

LITERATURE

IB 61186; Palau 342020