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Homer, La Ulyxea, Antwerp, Steelsius, 1556, later vellum

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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July 18, 11:35 AM GMT

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP

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Homer


La Ulyxea... traduzida da griego en lengua Castellana, por el Secretario Gonçalo Perez. Antwerp: Joannes Steelsius, 1556


8vo (160 x 95mm.), text in italics, woodcut printer's device on title-page, old vellum with red morocco lettering-piece and later blue morocco spine label, title-leaf rebacked, a few small wormholes in gutter


THE FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY, composed by Gonzalo Pérez, Secretary in the service of Charles V and Philip II. The first thirteen books were printed in 1550 in Salamanca, and this is the first edition of his completed text. This respected translation was the prime vehicle for knowledge of Homer during Spain's Golden Age.


LITERATURE

IB 63552; Palau 115893; Peeters-Fontainas 604

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