1777 HOMER Odyssey Trojan War RARE
Zamagna Leopold of Tuscany Senis Sardinia
“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that
man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
― Homer, The Iliad
A very rare 18th-century edition of Homer, the legendary
Greek poet responsible for the mythological epic poems the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey. These two poems focus on Greek mythological heroes, their
military conquests, and involvement in the Trojan War. Each of these titles
have been printed and reprinted countless times.
This edition of the ‘Odyssey’
was collected, edited, and translated into Latin by Bernardo Zamagna. This
particular 1777 first edition was dedicated to Duke Leopold of Tuscany,
published in Senis, Sardinia.
Item number: #24202
Price: $750
HOMER
Homeri Odyssea latinis versibus expressa a Bernardo Zamagna Ragusino
Senis
(Sardinia): Excudebant Fratres Pazzinii Carlii, 1777. (rare edition in FOLIO)
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o XXXII (i.e., XXXIX), [1], 443, [1]
· Language:
Latin
· Binding:
Vellum; tight and secure
·
Size: ~13.5in X 9in (34cm x 22.5cm)
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