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The ninth and tenth book of Homer's Odyssey. Which contain part of that reasoning, which Ulysses made under pressure from Alcinous Rè of Corfu, from the day he left Troy until he reached that island., 1578
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€ 387
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In Naples, Appresso Marino d'Alessandro, 1578. In 8°, 8 cc. nn.; 74 cc. numbered; 4 cc. nos. Coat of arms of Philip King of Spain, to whom the work is dedicated, engraved on copper on the title page. Figured initials. Binding from the early 1900s, in Renaissance style, in full parchment, spine with five compartments with embossed and gold friezes, on the plates gold frames that enclose gold friezes and embossed diamond-shaped friezes.
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Very rare, one of the first Italian translations of Homer.
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