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Mitologia greca - Rodio, Apollonio

Argonauticorum Libri quatuor, 1550

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 452

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Information

Basle, Oporinus Johann, 1550. In 8°. Woodcut initials, some rare foxing and slight reddening, coeval parchment binding, traces of laces, handwritten title on the spine and within the paper insert, minor defects. Paper ex libris on the back cover.

Specialist Notes

Apollonius of Rhodes was a Greek poet born in Alexandria in Egypt inthe 3rd century BC. famous for the Argonautica, the epic that narrates the adventures of the Argonauts heroes in search of the Golden Fleece with a narrative style full of vivid details and romantic elements nourished by a deep knowledge of Greek myths. 

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