PEREIRA DE CASTRO, GABRIEL. Ulyssea ou Lysboa Edificada: poema heroyco

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 328

(MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL).

PEREIRA DE CASTRO, GABRIEL. Ulyssea ou Lysboa Edificada: poema heroyco

Second Edition. On title, Portuguese coat-of-arms. Following leaf with allegorical design. Scattered Portuguese marginalia ff.(5), 207. Stained in places, some worming repaired, text slightly affected. Later vellum. 12mo

n.p.: n.p. n.d. (Between 1640 and 1653)

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

A HIGHLY SCARCE PRODUCTION FROM THE PRINTING HOUSE OF MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. In order to provide the city with a foundational myth, the Portuguese poet Gabriel Pereira de Castro (1571-1632) wrote this account of the founding of Lisbon by the Greek hero Ulysses of Homer's Iliad. The book first appeared in Lisbon in 1636, this second edition was produced in the Amsterdam printing establishment of either Menasseh Ben Israel himself or that of his sons. See A. Cassuto, Studia Rosenthaliana, Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 218 and fig. 3 on facing page (facs. of title)