1637 Heliodorus of Emesa 1ed ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt Aethiopica GREEK Tasso

HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

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A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus’s only known work, ‘Aethiopica’. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from ‘Aethiopica’ and used them in his famous book ‘Jerusalem Delivered’.

 

This highly collectable 1637 Latin edition was published in Leiden by Marse and titled simply “Heliodorus”.

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1637 Heliodorus of Emesa 1ed ETHIOPIA Mythology Egypt Aethiopica GREEK Tasso

 

A rare 16th-century edition of Heliodorus’s only known work, ‘Aethiopica’. Written sometime in the 3rd or 4th-century, this work tells the story and history of the development of Ethiopia through the lens of an ancient Greek romance novel. It is also believed that that Torquato Tasso took significant liberties from ‘Aethiopica’ and used them in his famous book ‘Jerusalem Delivered’.

 

This highly collectable 1637 Latin edition was published in Leiden by Marse and titled simply “Heliodorus”.

 

Item number: #27307

Price: $599

 

HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

 

Heliodorus (Aethiopicorum libri X)

 

Lugduni Batavorum: Excudebat Georgivo vander Marse, 1637. First edition.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages
    • [24], 537, [11]
      • Includes engraved title page
    • Language: Latin
    • Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
    • Size: ~5in X 3in (13cm x 8cm)

 

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Categories

Classical Greco-Roman

Literature

Authors

HELIODORUS of Emesa, Bishop of Tricca

Printing Date

17th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Vellum

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete