El Macabeo. Poema Heroico
Lancaster, CA. Labyrinthos, 2006. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. XV, 476 pp. Original illustrated wraps. Photographic frontispiece of Henry J. Leir. Ninth volume in the "Henry J. Leir Library of Sephardica: Text and Studies" series. As warrior hero and national liberator, Judah Maccabee inspired many writers, artists and composers. The earliest surviving Spanish literary text is El Macabeo (Naples, 1638), a Castilian epic by the Portuguese converso Miguel de Silveyra. A reprint of the 1638 edition, with an introduction by Moshe Lazar. Profusely illustrated with numerous full-page b/w reproductions of the engravings published in the 1638 edition. Introduction in English; text in Spanish. Fine condition. vg. Item #26646
ISBN: 0911437096
Price: $75.00