Cunich´s Latin translation of The Iliad 1776
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CUNICH´S LATIN TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD 1776. HOMER. Homeri Ilias latinis versibus expressa a Raymundo Cunichio Ragusino professore eloquentiae et linguae graecae in collegio Romano ad amplissimum virum Balthassarem Odescalchium. Rome, Joannes Zempel, 1776.
Folio. 335 x 225 mm. XLVII, (1), 611, (1) pp. Title printed with red and black and with an engraved portrait. Engraved and wood-cut vignettes. Badly worn contemporary half calf, rear board almost loose. Some minor stains and foxing, tear in top margin p. 563, last leaf torn at hinge. Owners´ signatures on front board inside and on front fly leaf.
Graesse p. 333. Raimondo Cunich (1719-1794), Greek and Latin humanist from the republic of Ragusa. He wrote orations in the style of Tibullus and Catullus nad translated Theocritus. His Iliad is his best-known work.
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