HOMERUS. L'Iliada trapportata dalla Greca nella Toscana Lingua da Federico Malipiero Nobile Veneto. Libri ventiquattro. Aggiuntovi nel fine Il Ratto d'Elena… In Venetia, Presso Paolo Baglioni, 1642 Cm. 21,5, pp. (8) 388 (4). Large coat of arms on the frontispiece, decorated heads and cap. Solid nineteenth-century half leather binding, smooth back with titles and gold friezes (masterfully redone). Well preserved specimen. RARE First edition of the prose translation of the Iliad made by the Venetian patrician Federico Malipiero. Each song is preceded by a topic composed by the translator himself