El Macabeo. Poema Heroico

Miguel de Silveira; Moshe Lazar (Edited and introduction by). El Macabeo. Poema Heroico. Lancaster, CA.: Labyrinthos, 2006. First edition. 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. Softcover.