[Classical antiquity] Melchior Küsel (1628-1683). Des Fürtrefflichen Griechischen Helden

Und Ithacensischen Fürsten Ulysses Leben, Thaten Und Zufälle, Die Ihme Nach Eroberung Des Asiatischen Königreichs Und Statt Troja, Auf Seiner Zehenjahrigen Heimreise Zu Wasser Und Land Begegnet. In Kupffer gebracht und zum Verkauff beferdert durch Melchior Kusell. (Augsburg), Beij Jeann Ulrich Kraus diser Zeith zufinden, 1705, engraved title, (8) letterpress text pages and 24 (of 58) engraved plates (numbered 1-24), modern blindstamped leather in old style, small 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm.).

Only half of the plates, though numbered consecutively. Title and reverse of last leaf soiled, the set has been incomplete for a long time, perhaps the work was initially published in two volumes. Title and several other leaves restored, plates here and there slightly thumbed. Fine and rare print series on the ten-year journey of the Greek hero Odysseus, as described by Homer. The first edition appeared in name of Kusell himself, in 1681 (also at Augsburg).