Mexía de Fernangil, Diego (1565?-1634) Del Parnaso Antartico, de Obras Amatorias.
Seville: Alonso Rodriguez Gamarra, 1608.
First and only edition of the only part ever published, quarto, large woodcut device of the Academia Antártica on the title page; lacking five preliminary leaves [i.e., license to print, table of contents, dedication, and some laudatory sonnets], title page, "El Autor a Sus Amigos," "Vida de Ovidio," and text leaves present; top margins of leaves in first signature wormed (most reinforced with paper, sometimes covering the running head); bound in later half blue morocco with textured blue cloth boards, some water staining to contents, text leaves crisp, unwashed; one blank corner torn away, side notes trimmed slightly on leaves 265 & 266; ex libris Joaquin de Arteaga-Lazcano (1870-1947), with bookplate, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
A group of intellectuals based in Lima, Peru formed the Academia Antártica in the late-16th century. In this particular work, Mexía has rendered Ovid's Heroides from Latin into Spanish, a labor performed during a 900-mile overland journey to Mexico City.
Sabin 48231; European Americana 608/127; Palau 167401; rare at auction.
