TASSO, T. Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, Poema Heroico. Nel quale sono state aggiunte molte stanze...

TASSO, T. Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, Poema Heroico. Nel quale sono state aggiunte molte stanze levate, con le varie lettioni & postivi gli argomenti e allegorie a ciascun canto d'incerto auttore. Venice, G. Vincenti, 1611. 2 parts in 1 vol. (8), 117, (1 blank) lvs., 63 pp. Title within elaborately engr. architectural borders, 20 engrs. in first part by G. Grispoldi, 2 woodcut ills. in 2nd part, woodcut printer's device on 2nd ti., woodcut headpieces & initials, and text printed in 2 columns. 4°. Cont. limp vellum. (Ties fail, some wormholes in text leaves and endpapers, some browning and offsetting, leaves slightly frayed, otherwise a good copy). NOTE:Early 17th century edition of the famous heroic poem "La Gerusalemme Liberate" ("Jerusalem delivered") by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (Sorrento 1544- Rome 1595), enlarged with five songs by Camillo Camilli (d. 1615), with a separate title page to this second part. This edition is based on the Genova edition of 1590, published by Girolamo Bartoli.