TASSO, TORQUATO. 1544-1595.
La Gerusalemme liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617.
La Gerusalemme liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617.
Folio (297 x 200 mm). 2 engraved title pages, 20 engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, rebacked with modern calf. Rubbed, offsetting, plate for the 13th canto torn at upper corner with old repair, a few other repairs to marginal tears, offsetting, browning and fingermarks.
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1. La Gerusalemme conquista. Paris: Abel Langelier, 1615. Engraved portrait on title page, woodcut headers and initials. 20th century tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles on spine (incorrectly dated 1595), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Soiling and light rubbing to covers, dampstaining to top margins, scattered browning and spotting.
2. Il Goffredo overo la Gierusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso. Paris: Impremerie Royale, 1644. Folio (370 x 265 mm). Engraved title page, head- and tailpieces. 18th century red morocco gilt, crudely rebacked retaining original spine.
3. La Gerusalemme Liberata. Urbino: Girolamo Mainardi, 1735. Folio (341 x 230 mm). Title in red and black, 20 full page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine. Dampstaining to inside edges affecting all leaves.
4. Apologia del S. Torquato Tasso. In Difesa della sua Gierusalemme Liberata. Mantua: Francesco Osana, 1585. 12mo (135 x 72 mm). 19th century quarter calf and boards. Rubbed, minor spotting and browning.
5. Rime. Venice: , 1581. Small 8vo (148 x 95 mm). 19th century polished calf by St. James, London, ruled and titled in gilt, edges gilt. Rubbed.
6. Aminta favola boscareccia di Torquato Tasso....Paris: Augustin Courbe, 1655. 4to (250 x 170 mm). 19th century quarter morocco and marbled boards, rebacked, marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed.
7. Aminta favola boscareccia. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1769. 12mo (180 x 104 mm). Engraved title and 8 engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked. Rubbed, light spotting.
8. Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, poema heroico. Amsterdam and Paris: Daniel Elsevier and Thomas Jolly, 1578. 2 volumes. 12mo (100 x 54 mm). Engraved half-title, portrait, 20 engraved plates. 19th century green morocco gilt, spines with 4 raised bands, edges gilt. Rubbed, margins slightly trimmed, spotting.
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La Gerusalemme liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617.
La Gerusalemme liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617.
Folio (297 x 200 mm). 2 engraved title pages, 20 engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials. Contemporary vellum, rebacked with modern calf. Rubbed, offsetting, plate for the 13th canto torn at upper corner with old repair, a few other repairs to marginal tears, offsetting, browning and fingermarks.
WITH:
1. La Gerusalemme conquista. Paris: Abel Langelier, 1615. Engraved portrait on title page, woodcut headers and initials. 20th century tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt titles on spine (incorrectly dated 1595), gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Soiling and light rubbing to covers, dampstaining to top margins, scattered browning and spotting.
2. Il Goffredo overo la Gierusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso. Paris: Impremerie Royale, 1644. Folio (370 x 265 mm). Engraved title page, head- and tailpieces. 18th century red morocco gilt, crudely rebacked retaining original spine.
3. La Gerusalemme Liberata. Urbino: Girolamo Mainardi, 1735. Folio (341 x 230 mm). Title in red and black, 20 full page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine. Dampstaining to inside edges affecting all leaves.
4. Apologia del S. Torquato Tasso. In Difesa della sua Gierusalemme Liberata. Mantua: Francesco Osana, 1585. 12mo (135 x 72 mm). 19th century quarter calf and boards. Rubbed, minor spotting and browning.
5. Rime. Venice: , 1581. Small 8vo (148 x 95 mm). 19th century polished calf by St. James, London, ruled and titled in gilt, edges gilt. Rubbed.
6. Aminta favola boscareccia di Torquato Tasso....Paris: Augustin Courbe, 1655. 4to (250 x 170 mm). 19th century quarter morocco and marbled boards, rebacked, marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed.
7. Aminta favola boscareccia. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1769. 12mo (180 x 104 mm). Engraved title and 8 engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked. Rubbed, light spotting.
8. Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, poema heroico. Amsterdam and Paris: Daniel Elsevier and Thomas Jolly, 1578. 2 volumes. 12mo (100 x 54 mm). Engraved half-title, portrait, 20 engraved plates. 19th century green morocco gilt, spines with 4 raised bands, edges gilt. Rubbed, margins slightly trimmed, spotting.
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