Tasso's Jerusalem with engravings, c.1665
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Author: Tasso, Torquato
Title: La Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso con la vita di lui, con gli argomenti a ciascun canto di Bartolomeo Barbato con le figure di rame a ciascun canto
Place Published: In Venetia [i.e. Venice]
Publisher:Per Stafano Curti
Date Published: [1665]
Description:
Author: Tasso, Torquato
Title: La Gerusalemme liberata di Torquato Tasso con la vita di lui, con gli argomenti a ciascun canto di Bartolomeo Barbato con le figure di rame a ciascun canto
Place Published: In Venetia [i.e. Venice]
Publisher:Per Stafano Curti
Date Published: [1665]
Description:
[14 (of 16)], 209, [3 blank] pp. a8 (-a8), A-M8, N10. Engraved pictorial title page; 19 (of 20) full-page copper-engraved illustrations. Woodcut initials, head & tailpieces. (4to) 22x16 cm (8¾x6¼"), period vellum.
Superbly illustrated edition of Tasso's epic poem in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. This copy lacks one full-page illustration, the one that should face page 1.
Condition
Normal discoloration and wear to vellum; moderate soiling and a bit of light staining within, very good.
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Tasso's Jerusalem with engravings, c.1665
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