TASSO, Torquato (1544-95). Opere di Torquato Tasso. Florence: Tartini e Franchi, 1724.

6 volumes, 4to (297 x 205 mm). Engraved folding portrait frontispiece (browned); title-page printed in red and black, engraved vignettes on titles, Canto openings printed within woodcut borders, woodcut initials. (Some minor browning or spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, brown and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt in two, the rest gilt-decorated, edges stained yellow (some light wear). Provenance: Leo S. Olschki, German-Italian publisher (bookplate).

An early critical edition, with the engraved portrait by Franceschini after Ferretti, and with the engraved vignette depicting a printing press on title-pages. Brunet V: 663 ("Edition donnee par Bottari, qui y a joint uno bonne preface"); Gamba 982.  


Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi

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