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TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). Il Goffredo ovvero Gerusalemme liberata. Venice: Antonio Groppo, 1760.
Celebrated Venetian edition renowned for its decoration. The frontispiece, portrait of Tasso, and 95 vignettes are by Antonio Novelli while the 20 plates to the start of each canto are by Bernardo Castello, all of which engraved by Giacomo Leonardis. The subjects of each canto were edited by Orazio Ariosti and the annotations by Scipione Gentili and Giulio Gustavini. "This edition deserves to be counted among the most beautiful and ornate we have of the Gerusalemme liberata, since the printer spared no diligence or expense to make it vivid and singular in its kind..." (Serassi)
Folio, (198 x 210mm). Allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author, 20 engraved plates, vignettes to title-pages, engraved initials, and 95 engraved vignettes in the text (some foxing and occasional light dampstaining). Bound in nineteenth-century half vellum, gilt lettering-piece to spine, speckled edges (light wear)
Folio, (198 x 210mm). Allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author, 20 engraved plates, vignettes to title-pages, engraved initials, and 95 engraved vignettes in the text (some foxing and occasional light dampstaining). Bound in nineteenth-century half vellum, gilt lettering-piece to spine, speckled edges (light wear)
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). La gierusalemme liberata. Genoa: Bartoli, 1590.
TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). La gierusalemme liberata. Genoa: Bartoli, 1590.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200