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TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595). La gierusalemme liberata. Genoa: Bartoli, 1590.
Copy of the first illustrated edition of Tasso's heroic epic poem, with engraved plates by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci from drawings by Bernardo Castello.
4to, (230 x 175 mm). Engraved title-page, 19 (of 20) allegorical illustrations on the opening pages of the cantos, engraved initials and head-pieces (missing q8, with the illustration of the eighth canto; some stains and dampstaining, occasional earlier repairs, first few leaves unbound, the "luoghi osservati" preceding the "annotazioni"). Contemporary vellum binding (partially detached, some wear). (1
4to, (230 x 175 mm). Engraved title-page, 19 (of 20) allegorical illustrations on the opening pages of the cantos, engraved initials and head-pieces (missing q8, with the illustration of the eighth canto; some stains and dampstaining, occasional earlier repairs, first few leaves unbound, the "luoghi osservati" preceding the "annotazioni"). Contemporary vellum binding (partially detached, some wear). (1
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
LOTS
208
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le antichitá romane. Rome: Rotili, venduto da Bouchard, 1756.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le antichitá romane. Rome: Rotili, venduto da Bouchard, 1756.
ESTIMATE € 20.000 - 30.000
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[PISA] BORGHI, Camillo Ranieri. L'Oplomachia pisana. Lucca: Frediana, 1713.
[PISA] BORGHI, Camillo Ranieri. L'Oplomachia pisana. Lucca: Frediana, 1713.
ESTIMATE € 100 - 150