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Torquato Tasso's Nachte: 18th to early 19th Century hand written essay on Nachte
by Giuseppe Compagnoni
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595) Torquato Tasso's Nächte. 18th century manuscript written in period hand and rebound in the early 1800's. 69 pages, 4to. Stamped with Rudolf Haarhaus of Eberfeld and blue penciled 'Veglie di Tasso. Bound in Moroccan 1/8th calf with remnants of a paper label on head and heel of spine 'T. Tasso' and 'Veglie'. Possibly written by Giuseppe Compagnoni in German. Added bonus of a period 4 Leaf Clover Collected and mounted on period paper! Giuseppe Compagnoni: Wrote several Letters (1776-1832) "History", pp. 224, sewn ISBN 88-8063-295-7 Illuminismo and Napoleonic revolution, Queens, romanticism and restoration, three are made historical along which the Giovinazzo, the maturity and the old age of Giuseppe Compagnoni (1754-1833 were carried out). A biographical 'consonanza', documented cultural psychology and from these letters, that the warm humanity and the high intellectual level of this Luchese of from Milan birth and of adoption confirm, undoubtedly one of the protagonists of the Italian culture in the trapasso from the 1700's to the 1800's. OCLC only finds one copy. Harvard Library: Title: Tasso's Nächte; Author(s): Compagnoni, Giuseppe, 1754-1833. Haupt. Publication: Darmstadt, Year: 1808 Description: 1 volume frontispiece and engr. title-page Language: German SUBJECT(S) Named Person: Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595. Responsibility: frei aus dem italienischen übersezt nebst des dichters leben und einem anhang von Theodor von Haupt. Document Type: Book Entry: 19930514 Update: 20170310 Accession No: OCLC: 83007001 Database: WorldCat
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- Bookseller
- Calix Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio 205
- Title
- Torquato Tasso's Nachte
- Author
- Giuseppe Compagnoni
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Period hard back binding 1/8 red Moroccan leather with red high glaze paper boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One other copy exists at Harvard Library
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hand written by Giuseppe Compagnoni
- Place of Publication
- Darmstadt
- Date Published
- 1808
- Pages
- 67
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Tasso Torquato, Manuscript, essay, ephemera, rare work
- Bookseller catalogs
- Manuscripts;
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