Search Results: il goffredo overo gierusalemme liberata by torquato tasso

Milano (milan), Per Gio. Batt. Bidelli. 1615.. Hardback.. 24mo (approx 13.5cm tall). Vellum binding. Very Good (-) (covers worn and darkened along edges).

In Amsterdam, nella Stamperia del S. D. Elsevier, Et In parigi si vende Appresso Thomaso Jolly..., 1778. 32mo (in 8s), measuring 104 x 64 mms., pp. 271 [272 blank], 285 [286 blank], engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 24 other full-page engraved plates, contemporary roan, gilt spine, all edges gilt (faded and rubbed); front cover detached, rear joint cracked, corners worn.

Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Hardcover. Very good. Venice: Gio. Battista, 1604. Illustrated with woodcuts. Text in Italian. Hardcover. 32mo. Dark green full straight grained morocco. All edges gilt. Rebacked; bookplate of Charlotte, Countess of Surry pasted to front endpaper, signed by Charlotte on front flyleaf;title-page worn at edges. Else, very good. Very good/. (Insurance required to ship this item).

1678 CRUSADES Tasso MINIATURE Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors.

This 1678 edition is a very rare, miniature 17th-century printing of Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered' with 10 illustrated plates by Sébastien Le Clerc and an engraved half-title.
Item number: #7459
Price: $499
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata : poema heroico del sig. Torquato Tasso. Con l'allegoria universale dell istesso, et con gli argomenti del sig. Horatio Ariosti, & di bellissime figure adornato.
In Amsterdam: Nella stamperia del S.D. Elsevier. Et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly..., M. DC.… Read More

Venezia: presso Altobello Salicato, 1588. Hardcover. 12mo., [24], 576, [24], 145, [1]; G; bound in three quarters early vellum, marbled paper covered boards, handwritten ink titling to spine; chipping to head and tail of spine, rubbing and wear to boards; wear to pastedowns; endpapers missing; minor chipping to lower edges of title page; pinprick hole to the last '8' in the year; ink writing to title page, blank verso of last page, rear pastedown; some wear and foxing throughout; shelved case 3. USTC: 858397. 1331657. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

1685 Tasso Jerusalem Delivered CRUSADES Italian Gerusalemme Liberata Muslim RARE

"All he regarded; but in Syria most,
He mark'd the leaders of the Christian host:
That eye, whose penetrating glances dart
To each deep secret of the human heart"
– Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, canto I

Originally written in 1575, Torquato Tasso's famous "Jerusalem Delivered" tells a mythical story of the First Crusade complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. In 1583, five additional cantos were written by Camillo Camilli to supplement Tasso's original poem.

This undated 1685 Bassano edition includes Camilli's additions.
Item number: #7523
Price: $750
TASSO, Torquato
Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata, Poema heroic…
Bassano: per Gio; Antonio Remondini, [1685]

Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 672
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Famous Provenance – Handwritten
o Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force; 17th-century French author
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Language: Italian
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Binding: Vellum;… Read More

Venetia: Presso Gio. Battista Ciotti, 1598. Full Calf. Very Good. 768 pp. A near miniature book, 12mo, measuring 11 by 6 cm or 4.5 by 2.25 inches. Small postage stamp-sized woodcuts as header of each canto. Also decorative letter figures starting off each canto. Tight and notwithstanding some toning to leaves, text clear and crisp. Side margins tight, but this is how pages were cut. Later brown calf (probably 19th century) has some scuffs and rubbing but still sound.