La Gerusalemme Liberata Di Torquato Tasso.
£150.00
Publisher
Per Nicolo Bettoni.
Place
Milano
Date
1824
Synopsis
Correttori del presente volume: barbieri, gaetano ; bettoni, giovanni ; bettoni, nicol? ; ferrari, vincenzo ; robbia, leopoldo, 1, p. [335].
Item Description
TWO VOLUMES. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Volume Primo, [2] + xii + 333 pp. + [2] pp. ; Volume Secondo, [2] + 341 pp. + [2] pp. Bound in contemporary brown cloth, gilt, with contrasting maroon title label, gilt. All edges gilt. Extremities worn, including corners, edges and heads and tails of spines. Boards have some light staining and some scattered foxing and browning of pages; otherwise a very good copy. Vol. Primo Illustrated by engraved portrait frontispiece by Luigi Miozzi. The epic poem, La Gerusalemme LIberata (Jerusalem Liberated) of 1581 is the most famous work of the Italian sixteenth century. poet, Torquato Tasso (1521-95). It describes the conflicts during the Siege of Jerusalem in 1099 at the end of the First Crusade, with a number of romantic episodes featuring three beautiful pagan women. Scarce edition of 1824.
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