1590 1st Illustrated ed Tasso Jerusalem Delivered Italian Gerusalemme Liberata

1590 1^st Illustrated ed Tasso 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 1590 printing of Tasso is one of the earliest and is the first edition to include illustrations. This impressive and highly desirable edition includes annotations by Scipio Gentili and Giulio Guastavini which have separate registers.

Item number: #13725

Price: $2750

TASSO, Torquato

La Gierusalemme liberata

Genova : [Bartoli], 1590. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 11, [1], 100, 201-208, 109-255, [1], 71, [1], 40, [8]
    • (pagination errors expected of this edition)
  • 21 full-page engravings
    • By Agostino Carracci and Giacomo Franco, after B. Castello
  • References: USTC 858410; Adams T 243
  • Language: Italian
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Size: ~9.5in X 7in (24cm x 18cm)
  • Exceedingly rare and valuable

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