1687 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Tasso Godfrey of Bouillon Fairfax ENGLISH

1687 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Tasso Godfrey of Bouillon Fairfax ENGLISH

 

“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 rare 1687 English edition was translated by Edward Fairfax and titled ‘Godfrey of Bulloigne’, the rare but recognized title of this work.

 

Item number: #21823

Price: $750

 

TASSO, Torquato

 

Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Done into English heroical verse, by Edward Fairfax, Gent. Together with the life of the said Godfrey

 

London : Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, 1687.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [32], 655, [1]
• Provenance: Handwritten – Dyke
  • Possibly Sir Thomas Dyke, 1st Baronet (c. 1650–1706) an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1698.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7.5in X 4.75in (19cm x 12cm)

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