1749 Jerusalem Delivered Tasso CRUSADES Godfrey of Bouillon Edw Fairfax ENGLISH

1749 Jerusalem Delivered Tasso CRUSADES Godfrey of Bouillon Edw 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 1749 English edition was translated by Edward Fairfax, published in London.

 

Item number: #18626

Price: $499

 

TASSO, Torquato

 

Tasso’s Jerusalem delivered, or, Godfrey of Bulloign : an heroic poem

 

London : Printed by J. Purser, for J. Clark, et al., 1749.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [24], 500, [26]
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Henry Moore
  • Handwritten – Angélique E. de Wind
  • Handwritten – Maude Adela Conybeare, 1878
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

 

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