Aminta favola boschereccia . ora per la prima volta alla sua vera lezione ridotta.

Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595).

Published by Impresso co' carratteri Bodoniani, Crispoli [i.e. , Parma], 1793

About this Item

Large folio (45 cm); xxxv, 117, [2 blank] pages. Engraved head-piece by Lucatelli. Richly bound in recent polished brown half leather over marbled paper-covered boards, borders double ruled in gilt; spine in six compartments ruled and titled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Protected in 20th-century (?) marbled paper-covered slipcase. References: Brooks 514; De Lama II,89; Bergamo, Raccolta Tassiana, #1232 ("edizione di particolare bellezza ed eleganza"). See also Gamba 958 ("suntuosa edizione"). Giambattista Bodoni quite adored this rather light pastoral romance by Torquato Tasso. It was the second book he printed on his own private press (before he had permission to work on his own in addition to running the Royal press) in 1789, in a quarto format. Once his private He revisited the text twice more, again in smaller formats. The 1793 edition is the first and only folio production of the Aminta. A few copies bear a portrait of Tasso on the title page--our copy is one of the majority that do not. Exquisitely rebound in period style. Seller Inventory # 6666

Bibliographic Details

Title: Aminta favola boschereccia . ora per la ...

Publisher: Impresso co' carratteri Bodoniani, Crispoli [i.e. , Parma]

Publication Date: 1793

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine