Torquarto Tasso (3 results)
Published by J. Clark, E. Withers, J. Jackson, J. Millan 1749
- Hardcover
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. "Done into English, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by Edward Fairfax, Gent." Fourth edition, with glossary and Index. 3/4 leather. Covers edgeworn. Bookplate inside front cover. Mild foxing. Occasional pencil notations. name written on first blank page.
More imagesLa Gierusalemme Liberata di Torquarto Tasso
Tasso, Torquarto; Annotations of Scipio Gentili and Giulio Guastavini
Published by Girolamo Bartoli, Genoa 1590
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition thus. 8vo. First illustrated version of "Gerusalemme Liberata". 255, 69, 40, [8] pp. With 20 plates of illustrations and illustrated title page, along with decorative tail and header elements framing each canto. Quarto, 9.5 by 7 inches or 24 by 17 cm. Brunet V 665. Gamba 948. Govi 137…. (Govi, I Classici Che Hanno Fatto L'Italia, giorgio Regnani Editore, Modena 2010.) Agostino Caracci, brother of the more famous artist Annibalee Caracci -- both worked on celebrated frescos of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome -- contributed to the ornamenting of the plates to Canto 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20. Bound in nineteenth century vellum, with also Victorian Era marbled endpapers. Soilage scattered throughout, yet text remains attractive. Plates are also quite vivid and bright, with some soilage in their margins. Prior owner stamped an oval seal on the base margin of the plate, not touching the plate, and this impression while generally faded, also has shadow on facing page. Vellum has light soilage but remains healthy. Boards are flat -- no warping of vellum. Minor chip to title label and to place/year label, in neither case affecting gilt lettering. Castello, Bernardo; Agostino Caracci; Giacomo Franco (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Milano, Dalla Socifta tipografica de` Classice Italiani 1823-1825. 1823
Seller: Taunus-Antiquariat Karl-Heinz Eisenbach, Niedernhausen, GermanyTaunus-Antiquariat Karl-Heinz Eisenbach
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Originalauflage (kein Reprint). Frontispiz (nur Bd. I), XCII, 375 (1), 572, XXXIII, 617 (1), XLIII, 628 und XII, 574 (1) Seiten. Hier die komplette Ausgabe Opere in 5 Bänden. Italienisch. [Torquato Tasso (1544 bis 1595 ) war ein italienischer Dichter des 16. Jahrhunderts, der Zeit der Gegenreformation. Am bekanntesten wurde er d…urch sein Werk La Gerusalemme liberata (eig. Das befreite Jerusalem, auch ins Deutsche übersetzt als Gottfried von Bulljon), in welchem er ein fiktives Gefecht zwischen Christen und Muslimen am Ende des Ersten Kreuzzuges während der Belagerung von Jerusalem beschreibt; bekannt wurde er auch durch die Geisteskrankheit, an der er den größten Teil seines Lebens litt. / Quelle Wikipedia] Sprache: Italienisch [Italienische Literatur] Gr.-8°, 14,5 x 23 cm. Interimsbroschur (nicht gebunden, reiner Buchblock mit Papierumschlag. Unbeschnitten. Teilweise gering stockfleckig.
