Lot N. 204
Torquato Tasso
La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso
adornata con bellissime figure a ciascun canto, In Venetia: All'Insegna della Sapienza, 1673. In-4° (230x 175 mm). [13], 244 p., 20 tables. ft. Complete. Signature: a-b4, A-Z4, Aa-Ff4, Gg6.
Full parchment binding with calligraphic title on the back. Intaglio frontispiece with the portrait of Torquato Tasso in an oval medallion inserted in a rich architectural frame. Text in two columns. Ornate drop caps, heads and ends. At the beginning of each canto a beautiful panel engraved on copper by Francesco and Giacomo Valeggio. Binding in full parchment, with calligraphic title on the back, green cuts, slight defects, some stains. Marginal specimen, with slight gore and small restorations
Colophon: Vidit Gabriel Baba PC
Full parchment binding with calligraphic title on the back. Intaglio frontispiece with the portrait of Torquato Tasso in an oval medallion inserted in a rich architectural frame. Text in two columns. Ornate drop caps, heads and ends. At the beginning of each canto a beautiful panel engraved on copper by Francesco and Giacomo Valeggio. Binding in full parchment, with calligraphic title on the back, green cuts, slight defects, some stains. Marginal specimen, with slight gore and small restorations
Colophon: Vidit Gabriel Baba PC
Beautiful and uncommon edition printed in Venice by Giacomo Hertz, as indicated in c. a2v, rarer than the edition of the same year in which Hertz's printer appears on the title page.