1593 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso Italian Venice Knights Vellum

1593 CRUSADES Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso Italian Venice Knights Vellum

“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

Torquato Tasso’s famous “Jerusalem Delivered” tells a mythical story of the First Crusade, complete with Christian Knights battling Muslim warriors. This rare 1593 Italian edition was published in Venice by Altobello Salicato.

Item number: #25517

Price: $950

TASSO, Torquato

Goffredo, ouero Gierusalemme liberata : poema heroic

In Vinegia: Presso Altobello Salicato, 1593.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • Goffredo – [20], 127 leaves
  • Cinque Canti – 42 (i.e., 32) leaves
  • Signatures: [dagger]¹⁰ A-Q⁸; A-D⁸
• References: USTC 858426
• Provenance: Handwritten – Giannantonio Mongiardini, 1780
• Language: Italian
• Binding: Vellum
• Size: ~8.5in X 6.25in (21.5cm x 16cm)
• Rare and desirable

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