TASSO, Torquato. Il Goffredo, ovvero Gerusalemme Liberata. Venezia, Antonio Groppo, 1760-61.
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Start Price 1 800 €
Description
2 Vols. 4to; Contemporaty full calf binding., red labels for the title on the spine and numbering of volumes; endpaper in marbled REMONDINI paper; pp. 2 nn. incl. Halftitle, XXX incl Titlepage, 364; XII incl. Halftitle and Titlepage, 360;
Pictorial frontispiece; Titlepage of the first vol. in red and black with Vignette.,
Portrait of the Author based on the painting of A. Caracci; 95 engravings within the text, Initials, finals and ornaments engraved., 20 splendid copper plates out text;
A total of 2 large vignettes on Titlepages and 117 copper plates, 22 of which at full page out text. Ex libris of Giorgio de Andreis.
RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED WORK.
BEAUTIFUL ANS ESTEEMED EDITION, considered one of the best for the richness and beauty of the branches.
The oval portrait of the poet is taken from the famous painting by Annibale Carracci and is designed by P. Antonio Novelli. Each of the 20 songs a plate refers to the text, engraved by Jacopo Leonardis drawings by Bernardo Castello; the arguments are within a elegant engraved border and the first initial of each song is finely cut and historiated on copper; also 95 scenes of the poem are illustrated by fine half-page engravings, interspersed with the text. The invention and the design of 'frontispiece, the portrait and the wonderful vignettes in the text are by Novelli, all incisions are by Leonardis.
Tassiana: “Questa edizione merita di essere annoverata tra le più belle ed ornate che si abbiano della Gerusalemme”. Morazzoni 256; Gamba 948; Serassi II, 406; Lapiccirella 235; Tassiana 270.
Slight sign of wear at the binding, excellent condition. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Pictorial frontispiece; Titlepage of the first vol. in red and black with Vignette.,
Portrait of the Author based on the painting of A. Caracci; 95 engravings within the text, Initials, finals and ornaments engraved., 20 splendid copper plates out text;
A total of 2 large vignettes on Titlepages and 117 copper plates, 22 of which at full page out text. Ex libris of Giorgio de Andreis.
RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED WORK.
BEAUTIFUL ANS ESTEEMED EDITION, considered one of the best for the richness and beauty of the branches.
The oval portrait of the poet is taken from the famous painting by Annibale Carracci and is designed by P. Antonio Novelli. Each of the 20 songs a plate refers to the text, engraved by Jacopo Leonardis drawings by Bernardo Castello; the arguments are within a elegant engraved border and the first initial of each song is finely cut and historiated on copper; also 95 scenes of the poem are illustrated by fine half-page engravings, interspersed with the text. The invention and the design of 'frontispiece, the portrait and the wonderful vignettes in the text are by Novelli, all incisions are by Leonardis.
Tassiana: “Questa edizione merita di essere annoverata tra le più belle ed ornate che si abbiano della Gerusalemme”. Morazzoni 256; Gamba 948; Serassi II, 406; Lapiccirella 235; Tassiana 270.
Slight sign of wear at the binding, excellent condition. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
