Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Tasso, Torquato. La Gerusalemme liberata. Tomo primo–secondo. 2 vols.

With 2 engr. frontispieces, 2 engr. titles, engr. dedication in vol. I, 20 (10+10) copper plates, 20 engr. head-pieces, and 23 engr. tail-pieces of which 9 full-page. 331 pp.; 340 pp. Large 8vo. Contemp. calf with gilt decoration on spine, gilt fillets around boards and gilt decorated inner edges. All edges gilt. – Parigi (Paris), Agostino Delalain, Pietro Durand, Gio. Claudio Molini, 1771.

The most beautiful 18th-century French edition of Tasso’s „Gerusalemme liberata“, editited by Giusto de’ Conti and with the famous Rococo illustrations by Gravelot. Here a copy in first issue with the vignettes containing the names in Italian. – Cohen/de Ricci 974 (“Très belle édition […] avec illustrations superbes“); Lewine 525f. – Corners slightly bumped, spines slightly rubbed and faded. Few stains inside and one page in vol. I with small tear. Beautiful copy in all. – Best.-Nr. 26412