Null Tasso, Torquato - The Jerusalem Delivered

Genoa, Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. 2n…
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Tasso, Torquato - The Jerusalem Delivered Genoa, Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. 2nd ed. Two magnificent intaglio frontispieces framed in elaborate architectural motifs, one with a portrait of Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and the other with a panorama of Genoa and a portrait of Tasso, 20 copper-engraved plates from drawings by Castello placed at the opening of each canto, elegant illustrations framed in rich architectural frames, ornate wood-engraved headpieces, endpapers and ornate letterheads, some reddening, light stains and moisture stains, SPLENDID COEVA BINDING in burgundy calfskin with fine gilt frames to the plates, decorated with phytomorphic irons, in the center a noble coat of arms enclosing two rampant lions facing each other, defects. Stamp on verso of the frontispiece of "Museum Britannicum - 1881 Duplicate for sale."

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Tasso, Torquato - The Jerusalem Delivered Genoa, Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. 2nd ed. Two magnificent intaglio frontispieces framed in elaborate architectural motifs, one with a portrait of Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and the other with a panorama of Genoa and a portrait of Tasso, 20 copper-engraved plates from drawings by Castello placed at the opening of each canto, elegant illustrations framed in rich architectural frames, ornate wood-engraved headpieces, endpapers and ornate letterheads, some reddening, light stains and moisture stains, SPLENDID COEVA BINDING in burgundy calfskin with fine gilt frames to the plates, decorated with phytomorphic irons, in the center a noble coat of arms enclosing two rampant lions facing each other, defects. Stamp on verso of the frontispiece of "Museum Britannicum - 1881 Duplicate for sale."

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