Lot 327
  • 327

Tasso, Torquato

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

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Jérusalem Délivrée Poëme du Tasse. Nouvelle traduction. Paris: Musier fils, 1774



2 volumes, 4to (9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.; 250 x 190 mm). Printed on pale blue paper, two engraved titles, 2 engraved frontispieces, 20 engraved plates, 23 engraved tail-pieces and 20 engraved vignettes by Drouët, all hand-colored, with tissue guards; some marginal spotting. Contemporary maroon morocco, triple-fillet borders, spines richly gilt, small signs of wear at extremities.

Literature

Cohen-De Ricci, cols. 975-976

Condition

some marginal spotting. Contemporary maroon morocco, triple-fillet borders, spines richly gilt, small signs of wear at extremities.
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Catalogue Note

Handsome copy of the quarto edition, hand-colored. First edition of this translation by Charles-François Lebrun (1739-1824).