La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].
by Tasso, Torqato
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1824. Finely bound example of Torquato Tasso's epic poem La Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine. In very good condition. First published in 1581, Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to take Jerusalem. The poem is composed of 1,917 stanzas in ottava rima (15,336 hendecasyllabic lines), grouped into twenty cantos of varying length. The poem was hugely successful, and sections or moments from the story were used in works in other media all over Europe, especially in the period before the French Revolution and the Romantic movement, which provided alternative stories combining love, violence, and an exotic setting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111064
- Title
- La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso. [Jerusalem Delivered].
- Author
- Tasso, Torqato
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nicolo Bettoni
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- Jerusalem Delivered, La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torqato Tasso
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Marbled boards
- ...