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La Gierosalemme Libberata [books one and two]
by Tasso, Torquato
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Naples, Italy: Giuseppe-Maria Porcelli, 1786. Hard Cover. Near Fine. One volume containing both books with separate title pages and pagination. 260, 254 p.; 16 cm. 20th-century polished calf spine with five spine compartments between raised bands. Black morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Small white oval label in upper right-hand corner of title page of book one with an embossed image of a bird holding a branch. Stamped at head of book one title page: Discarded Sold. The two books of Gierosalemme Libberata make up volumes 13 and 14 of Collezione di Tutti i Poemi in Lingua Napoletana. Torquato Tasso's epic poem Jerusalem Delivered translated into the Neapolitan dialect by Gabriele Fasano. The poem tells a romantically fictionalized story of the First Crusade with Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, fighting to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims. In Near Fine Condition: lacking first leaf, the series title page, of book 1 (the series title page of book 2 is present); occasional light foxing; otherwise a clean and very attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001915
- Title
- La Gierosalemme Libberata [books one and two]
- Author
- Tasso, Torquato
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Giuseppe-Maria Porcelli
- Place of Publication
- Naples, Italy
- Date Published
- 1786
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Africa, Asia, & Middle East;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Morocco
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- Fine
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- Spine Label
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Title Page
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