Lot 70
  • 70

Torquato Tasso

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • La Gerusalemme liberata... con le figure di Gianbattista Piazzetta. Venezia: Albrizzi, 1745
folio (450 x 310 mm), occhietto, antiporta incisa, frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con vignetta incisa, ritratto inciso a piena pagina di Maria Teresa anziana, numerose iniziali, testate e finali incisi, 20 tavole a piena pagina incise fuori testo, bazzana coeva riccamente impressa e dorata, inquadratura dei piatti, al centro di entrambi larga cornice a volute che comprende uno scudo vuoto sormontato da corona, dorso a 6 nervi impresso e dorato con tassello, tagli dorati; capitelli e tassello rifatti, cerniere consumate.
Morazzoni 256; Radaeli, 1989 (variante B); Gamba 948

Condition

Copy in excellent overall condition. The binding is slightly restored at head and foot of the spine, the spine is slightly worn. Inside the copy is in very good conditions: there are just minor traces of foxing on few pages by the upper margins.
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