T. Tasso. Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, Poema Heroico.

This item contains no English description. See the Dutch description: Nel quale sono state aggiunte molte stanze levate, con le varie lettioni & postivi gli argomenti e allegorie a ciascun canto d'incerto auttore. Venice, G. Vincenti, 1611, 2 parts in 1 vol. (8),117,(1 blank) lvs.; 63 p., text printed in 2 columns, title within elaborately engr. architectural borders, 20 engraved ills. by G. Grispoldi within letterpress ornamental borders in first part, 2 woodcut ills. in 2nd part, woodcut printer's device on second title., woodcut headpieces and initials, contemp. limp vellum, 4to.

A few quires and endpapers w. wormholes; endpapers and part of bookblock w. waterstains. Vellum sl. soiled and wrinkled (Italian binding); lacks ties. Fine and rare, early 17th century Italian language edition of the famous heroic poem "Jerusalem delivered" by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-1595), enlarged with five songs by Camillo Camilli (d. 1615), with a separate title page to this second part. This edition is based on the Geneva edition of 1590, published by Girolamo Bartoli.