Estimate € 800 - 1,200
Sold € 750
Auction: 22 September 2020 at 10:30
TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595) - La Gerusalemme Liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni , 1617. A good copy of this fine edition illustrated by Bernardo Castello. Folio (285 x 200mm). Frontispiece and title engraved with the portraits of the author and dedicatee, each Canto with full-page engraved illustrations, large woodcut illustration and initial, the illustration at Canto IV printed separately and neatly pasted as in other copies examined (occasional light spots). Modern binding backed in leather decorated in gilt on spine over marbled paper boards and matching case.
Estimate € 800 - 1,200