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La Gerusalemme Liberata Di Torquato Tasso con Le Figure Di Giambatista Piazzetta Alla Sacra Real Maesta Di Maria Teresa d'Austria [[ Liberated Jerusalem With The Figures Of Giambatista Piazzetta At The Sacred Real Maestral Of Maria Teresa]] FACSIMILE Fotografato e Stampato dai Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milano. (Photographed and Printed by the Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milan.

Tasso, Torquato · Venezia

Author: Tasso, Torquato
Date: 0.9242584745762712
Place: Venezia
Publisher: Giambatista Albrizzi Q. Girol.
Language: English
Binding: Folio. 17 3/4 x 12 inches (45 x 30 cm); ¾ vellum over red cloth, spine with 4 wide slightly raised gilt accented bands, 5 compartments , 2 large rust labels and 3 with gilt decorations.
Format: FACSIMILE Fotografato e Stampato dai Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milano. (Photographed and Printed by the Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milan. [VENETIAN ILLUSTRATION] Titled in red and black with vignette, (plus frontispiece and portrait); 255 ff. Each of the twenty cantos contains an engraved plate, a cartouche containing the argument, and a tailpiece; five of the tailpieces are hors-texte, including the final one portraying Piazzetta and Albrizzi. Engraved opening initials, all by Martin Schedl after Piazzetta. The first edition with these illustrations, this is the highpoint of 18th century Venetian illustration. This is the earlier issue, with the plates captioned with the names and arms of the sponsors. Gamba p. 285; Morazzoni p. 256; Cohen-de Ricci 978.
Category: Children’s & Illustrated
Record: S.I.4360

FACSIMILE Fotografato e Stampato dai Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milano. (Photographed and Printed by the Fratelli Treves. 1888. Milan.

Title: La Gerusalemme Liberata Di Torquato Tasso con Le Figure Di Giambatista Piazzetta Alla Sacra Real Maesta Di Maria Teresa d'Austria

Translated from Italian: Liberated Jerusalem With The Figures Of Giambatista Piazzetta At The Sacred Real Maestral Of Maria Teresa

Folio. 17 3/4 x 12 inches (45 x 30 cm); 1745. Tasso, Torquato. Venezia [Venice]: Giambatista Albrizzi Q. Girol. Half vellum with generous corners over red cloth, spine with 4 wide, slightly raised gilt accented bands, 5 compartments, 2 large rust labels and 3 with gilt decorations. [VENETIAN ILLUSTRATION] Titled in red and black with vignette, (plus frontispiece and portrait); 255 ff. Each of the twenty cantos contains an engraved plate, a cartouche containing the argument, and a tailpiece; five of the tailpieces are hors-texte, including the final one portraying Piazzetta and Albrizzi. Engraved opening initials, all by Martin Schedl after Piazzetta. The first edition with these illustrations, this is the highpoint of 18th century Venetian illustration. This is the earlier issue, with the plates captioned with the names and arms of the sponsors. Gamba p. 285; Morazzoni p. 256; Cohen-de Ricci 978.

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