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Heroic poem on the first crusade. One of the most famous poems of Italian literature
TASSO, Torquato.Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme Liberata, Poema Heroico del Sig. Torquato Tasso. Nel quale sono state aggiunte molte stanze levate, con le varie lettioni & postivi gli argomenti e allegorie a ciascun canto d'incerto auttore. Con aggiunta de' cinque canti del signor Camillo Camilli, & i loro argumenti del signor Francesco Melchior opitergino.      Venice, Giacomo Vincenti, 1611. 2 parts in one. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum, title in ink on spine. Title within elaborately engraved architectural borders, 19 engravings in first part engraved by Gasparo Grispoldi, 2 woodcut illustrations in second part, woodcut printer's device on second title, woodcut headpieces and initials, text printed in two columns. (8), 117, (1 blank) lvs.; 63 pp. Early 17th century edition of the famous heroic poem "La Gerusalemme Liberate" ("Jerusalem delivered'') by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (Sorrento 1544- Rome 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 Genova edition of 1590, published by Girolamo Bartoli. In 20 songs Tasso describes the first crusade under Godfried de Bouillon and the siege of Jerusalem, blending mediaeval chivalry and classical antiquity into the new Christian world. Next to Ariosto's "Orlando furioso" Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata" became one of the most popular books of early literary history and for centuries it greatly influenced literary authors, like Goethe. An index of names and subjects is included. Good copy.- (Some wormholes in text leaves and endpapers; some browning and offsetting; leaves sl. frayed).
Gamba, Serie dei testi di lingua e di altre importanti nella italiana letteratura scritte dal secolo XIV al XIX, 948 note (p. 285).
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