Lot no. 87
TASSO (Torquato). Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata. Amsterdam, Daniel Elzevier ; Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1678. 2 volumes in-24, violet morocco, double gilt fillet and cold roulette, ornate smooth spine, triple fillet inside, gilt edges (Purgold-Hering). A charming Elzevirian edition with a title-frontispiece (here at the head of the second volume), a bust portrait of Tasso and 20 unsigned plates by Sébastien Leclerc. A very fine copy, finely bound. Willems, n°1557.
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