Le TASSE

First edition of this new translation by Charles François Lebrun superbly illustrated in first printing by Gravelot. 2 titles with fleurons engraved by Drouet, 2 frontispieces with medallion portraits of Tasso and Gravelot, 20 figures by the same, 28 tailpieces (12 hors-texte) and 20 head-vignettes of the main characters' portraits from the text. Copy on deluxe Holland paper, with wide margins.
Contemporary full red morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 large urns, series of thick and thin fillets. Green morocco title and volume labels. Roll tooling on edges and inner dentelle. Gilt edges. Decorative frame dentelle on boards doubled with fillets. Spine uniformly faded. At head...

First edition of this new translation by Charles François Lebrun illustrated in first printing by Gravelot. 2 title pages with fleurons engraved by Drouet, 2 frontispieces with medallion portraits of Tasso and Gravelot, 20 figures by the same, 28 tailpieces (12 hors-texte) and 20 vignettes at the head of portraits of the main characters from the text.
Full glazed lavallière calf binding. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label, green morocco volume label. Triple fillet frame on boards. Red edges. Traces of rubbing. Some stains on boards without consequence. Dampstain to volume II, from p. 65 to 68 and p. 92 to 96 in upper margin extending somewhat onto the text, otherwise...

New edition illustrated with 19 figures outside the text drawn by Gravelot and engraved by Le Roy.
Full olive green calf bindings, smooth spines slightly rubbed, decorated with typographical motifs, double gilt fillets and roulettes, fine hatching on the headcaps, joints slightly cracked at head and foot otherwise slightly rubbed, gilt roulettes framing the boards and pastedowns, blue speckled marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt roulettes on the leading edges, all edges gilt. Contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy in contemporary binding.

First printing edition, with Le Brun's translation, accompanied by the life of Tasso by Suard. The illustration comprises the portrait of Tasso engraved by Delvaux after Chasselat, and 20 figures by Le Barbier engraved by Bovinet, Dambrun, Delignon, Langlois, Trière, etc, protected by tissue guards.
Contemporary bindings in full marbled calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and dentelles. Boards framed with gilt roulette. Gilt roulette framing the pastedowns. Gilt roulette on the leading edges. All edges gilt. Head joint of the first volume cracked, headcap slightly damaged. Some rubbing. Scattered foxing. A reasonably good copy.
Handsome edition illustrated by Le...

Folio edition printed in a small number of copies on large vélin paper. Translated by Le Brun and with a preface from the 1774 edition. The illustrations are from the Italian edition published by Didot in 1784. With a frontispiece and 40 illustrations by Cochin engraved by Saint-Aubin, Tilliard, Delignon, Dambrun, etc. The Life of Tasso is by Suard.
Half red long-grained Empire morocco over red morocco-effect paper, gilt fillets to spine, headpieces slightly rubbed, corners bumped, a little spotting, but otherwise a very good copy with magnificent plates.
This is what Cohen has to say about the illustrations of the Italian edition: “A book published in grand style thanks to the...