Musier fils

TASSO, Torquato. Jérusalem délivrée, poëme du Tasse. Nouvelle traduction. Paris: Musier fils, 1774. 2 volumes, 15 × 24 cm. (2) leaves, viij, 341 pp.; (2) leaves, v, 328 pp., (4) leaves.

 

First edition of Charles-François Lebrun's anonymous prose translation of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, illustrated with the celebrated compositions by Hubert-François Gravelot, originally produced for the Italian edition of 1771.

 

The illustrations comprise two fully engraved title-pages by Drouet, each with an ornamental vignette, two frontispieces with medallion portraits of Tasso and Gravelot, twenty engraved plates, twenty headpieces depicting the principal characters of the poem, and twenty-eight...

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 fresh...

New illustrated edition in first printing. The illustration comprises three frontispieces by Cochin, Moreau and Eisen, engraved by Gaucher, Ponce and Née; and 20 head-pieces by Eisen, engraved by Helman, De Longueil, Masquelier and Massard. Elegant illustrated work with careful page layout, printed on deluxe Holland paper, which explains why the work takes up considerably more space than the ordinary printing on laid paper, here 6 volumes against the usual 3.
Full speckled brown sheep binding ca 1800. Smooth spine decorated with 2 grotesque compartments, a fleuron and roulettes at tail. Orange morocco title and volume labels. Foliage frieze framing the boards. Rubbing. 3 corners slightly...

New illustrated edition in first printing. The illustration comprises three frontispieces by Cochin, Moreau and Eisen, engraved by Gaucher, Ponce and Née; and 20 headpieces by Eisen, engraved by Helman, De Longueil, Masquelier and Massard. Elegant illustration with careful page layout.
Full blonde tortoiseshell calf bindings. Spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red and green sheep title and volume labels. Covers framed with triple gilt fillets. Gilt dentelles framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt. Head and foot of first volume with small lacks, those of the other two volumes rubbed. Five corners bumped. Numerous and scattered foxing (mainly...

New illustrated edition in first printing. The illustrations comprise three frontispieces by Cochin, Moreau and Eisen, engraved by Gaucher, Ponce and Née; and 20 head-pieces by Eisen, engraved by Helman, De Longueil, Masquelier and Massard. Elegant illustrated work with careful layout.
Half olive green morocco binding with corners, late 19th century unsigned in a master binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Gilt title and date at tail. Gilt fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Very pale dampstain on the first 4 leaves of volume II, at mid-page. Very handsome copy, perfectly established and of great freshness.
Novel originally published in 1665, which received its first illustration in...