LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée poëme du Tasse
Musier fils|Paris 1774|15 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
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
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
€1,800
