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Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

433 - Tasso. – *Jerusalem Delivered*.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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Description
Tasso. – *Jerusalem Delivered*. A poem by Tasso, translated by Lebrun. Paris, Bossange, Masson & Besson, Year II [1794]. 2 volumes in-8, bound in full contemporary calfskin, with covers decorated with a framed roulette pattern, plain, decorated spine, title and volume number labels in green morocco, scroll pattern on the edges, gilt edges – corners pierced, slight skin wear, scattered foxing – [2 ff., title folio, title page], 364 pp.; [1 title folio], 351 pp. Illustrated with 2 allegorical frontispieces featuring medallion portraits of Gravelot and Torquato Tasso, and 2 title vignettes engraved by Henriquez after Gravelot, along with 20 unsigned half-page illustrations and 2 unsigned tailpieces. An entertaining edition of the highly fictionalised account of the battles between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem.
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Auction time 10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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