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Series of twenty plates of Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata, plus a frontispiece, made by Antonio Tempesta, etchings, measures 182 x 145 mm. Half parchment and cardboard binding from the 18th century. Edited by Francois Langlois, as stated on the title page: "F.L.D. Ciartres excudit."
Specialist Notes
The series of 20 illustrations, plus the title page, is numbered from I to XX and each has eight lines in Italian in the lower margin. On the title page of the series you can see the insignia of the Barberini family and in a cartouche you can read the dedication addressed by Antonio Tempesta to Prince Taddeo Barberini.
"Aven'io deliberato after having made the most figures at Gierusaleme del Tasso, to publish them for the common satisfaction of those who delight either in painting or poetry, or in both professions together: I wanted them, after they come out into the light of the World, naked of exquisiteness against the bites of time ; at least they come out dressed in protection (...)".
"Aven'io deliberato after having made the most figures at Gierusaleme del Tasso, to publish them for the common satisfaction of those who delight either in painting or poetry, or in both professions together: I wanted them, after they come out into the light of the World, naked of exquisiteness against the bites of time ; at least they come out dressed in protection (...)".
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