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Christmas Special / Antique Books, Autographs and Prints

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Letteratura

Tasso, Torquato

Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem illustrated by Bernardo Castello, 1617

Estimate

€ 500 - 1.000

Sold

€ 1.226

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Genoa, printed for Giuseppe Pavoni at the request of Bernardo Castello, 1617. In folio. Full parchment binding. Smooth spine with gilt author and title inscription. Engravings on the frontispiece and title page. Title on the frontispiece. Portrait of the dedicatee on the frontispiece and of the author on the title page. Woodcut initials. Text in two columns. 20 engravings (at the beginning of each canto). Due to a misprint, the illustrations for cantos IV and V are incorrect (the correct figure is superimposed within the frame). Slight browning and brown ink marks. An excellent copy. Ex libris of Il Polifilo of Milan on the pastedown.

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