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Tasso, Torquato
The Neapolitan Tasso, such is the Jerusalem liberated by his Torquato Tasso voted to our language by Grabiele Fasano, 1689
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Naples, printed by Iacovo Raillardo at the expense of Francesco Ricciardi, April 15, 1689. On 2nd page. Fine frontispiece signed by Iacobus del Po depicting the Sebeto (the horse emblem of Naples), a mermaid, two dolphins, and Fame with Posillipo in the background, copperplate coat of arms on the title page, 20 full-page plates illustrating the respective Cantos, Italian and Neapolitan text in two facing columns, framed subjects, woodcut initials and decorations, some rare foxing and browning, small stain on p. 42, restoration in the margins of p. 43, contemporary hard parchment binding, handwritten title on the spine, minor defects. Ownership signatures erased on the title page.
Specialist Notes
Rare and valuable original edition of the first and only Neapolitan version of Tasso's masterpiece. Cat. Piantanida,3051: "This is the first and only translation of "Gerusalemme Liberata" into Neapolitan; it was highly praised by contemporaries, particularly Redi, who compared it to Lalli's "Aeneid travestita".'' It has footnotes which Croce discusses at length (Nuovi Saggi, pp. 252-53): ''This Neapolitan translation is now of primary interest to us for the notes that accompany the first edition. They are not just notes of words, but also notes that recall people and things of that time; they speak of brigands, warriors and captains, of curious characters, doctors and abbots, they narrate anecdotes and customs, they explain mottos and words of the Neapolitan dialect. It is rare to find complete copies of all the plates'' - Choix, Olschki XII,18758; Brunet,V,669; Graesse,VI,34; Tassiana Collection,725. 1689
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