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[TASSO, TORQUATO.] Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The Recovery of Jerusalem. Done into English Heroical Verse, by Edward Fairfax, Gent. [32], 655 pages. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact; faint marginal dampstaining throughout much of volume, blank upper margin of title excised. London: J. M. for H. Herringman et al., 1687
Third edition of Fairfax's translation, which originally appeared in 1600; issue with Wells/Swale imprint. "Fairfax's command of the telling phrase and wide-ranging and aptly used scholarship established his reputation . . . The poem strongly influenced the development of English poetry from Webster to Dryden" (ODNB). Wing T174.
