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TASSO, TORQUATO. La Gerusalemme Liberata . . . con le Annotationi di Scipion Gentili, e di Giulio Guastavini, et li Argomenti di Oratio Ariosti. 20 full page illustrations by Bernardo Castello. [16], 255, [1]; 71, [1], 36, [4] pages, including 2 engraved titles, the first with portrait of the dedicatee, Carlo Emanuele di Savoia, the second with portrait of Tasso and view of Venice. Folio, lavishly gilt-tooled green morocco by Josefina L. Díez Lassaletta circa 1965, spine faded to brown, gilt edges additionally decorated with author's name, title, and date in stylized lettering in ink outlined with stipplework respectively on top, fore, and bottom edges, gold and beige floral brocade doublures and endleaves; light to moderate foxing, light offsetting from illustrations onto facing pages. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni for Bernard Castello, 1617
