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TASSO, Torquato Godephrydus Torquati Tassi epicum F[ratris] Josephi Mariae Conti Minoris Conu[entualis] Conuentus S[anc]ti Francisci Cremonae [...]. Pars prima. [Cremona, ca. 1740-Sm. folio (ca. 27,5 x 17,5 cm): [3]-ff. + a number of blanks inserted between each "Liber", catchwords at bottom, on paper, in Latin, draft ms. with numerous pen alterations, correction slips pasted on, etc. (toned, marginal worming with occasional loss of some letters). Contemp. black-coloured boards, flat spine with paper label (rubbed, sl. loosening at front). In good condition. Unpublished Latin verse translation of Books 1-of "Gerusalemme liberata" (Jerusalem Delivered), the famous Italian epic poem on Godfrey of Bouillon by Torquato Tasso (1544-1595). Each "Book" with an "argument" in Latin and Italian. With ecclesiastical approbations on f. 2r. The translation is dedicated to Carlo Filiberto (II) d’Este (1678-1752), last marquis of San Martino. Prov. Library ticket. - 19th-c. ms. bookseller’s description loosely inserted.