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TASSO, Torquato La Gerusalemme liberata. Paris, A. Delalain, P. Durandn, J.-C. Molini, 2 vol., 8vo: front.-[2]-front.-[2]-pp.; pl. (foxing, some ff. sl. browned in the end of vol. II). Contemp. marbled calf, gilt ruled covers with three fillets, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, gilt fillet on edges, gilt inside dentelles, gilt edges (front joint of vol. I splitting). In a mod. box. First issue of the nice illustrations engraved by Baquoy, Duclos, Henriquez, etc. after Hubert Gravelot : 2 frontispieces with medallion portraits of Tasso and Gravelot, 2 engr. titles with vignettes, 1 engr. dedication, plates, headpieces with medallion portraits figuring the characters of the poem (with their names in Italian), 9 full-page tailpieces and small headpieces. Ref. Cohen 974-("Très belle édition publiée par G. Conti, avec illustrations superbes"). Prov. Ex dono to Suzanne Marie Anne de Chabaud Latour from her father, (ms. note). - Ex dono from Suzanne Marie Anne "née de Chabaud Latour" to her daughter Rosine Julie Suzanne in (id.). - Xavier Duquenne (ms. entry).