Book of the Day: Tasso (1764)

Tasso, Torquato, Le Gerusalemme Liberata (with the observations of Niccolo Cianculo and Scipio Gentili; Nimes: Michele Gaude, 1764), Volume I. Interesting and rare volume containing marginalia by one C. Thiemann, including a diagram of the Ptolemaic system and a note that he read the book in the year 1805 in the endpapers. Tasso (1544-95) was one of the most-read poets in Europe until the last century. This book is one of a broken set of his best-known work, a highly imaginative account of the combat between Muslims and Christians at the culmination of the First Crusade. Leather bound, 6.25” x. 4.25”. Worn but solid condition. HBB price: $350 obo.