Tasso, Torquedo

Aminta

Amsterdam nella stamperia del S.D. Elzevier, et in Parigi si vende appresso Thomaso Jolly 1678 Favola Boscareccia di Torquato Tasso. Engraved frontispiece and six plates by Sebastian Leclerc. 24mo. [104 x 60 x 13 mm]. 85pp. Bound in contemporary red goatskin, the covers with a gilt single fillet border, the spine divided into five panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second panel, the head and foot of the spine, the edges of the boards and the turn-ins tooled with a gilt roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. (A little worn). Willems, "Les Elzevier", 1556. Some minor soiling and staining, but a decent copy of this Elzevir edition with rather charming illustrations. Manuscript gift inscription on a paper label inside the front cover: "Anthony Salvin e dono avia delecta sua Elizabeth Mills". This is probably Anthony Salvin (1799-1881), the architect who executed the restorations at the Tower of London, Windsor and other castles and country seats.

• GBP 400.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: ebc1731

• bookseller: George Bayntun (GREAT BRITAIN)