La Gerusalemme liberata.

2 vol., 8vo: front.-[2]-331, front.-[2]-340 pp.; 21 pl. (occ. marg. foxing and soiling).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands with green and red leather labels, red sprinkled edges. Nice copy.

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, 20 plates, 20 headpieces with medallion portraits figuring the characters of the poem (with their names in Italian), 9 full-page tailpieces and 14 small tailpieces.
Ref. Cohen 974-975 ("Très belle édition publiée par G. Conti, avec illustrations superbes").
Prov. P.J. De Mat, bookseller in Brussels (label).