La Gerusalemme liberata.

2 vol., 8vo: front.-[2]-331, front.-[2]-340 pp.; 21 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, 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. Ex dono to Suzanne Marie Anne de Chabaud Latour from her father, 1786 (ms. note). - Ex dono from Suzanne Marie Anne "née de Chabaud Latour" to her daughter Rosine Julie Suzanne Juillerat in 1844 (id.). - Xavier Duquenne 1966 (ms. entry).