Live veiling - Lot 1494
La Gerusalemme liberata.
Paris, A. Delalain, P. Durand, G.-Cl. Molini, 1771
€ 600 / 800
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Beschrijving lot
2 vol., 8vo: front.-[2]-331, front.-[2]-340 pp.; 21 pl. (some very minor spotting).
Contemp. half sheep with corners, speckled paper on covers, gilt fillets on flat spine, red leather title label.
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 depicting 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. J.B. Bicker (name on flyleaf).