La Gerusalemme Liberata - Two Volumes
by Torquato Tasso
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$77.53A$62.02
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About This Item
Milan: Nicolo Bettoni, 1824 Book. Good. Green Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The poem Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered) first published in 1581, which depicts the battles between Christians and Muslims during the Siege of Jerusalem in the First Crusade. Text in Italian.Two volumes in full leather bindings with marbled edges and endpapers, 5 raised bands with gilt decoration to spines. Significant rubbing to spines, edges and corners, some spotting to margins and early pages, some sooty deposits to pages, circular stamps of 'Middle Temple' to title pages, and marks to rear board of Vol.II, otherwise good. HEAVY BOOKS, extra postage will be requested..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009572
- Title
- La Gerusalemme Liberata - Two Volumes
- Author
- Torquato Tasso
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Nicolo Bettoni
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...