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London: Printed by [Eliot's Court Press, for] Iohn Bill, printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiesty, 1624. Second Edition, 1st editions was published in 1600. This copy is bound in full modern calf . This has the ownership signature on the dedication page of Susanna Knollys. STC (2nd ed.), 23699; Folio; 27.5 x 17 cm. Signatures: ¶⁴ )(⁴ A⁴ B-2K⁶ 2L⁴. (lacking the frontis. portrait (plate) of Godfrey, signed: Guil: Pass: fe., i.e. Willem van de Passe. "Some copies [of this ed.] have an engr. portrait of Godfrey and/or an extra leaf of verses: 'The genius of Godfrey to Prince Charles' ..."-STC (2nd ed.)). Tasso's epic poem in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem. Said to be a favorite of both King James and Charles I. The materials for the life of Fairfax are slight, and in some matters contradictory. They are principally comprised in a communication from Mr. Brian Fairfax, a… Read More

Venice: Ioa[n]nem Rubeum, 1506. First edition. This copy is bound in modern quarter vellum. Dampstain at upper right, and throughout light dampstain at headband. dampstaining in the headpiece towards the gutter, sporadically lightly foxing, in parts lightly (a few pp. more heavily) browned, at the beginning and at the end slightly worm-hole. 80 woodcuts in text and numerous initials. Particularly noteworthy is the depiction of the birth of Caesar (f. 1), la plus ancienne illustration de l'opération césarienne (Sander). The word formation sectio caesarea - caesarean sectio. This is the first edition with woodcut title, 80 woodcuts in text and numerous initials. Particularly noteworthy is the depiction of the birth of Caesar (f. 1), la plus ancienne illustration de l'opération césarienne (Sander). The word formation sectio caesarea - caesarean section (actually from Latin caedere = to cut out) is related to this caesarean (section) birth of Caesar. De Vita Caesarum, a set of biographies of 12… Read More