THE CUP (Torquato Tasso, says). Jerusalem delivered poem of - Lot 514

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THE CUP (Torquato Tasso, says). Jerusalem delivered poem of - Lot 514
THE CUP (Torquato Tasso, says). Jerusalem delivered poem of the Cup. New translation. Paris, Musier fils, 1774. 2 vol. large in-8, blond calf, smooth ornamented backs, triple gilt fillet framing the dishes, threaded cups. The illustration is composed of 2 frontispices, 2 vignettes on the titles, 20 header vignettes of portraits of the characters of the poem, 28 culs-de-lampe including 12 full-page and 20 off-text plates all by Gravelot. Original edition of the French translation by Charles-François Lebrun (1739 - 1824), man of letters, member of the institute and Duke of Plaisance, who began his career with Maupéou until the latter's fall in 1774. Beautiful copy, a cracked bit and some scattered freckles.
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