TASSO, Torquato. - Jerusalem delivered. An heroic poem, translated by John Hoole.

London, W. Suttaby, Crosby & Co and Scatcherd and Letterman, 1809. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt fillets round sides, spine richly gilt. With engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page after R. Cook by J. Fittler. 501 pp. First published in 1581: La Gerusalemme liberata. - A very popular poem recounting a largely fictionalized version of the first crusade in which christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, fought against the muslims in order to raise the siege of Jerusalem. - A nice copy.

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