Author: Tasso, Torquato.
Title: The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso. Translated Into English Spenserian Verse, with a Life of the Author: By J.H. Wiffen. Second American from the First English Edition.
Description: New York: D. Appleton & Co. / Philadelphia, PA: Geo. S. Appleton, 1850. 1850. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt with profuse decorations in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gilt on the front cover & frames & decorations in blind on both covers. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with some light staining to the rear cover. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail very lightly chipped. 624 pages. Illustrated with 6 steel engravings with tissue guards, including a portrait frontispiece. There is an owner's inscription on the front endpaper & there is scattered foxing & staining. Good. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; EPIC; ITALIAN; JERUSALEM DELIVERED; TORQUATO TASSO; TRANSLATION; J. H. WHIFFEN; ILLUSTRATIONS; ENGRAVINGS; STEEL ENGRAVINGS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.


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