Torquato Tasso - La Gerusalemme Liberata - 1777

Torquato Tasso: La Gerusalemme liberata. London; to be sold in Livorno by Masi, 1778. Two volumes, complete works, pp. XIV, 331 (1); 337 (3); size 15.5 x 9.5 cm. Contemporary bindings in half-leather with corners; marbled boards; spine labels in greenish morocco; red edges. Fresh leaves, in order. Frontispiece in each volume and, in the first, a portrait of Tasso. At the beginning of each of the 20 cantos, beautiful and fresh engravings: all by Giovanni Lapi. A genuine and well-preserved set.