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Parigi: Con Privilegio Del Re, 1729. vi, [ii pub. rights in French dated 1728], 88pp. Riveduta, e corretta per L'Abbate Antonini. 17x11cms. Contemporary full calf with lovely original marbled end-papers. Spine joints frayed, cracked and weak but a lovely early copy of a very scarce item. Large armorial bookplate of William Grove Esq. 'Laudo Manentem' 11x9 cms. [Grove of Shenston Park, Staffs]. Front two leaves attached but loose. Tasso, Torquato (1544-95) . PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. Edizione Nuova. hardcover. V.g.. small 8vo.

In Parigi, appresso Prault, 1767 e 1768. In fine della prima opera: nella Stamperia di Michele Lambert.. Due opere in un unico volume in 12¡ (9x14,5), legatura coeva in pieno vitello avana, piatti inquadrati da duplice filetto in oro, titoli e fregi in oro al dorso, sguardie policrome coeve. Tagli dorati. Frontesp. inc. + pp. VIII + pp. 328 con un ritratto del Guarini inciso in rame a piena pag. e rilegato,erroneamente, all'inizio della seconda opera. Segue: Front. inciso + pp. XLVIII + 143(1) + 1 c.b. Complessivamente, 14 testatine inc. in rame da Cochin (6+8). Piccole abrasioni alla legatura, altrimenti fresco e nitido esemplare.

Orléans, Da' Torchj di L.P. Couret de Villeneuve, 1787.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, contemporary speckled calf, smooth spine gilt in six compartments, red spine labels in second and third compartments with titles (some wear to edges and hinges, slightly defective at head and foot of spine), marbled endleaves, text block edges marbled. Woodcut vignette on title page. Woodcut headpieces and ornaments. Scattered light stains and browning. Overall good to very good condition. 502 pp. *** First edition thus. Two of these three pastoral plays formed the inspiration for operas.Tasso's Aminta, a pastoral romance set in the era of Alexander the Great, was the basis of a libretto by Metastasio, Il re pastore, which premiered in 1751. Metastasio's libretto became the basis of Mozart's Il re pastore, which premiered in 1775, and of Aminta, il re pastore, by Antonio Mazzoni (d. 1785). Tasso's story was the basis for the ballet Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, with music by Léo Delibes, first performed in 1876.… Read More