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Venezia: Antonio Zatta, 1762. 165 by 100mm (6 by 4 inches).Quarter vellum with marbled boards; [2], xvi, [2], 96, 6 pp. With tri-color handmade endpapers. With engraved title, engraved vignettes and eight full-page engravings by Pietro Antonio Novelli. Very Good with wear to boards. Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) was among the greatest Italian poets of the sixteenth century. This is a collection of his poetry and includes Fugitive Love, often considered his most beautiful love poem.

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