1581 · Venetia
by Tasso, Bernardo
Venetia: Appresso Fabio & Agostino Zoppini fratelli, 1581. 4to, pp. [8], 731, [1]; large woodcut device and woodcut border on title page, numerous wood-cut initials and ornaments throughout; contemporary limp parchment, later brown morocco label on spine; usual spots and stains, but generally a very good, sound copy. L'Amadigi is an epic poem by Bernardo Tasso, father of Torquato, and first published in 1560. It was inspired by the Amadis de Gaula. BM-STC, Italian, p. 659. Not in Adams.
(Inventory #: 25884)