Torquato Tasso. Il Goffredo, overo Gierusalemme liberata, poema heroico / 2 volumes. — Amsterdam: Daniel Elsevier; Paris: Thomas Jolly, 1678.

Vol. 1:

Engraved t.p.: An architectural setting with flags and arms, and sitting male and female figures in armour, perhaps representing Tancredi and Clorinda, with lettering above their heads: “GIERVSA– | LEMME | LIBERATA”.

Title-page: IL | GOFFREDO, | OVERO | GIERUSALEMME | Liberata , | POEMA HEROICO | del Sig. Torquato Tasso. | CON L’ ALLEGORIA | Universale dell istesso, | Et con gli Argomenti del Sig. Horatio Ario- | sti, & di belissime figure adornato. | {woodcut element} | In Amsterdam, nella Stamperia del S.D. ELZEVIER, | Et in Parigi, si vende | Appresso Thomaso Jolly. | Nel Palazzo, M. DC. LXXVIII. ||

Collation: 8vo; [A₁] 1^st blank, engraved t.p., [A₂] letterpress t.p., pp. [1-4]; signatures start at A₃, pagination starts at p. 37; Allegoria: A₃-B₁, pp. [5-18], Tavola: B₂-C₂, pp. [19-36]; Il Goffredo: C₃-R₈, pp. 37-271 [272]. Total A-R⁸: 136 leaves (272 pages), plus 11 plates, incl. engraved t.p., and frontispiece (sculptural bust portrait of Torquato Tasso in a laurel wreath, with a lettered plate below “TORQVATO | TASSO”).

Vol. 1:

Title-page: Similar but “TOMO II.” after “sti, & di belissime figure adornato.” and before the woodcut element.

Collation: 8vo; 1^st blank, letterpress t.p., signatures start at A₃, p. 5; A-S⁸, pp. [4] 5-285 [3]. Total A-S⁸: 144 leaves (288 pages) plus 10 engraved plates.

Binding: Two volumes 15 x 6 cm, uniformly bound in 19^th-century green morocco, gilt triple-fillet border, bull heads at corners, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, two gilt-lettered crimson labels, blue endpapers, 2 blank laid paper leaves in the front, AEG.

Contributors:

Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544 –1595) – author.

Daniel Elzevir (Dutch, 1626-1680) – publisher.

Thomas Jolly (French, fl. 1648 – 1694) – publisher.