Tasso, Delle Rime et prose, Venice, Aldo II Manuzio, 1583-1585, nineteenth-century half vellum

Tasso, Torquato. Delle Rime et prose … Parte prima [- seconda]. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1583-1585

[With:] Tasso, Torquato. Aggiunta alle rime, et prose del sig. Torquato Tasso. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1585

2 vols, 12mo (124 x 68 mm). Roman and italic type, 30 (31) lines plus headline. collation: (1) *¹² A-K¹² L-Y¹²: 274 (of 276, lacking Y11-12) leaves.; (2) A¹² a¹² b-d¹²: 60 leaves. Woodcut architectural title-pages to first work and second work, woodcut illustrations, including portrait, woodcut head- and tailpieces, decorated initials. (Very light spotting, title of first and second volumes remargined, wormhole in title of v.2 repaired, occasional stains.)

binding: Nineteenth-century half vellum over marbled boards (135 x 76 mm), flat spine gilt, two morocco labels, red edges.

provenance: Conte Camillo Raineri Biscia (1846-1920), blue armorial inkstamp "Biblioteca Raineri-Biscia" on endleaf and before Aggiunta (Bragaglia T106). acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1983. references: (1) UCLA 950; Renouard 233/7; Edit16 27648; USTC 858331; (2) UCLA 968; Renouard 236/9; Edit16 27666; USTC 858345