Torquato Tasso

con note storiche di G. Sacchi, Milano: Luigi Sacchi, 1842-1844. In-8° (250x175 mm). XCIV p. (Life of Torquato Tasso), [2], 278 p., 1 c. white, 1 table with Tasso's portrait on the frontispiece, 2 topographic maps (depicting Jerusalem and its surroundings and the Map of Palestine) - 384 p. Illustrated title pages inc. da Basile, rich iconographic apparatus, consisting of pleasant woodcut vignettes and friezes inc. by Ratti, Vajani, Lecurieux and other artists of the time. Complete work in two volumes collected in one volume. Coeval mz leather binding with evident damages (boards detached, spine almost totally missing): Blooms, stains, some partially detached issues