Shelfmark
Gn.1.06
Author
Tasso, Torquato, 1544 - 1595
Uniform title
[Gerusalemme liberata. English]
Title
Godfrey of Bovlogne: or the recouerie of Iervsalem. Done into English heroicall verse, by Edward Fairefax Gent.
Varying form of title
Fairefax's Tasso
Varying form of title
La Gerusalemme liberata
Varying form of title
Godfrey of Boulogne: or The recoverie of Jerusalem
Edition
And now the second time Imprinted, and Dedicated to His Highnesse: together with the life of the said Godfrey.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by [Eliot's Court Press for] Iohn Bill, printer to the Kings most excellent majesty, 1624.
Physical description
[24], 392 p., [1] : pl. 28cm. (Fo.)
Note
Pencil on pastedown: "2 leaves in ms. and first leaf of allegory transposed". Pp. 41-44 are missing and have been replaced by ms. pages.
Note
A translation of: La Gerusalemme Liberata.
Note
Title within ornamental woodcut border.
Note
Printer information from STC.
Note
Frontis. portrait (plate) of Godfrey at p. [5], signed: Guil: Pass: fe., i.e. Willem van de Passe. Below: 'this is that Godfrey by whose valiant hand God freed from the Saracens the Holy Land'.
Note
Signatures: [par.]⁴, )(⁴, A⁴, B-2K⁶, 2L⁴.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 23699
Citation/references note
ESTC, S117570
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1965. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640: 1036:3).
Provenance
Ms. note on front flyleaf: "Sat insulsus quonam condietur. Edw. Harley. This booke was giuen mee by my Lord Generall Fairfax at Denton. Aprill 19. 1652".
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton (1852-1914) on front pastedown.
Binding
?18th-century speckled brown calfskin over pasteboard. Double blind fillet to form a border on both covers; gilt roll over boards' edges. Rebacked; no raised bands; spine with blind and gilt fillets with gilt titling over red leather label ('Fairefax's Tasso'). Single endbands of laternating plain and blue thread. Textblock trimmed and flat. Pastedowns and endpapers of undecorated laid paper.
Copy-specific note
Loose bookseller's advertisement for this book inside front cover. Advertisement undated and priced at 15 guineas.
Copy-specific note
Misbound: A1-A4 appear between [par.]4 and )(1.
Copy-specific note
Ms. p. 41-44 to make up for gap in printed pages.
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes by ?bookseller, noting copy-specific characteristics as already noted in this catalogue entry.
Subject
Godfrey, approximately 1060 - 1100 of Bouillon
Subject
Crusades First, 1096-1099 Poetry.
Added entry--name
Bill, John, ? - -1630 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 Major General, former owner.
Added entry--name
Harley, Edward, 1689 - 1741 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, 1612 - 1671 Baron, former owner.
Added entry--name
Fairfax, Edward, ? - d. 1635 translator.
Added entry--name
Passe, Willem van de, 1598 - approximately 1637 engraver.
Added entry--name
Eliot's Court Press printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng ita
Identifier
B24859