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La Gerusalemme liberata

Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)
Author: Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544–1595)
Publisher: François Langlois, called Ciartres (French, 1588–1647)
after 1630
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 21 etchings
Dimensions Overall: 18.8 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB4169.1-.21
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsBound sets
Paris: François Langlois, called Ciartres, after 1630

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 1208-1227; Illustrated Bartsch, v. 36, pp. 91-111, nos. 1208-1227; Birke, in Print Quarterly, v. 2 (1985), p. 212
Description(Paris: François Langlois, called Ciartres, after 1630) Oblong quarto; 21 leaves; modern half green morocco, brown marbled paper boards.

Illustrations from Torquato Tasso's verse epic, La Gerusalemme liberata
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (1826-1899), by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 12, 1900