[NAPOLI] - TASSO, Torquato (1544-1595) - Lo Tasso napoletano, zoè la Gierosalemme. Naples: Raillardo, 1689.   First and only edition in Neapolitan dialect. Vinciana 3051: "This is the first and only translation of 'Gerusalemme Liberata' in Neapolitan; it was highly praised by contemporaries and particularly by Redi who compared it to Lalli's Aeneid in disguise".   Folio (310 x 215mm). Engraved frontispiece, 20 plates, engraved vignette on title, Italian and Neapolitan text on two columns facing each other, titles at the opening of each canto within a woodcut frame (some browning and light staining, some small wormholes). Contemporary vellum with manuscript title on spine, speckled edges (restored, modern endpapers).

Estimate € 300 - 500

Sold € 1,000