Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.

  • Tasso, Torquato
  • London: Printed for the Author: and sold by R. and J. Dodsley [et al] 1787
  • ESTC T133777; Roscoe, A581 (1).

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. v, [xv], xlviii, [ii], 336; [ii], 367, [1]. Engraved vignettes to title-pages. Contemporary calf, spines divided by raised bands, red and black morocco labels, other compartments gilt with central and corner floral tools. Some browning, occasional light soiling and staining. Extremities worn, joints cracking but sound, spines darkened at foot. Armorial bookplate of John Spicer and shelfmark label to pastedowns, earlier ownership inscription of Geo. Unwi[n] to vol. 1 title-page.

Notes

The first publication of Hoole's popular translation of Tasso's 1581 epic Gerusalemme liberata. Hoole had formed a friendship with Samuel Johnson that served him well: in addition to subscribing to this edition, Johnson wrote the dedication to the Queen. Though Hoole's work was not without its critics (Scott called him 'a noble transmuter of gold into lead'), he was perhaps his era's most prominent translator from the Italian and his Tasso went through nearly a dozen editions before the end of the century.

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