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Tasso, Torquato, Italian poet (1544-1595)
"La Fenice". Autograph manuscript signed ("Torq. Tasso"), S.a. [before 1586]. S.l.
"Nata in Arabia": The Phoenix in Tasso's own hand
A great rarity: an autograph fair copy of Tasso's poem "La Fenice", published twelve years after Tasso's death as part of his great, posthumous "Sette Giornate del Mondo Creato" (and subsequently included as a separate poem in his "Rime"). In this long poem, Tasso celebrates the glorious Arabian-born bird as created by God to symbolize His only son, and the resurrection of the Christ.
A great rarity: an autograph fair copy of Tasso's poem "La Fenice", published twelve years after Tasso's death as part of his great, posthumous "Sette Giornate del Mondo Creato" (and subsequently included as a separate poem in his "Rime"). In this long poem, Tasso celebrates the glorious Arabian-born bird as created by God to symbolize His only son, and the resurrection of the Christ.
P.O.R.
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4to, (158 x 220 mm). 22 pp., paginated "a" through "x". Bound in 18th century full red sheepskin, prettily gilt. Traces of ties. Binding a little rubbed. Faint scattered foxing and soiling throughout; insignificant worming or short tears affecting the blank margins of a few leaves but without loss to text.
Provenance: copied by the author some time before 1586 and gifted in his own hand to; his friend, the poet and playwright Marco Montano (ca. 1528-86); later bequeathed to Francesco Maria II della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino (1549-1631), with his provenance statement tipped in, and; U.S. private collection.
Provenance: copied by the author some time before 1586 and gifted in his own hand to; his friend, the poet and playwright Marco Montano (ca. 1528-86); later bequeathed to Francesco Maria II della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino (1549-1631), with his provenance statement tipped in, and; U.S. private collection.
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