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PHILOSTRATUS, Flavius. Opera quae exstant. Paris: Claudius Morellius, 1608. 2° (348 x 217mm). Title in red and black, parallel text in Greek and Latin. Contemporary red morocco, covers panelled in gilt and blind, the innermost panel with gilt cornerpieces, spine in six compartments with raised bands, each compartment panelled in gilt, lettered in the second, the fifth blocked with arms of a Medici (?) bishop, the first with onlaid red morocco lozenge gilt tooled with elephant crest, g.e. Provenance: Medici Bishop (binding); Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). A FINE COPY.
Torquato TASSO. La Gerusalemme Liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. 2° (296 x 204mm). Two engraved titles within architectural borders, 20 full-page illustrations. (First title neatly laid down, old repaired tear to +3, lacking +4.) Contemporary French red morocco gilt, covers with double-fillet border enclosing a centrally-placed monogram (Guigard II,p.389) of Peiresc, spine in six sections with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat overall decoration of pointillé volutes, the uppermost with onlaid blue morocco lozenge gilt tooled with elephant crest, g.e. Provenance: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637); Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). (2)
Torquato TASSO. La Gerusalemme Liberata. Genoa: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. 2° (296 x 204mm). Two engraved titles within architectural borders, 20 full-page illustrations. (First title neatly laid down, old repaired tear to +3, lacking +4.) Contemporary French red morocco gilt, covers with double-fillet border enclosing a centrally-placed monogram (Guigard II,p.389) of Peiresc, spine in six sections with raised bands, lettered in the second, the others with repeat overall decoration of pointillé volutes, the uppermost with onlaid blue morocco lozenge gilt tooled with elephant crest, g.e. Provenance: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637); Sir Andrew Fountaine (binding). (2)