1890 Rare Book - Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso, IllustratedAuthor: Torquato Tasso. Translated by J. H. Wiffen. Title: Jerusalem Delivered. Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co., 122 Nassau Street, [no date, circa 1890s]. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5" x 5". Pages: 493 pages. Binding: Attractive and very good, richly decorated publishers gilt stamped blue cloth binding, with elaborate floral and geometric ornamentation to the upper board and spine (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed as shown)

The twelve richly colored plates by Isabel Bonus evoke a dreamlike medieval world—echoing the Pre-Raphaelite atmosphere that surrounded Morris’s literary and artistic life

Tony Clarendon

Émile Guérin

Their collaboration on this edition produced a series of detailed engravings that capture the humor and drama of Reynard's adventures

His editorial vision brought together accessible retellings of classic stories with beautiful visuals

but its most striking feature is the applied brass and enamel Star of David set with a Christian “IHS” Christogram

Author's Edition

stained and scuffed - as shown

The house also hosts other guests

Illustrations: Complete with the four full-page illustrations by Howard Pyle

this edition features a fully English text with an exceptional apparatus of references and explanatory materials

along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway