The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso with the Life of the Author

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A hardcover book titled, The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso with the Life of the Author, by Torquato Tasso, translated by J.H. Wiffen, and published by Hurst & Company. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and gilded page edges. The green front cover of the embossed volume features a large, gold leaf rectangular box at the top third of the cover. The shortened title of the book, [TASSO], is printed in green relief inside a gold leaf rectangle accented with illustrated leaves and curled stems. Around the center box is a band of squares with circles at the center, divided by two small rectangles. It is surrounded by a second band filled with black and studded with gold polka dots. The box is framed with a gold striped band decorated with small four-petaled rosettes. Floral sprays with five-petal flowers overlay the bands surrounding the title.

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