VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF TWO). EIGHTH EDITION. FULL CALF MARBLED ENDPAPERS SOMETIME REBACKED WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY JOHN HOOLE. WITH A LIFE OF TASSO (xlvii) VOLUME 1 COVERS THE FIRST 10 BOOKS (339 pp.). FOXING TO THE ENDPAGES OTHERWISE CLEAN.
FIRST EDITION HARDBACK SMALL QUARTO NEAR FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. WITH PHOTOS BY AUDREY WALKER AND OSCAR MARZAROLI. ILLUSTRATIONS INBLACK AND WHITE AND IN COLOUR. SCARCE.
LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 17. FINELY BOUND IN RED HALF NIGERIAN GOATSKIN OVER SILK BOARDS RAISED BANDS WITH AN ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR OF A COLORADO TROUT ON A FOLD-OUT PLATE BY PROSEK COMPLETE WITH HAND-MADE MATCHING SLIPCASE. SIGNED BY PROSEK (THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR) AND CAROLYN CHADWICK THE BINDER. VERY SCARCE. A FINE COPY.