BIB_ID
324227
Accession number
MA 462.30
Creator
Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27.8 cm
Notes
Al Signor Don Vicenzo Carracciolo (14 lines) appears on p. 1, with some corrections; Onor di tomba, e di dorati marmi (also 14 lines) appears on the verso.
Part of a collection containing autograph letters, poems, and a 46-page portion of "Discorsi del poemo eroico" of Torquato Tasso. Items in the collection have been individually described in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection containing autograph letters, poems, and a 46-page portion of "Discorsi del poemo eroico" of Torquato Tasso. Items in the collection have been individually described in separate catalog records; see related collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
In 1693 in the possession of Dr. Angello di Castro; by the early 19th century in the library of the Neapolitian princely family di Torella; Giuseppe Caracciolo, Prince de Torella; his sale (Paris, Hotel Drouot, 12 June 1896, lot 5, p. 8-10); Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1897.
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