BIB_ID
324435
Accession number
MA 462.66
Creator
Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595.
Display Date
[1594 Dec. 20].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 27 cm
Notes
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.
Recipient, location and date of writing from Poma.
Recipient, location and date of writing from Poma.
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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