<I>The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso with the Life of the Author</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1871-1919
name: label: Written by
content: Torquato Tasso, Italian, 1544 - 1595
label: Written by
content: Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, British, 1792 - 1836
label: Published by
content: Hurst & Company, American, founded 1883
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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. In the bottom right quadrant is a gold leaf illustration of a cherub with a harp, inside a gold circular frame filled with black. Surrounding the title box and cherub illustration is an ornate, black, embossed frame embellished with rosettes and foliage. The spine of the book is heavily decorated with gold leaf floral designs and geometric patterns. The shortened title, [TASSO], and the publisher’s information [HURST AND CO.], are printed in green relief inside a solid gold band and banner at the top and bottom of the spine. The back cover of the book is plain. The interior of the book has black type on white pages. There is a thin, red decorative border around all of the pages. The pastedowns and free endpapers are deep mauve. The book features a biography of Tasso, a translation the Italian poet Torquato Tasso’s epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), and five printed, black-and-white illustrations of etchings, and graphic illustrations that includes two profile portraits. The book has 493 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.6
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) , cardboard , leaf (metal) and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 1 5/16 in. (19.2 × 13.6 × 3.3 cm)