Dobbs, Bailey & Co. [n.d., c.1845.]
Embossed card with printed sepia in border. Sheet 255 x 275mm, 10 x 10¾". Spotted.
An embossed bust of Torquato Tasso (1544-95), Italian poet best known for his poem 'La Gerusalemme liberata' (Jerusalem Delivered), 1580. He died a few days before he was due to be crowned as the 'king of poets' by Pope Clement VIII.
[Ref: 16704]  £110.00