£500
ARIOSTO (LUDOVICO) – ORLANDO FURIOSO, VENICE, GABRIEL GIOLITO DE FERRARI, 1551 – ILLUSTRATED RENAISSANCE EDITION
Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1533), Orlando Furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto, ornato di varie figure con alcune stanze, et Cinque Canti d'un nuovo libro del medesimo nuovamente aggiunti, & ricorretti, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e fratelli, 1551.
Illustrated Venetian edition in three parts, comprising the Orlando Furioso, the supplementary Cinque Canti, and Lodovico Dolce's Espositione di tutti i vocaboli et luoghi difficili, with woodcut portrait of Ariosto and numerous large Renaissance woodcut illustrations and historiated initials throughout.
Approx. 21 × 15 cm. In a later vellum-style binding decorated in gilt and dark rules with Greek-key borders.
Condition: age-related toning, spotting and staining throughout, occasional damp marking, some leaves with old repairs and losses including a substantial repaired marginal area to one leaf; occasional other marks and faults. Binding with general wear. The three principal constituent sections have been identified photographically, but the volume has not been leaf-by-leaf collated and is therefore sold with all faults. Please refer to the extensive online photographs.
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