ORLANDO FURIOSO.
- Lyone [Lyon]: Appresso Guvliel. Roillio. 1570.
- 12mo
- 19th century full brown morocco by J. Bohn (London), gilt borders on boards, four raised bands, gilt on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endsheets
- 1148, (26) pages, index at rear
Price: $550.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 141722
Later edition of Ludovico Ariosto's (1474-1533) best known work as an author (first published in 1516). Bookbinder's ticket on the front free endpaper. Rebacked with the original binding laid-down. Minor spotting throughout, else a fine copy.
Contains wood-engravings throughout the text.
Ludovico Ariosto is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.