ARIOSTO, Ludovico. Orlando furioso... tutto ricorretto et di nuove figure adornato... di nuovo aggiuntovi Li cinque canti... Venice: Valgrisi, 1568. Edited by Girolamo Ruscelli. 2 parts in one vol. 4o. Woodcut title and 51 full-page woodcut illustrations (46 for Orlando furioso, 5 for I Cinque canti) printer's device on second title and colophon page. (Marginal repair to title and first leaf, upper margin trimmed close, woodcut title border shaved.) 19th-century half- calf and marbled boards (spine worn). This edition is based on the 1566 edition, the first to add the Cinque canti with additional woodcuts for each song. The woodcut illustrations were at one time attributed to Dosso Dossi. See Mortimer Italian 29 for 1462 edition.

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ARIOSTO, Ludovico. Orlando furioso... tutto ricorretto et di nuove figure adornato... di nuovo aggiuntovi Li cinque canti... Venice: Valgrisi, 1568. Edited by Girolamo Ruscelli. 2 parts in one vol. 4o. Woodcut title and 51 full-page woodcut illustrations (46 for Orlando furioso, 5 for I Cinque canti) printer's device on second title and colophon page. (Marginal repair to title and first leaf, upper margin trimmed close, woodcut title border shaved.) 19th-century half- calf and marbled boards (spine worn). This edition is based on the 1566 edition, the first to add the Cinque canti with additional woodcuts for each song. The woodcut illustrations were at one time attributed to Dosso Dossi. See Mortimer Italian 29 for 1462 edition.

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