Lot
157
ARIOSTO, Lodovico. Orlando Furioso, edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, commentary by Alberto Lavezuola, Venice: Francesco de Franceschi, 1584. 2 parts in one volume, large 8° (270 x 185mm.), engraved titles within architectural border, 46 full-page engravings by Girolamo Porro, plate 34 suppressed and replaced by a duplicate of plate 33 (some marginal waterstaining, some marginal repairs, occasional spotting), 17th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments (joints split, rubbed, wormhole to lower section of spine), armorial bookplate of William Danby. Adams A1677; Brunet I, 436: ''Edition assez belle...''; Mortimer Harvard Italian 30.
Estimate
GBP 300 - GBP 500
ARIOSTO, Lodovico. Orlando Furioso, edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, commentary by Alberto Lavezuola, Venice: Francesco de Franceschi, 1584. 2 parts in one volume, large 8° (270 x 185mm.), engraved titles within architectural border, 46 full-page engravings by Girolamo Porro, plate 34 suppressed and replaced by a duplicate of plate 33 (some marginal waterstaining, some marginal repairs, occasional spotting), 17th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments (joints split, rubbed, wormhole to lower section of spine), armorial bookplate of William Danby. Adams A1677; Brunet I, 436: "Edition assez belle..."; Mortimer Harvard Italian 30.