[Rarebooks] FS: Ariosto ORLANDO FURIOSO, 1603, with 51 full-page woodcuts

[Charles Agvent]

ARIOSTO, Lodovico. ORLANDO FURIOSO and I CINQUE CANTI. Venice:  F.
Valgrisi  and N. Moretti 1603. Later Edition. [14] 654 [30] pp.  Royal
octavo  bound in early full vellum. Illustrated with an engraved title
page,  51  full-page  woodcuts,  ornamental  headpieces,  and  initial
letters.  The  woodcuts,  within  decorative borders,  are  after  the
designs   of  Dossa  Dossi,  the   Ferrarese  painter.  Some  of   the
impressions  are weak, but most are quite presentable. Trimmed at top,
other margins adequate.                                       $1200.00

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