[Rarebooks] FS: First pocket ed. of Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." 51 Woodcuts. Venice: 1563

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Ariosto, Lodovico. ORLANDOFURIOSO. Tutto Recoretto, & di Nuove Figure Adornato. Co i Nuovi Discorsidi Girolamo Ruscelli Nel Principio de' Canti. Venice: Vicenzo Valgrisio. 1563.24mo. (4-1/4" tall). 1031,(25)pp. The first two lines of the title page"Orlando Furioso" within a woodcut border. Printer's device on title,and verso of final leaf. Text illustrated with 46 woodcuts, one at thebeginning of each canto. BOUND WITH: Ariosto Lodovico. I CINQUE CANTI...Con Alcune Brevi Discorsi & Annotationi di M. Luigi Grotta d'Adria. Venice:Vincenzo Valgrisio. 1570. 24mo. (2),(1035)-1151,(1)pp. Woodcut device on title& verso of final leaf. 5 woodcuts in the text, one for each canto. 19thcentury full dark green morocco, gilt, rebacked. A.e.g.                            $2,500.00
This1563 Valgrisi printing, the first pocket edition in 24mo., was issued withoutthe "Cinque Canti." Our copy is bound with the final section ("ICinque Canti"), with a separate title page from Valgrisi's 1570 edition ofORLANDO FURIOSO, which did include "I Cinque Canti" at back.  BL Italian STC p. 40 (with both the 1563 and 1570 24mo.editions). Brunet I, Column 434    .


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