[Rarebooks] FS: Ariosto ORLANDO FURIOSO, 1603, with 51 full-page woodcuts, price reduced
Charles Agvent
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Thu Sep 15 14:20:46 EDT 2016
Price reduced to $1000 NET
ARIOSTO, Lodovico. ORLANDO FURIOSO and I CINQUE CANTI. Venice: F.
Valgrisi and N. Moretti, 1603. Early Printing. Large octavo (7" x 10")
bound in early full vellum, [16] 654 [32] pages. The complete and
corrected ORLANDO FURIOSO, with Ruscelli's dedication to the Duke of
Ferrara dated 1556 and an account of the life of Ariosto by Battista
Pigna. 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, and are printed from the blocks of the first Valgrisi quarto
editon of 1556. Some of the impressions are weak, but most are quite
presentable. Trimmed at the top close to the text and plate lines,
affecting one line of text in the dedication; other margins quite
adequate. Vellum soiled. Very Good or better.
First published in 1516, this classic Italian romantic epic influenced
many later works including Spenser's THE FAERIE QUEENE and Shakespeare's
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. The action takes place against the background of
the war between Charlemagne and his Christian paladins and the Saracen
army which is attempting to invade Europe. However, Ariosto has little
concern for historical or geographical accuracy, and the poem wanders at
will from Japan to the Hebrides, as well as including many fantastical
and magical elements, such as a trip to the moon and an array of
fantastical creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the orc
and the hippogriff. The poem grew in popularity as well in size after
Ariosto's death, increasing from 40 to 46 cantos in 1532 and finally to
the finished form of 51 cantos. (#004548) $1,500.00
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