1583 ORLANDO FURIOSO by Ludovico ARIOSTO STRIKINGLY ILLUSTRATED antique vellum
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1583 ORLANDO FURIOSO by Ludovico ARIOSTO STRIKINGLY ILLUSTRATED antique vellum

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ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533) Orlando Furioso Venice: Guerra; 1582Size 5 3/4 by 8" (194 x 145mm) Wood-engraved frontispiece with title in a large architectural frame decorated with a view of Venice, stunning wood engravings at the beginning of each chapterMinor occasional marginal spotsOriginal full vellum binding (renewed endpapers). Provenance: Antonio Lombardi censor of the d'Este states; Giuseppe Baraldi censor (stamps on the colophon and title-page verso). Text in Italian ========================================Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando) is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. Orlando furioso is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance Orlando innamorato (Orlando in Love, published posthumously in 1495). In its historical setting and characters, it shares some features with the Old French La Chanson de Roland of the eleventh century, which tells of the death of Roland. The story is also a chiv

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