1775-83 ORLANDO FURIOSO by LODOVICO ARIOSTO 4 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED POETRY

Ariosto (Ludovico)Roland Furieux, Poeme Heroique, de L’Arioste. Traduction nouvelle par M. D’ussieux 4 volumes (complete set)Paris: Chez Brunet, 1775-83engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume by Fiquet after Eisen, engraved plates by Ponce, Delaunay and others after Cochin, Eisen and otherslacking approximately 15 plates, bookplate of Charles Taboris to front pastedown,marbled edges and endpapers, original uniform full mottled calf, gilt decorated spines, a little rubbed with slight wear to extremities onlySize 8 by 10"Text in French===========================Orlando Furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando, more literally Raging Roland) is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532. Orlando Furioso is a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's unfinished romance Orlando Innamorato (Orlando in Love, published posthumously in 1495). In