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Rare and modern books

Ariosto, Ludovico, Hoole, John [Tr.]

Orlando Furioso: The Orlando of Ariosto.

Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1818

40.00 €

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Year of publication
1818
Place of printing
Chiswick
Author
Ariosto, Ludovico, Hoole, John [Tr.]
Publishers
Suttaby, Evance and Fox
Keyword
Literature Poetry Theatre & Plays Renaissance

Description

RARE ornate single-volume pocket edition of the shortened English translation and adaptation of Ludovico Ariosto's mock-epic poem, Orlando Furioso. Frontispiece and pre-title page feature b&w engravings by A.Smith based on drawings by L.Eusebi. 135x80mm. VIII+518 pages. Brown leather Hardcover with gilt frames on front and back, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Cover rubbed. Cover edges and corners bumped and worn. Spine hinges cracked. Binding slightly visible between front endpaper and whitepage. Pages slightly yellowing. This rare handsome edition of a masterpiece of Italian poetry is otherwise in good condition.

Edizione: reduced to twenty-four books; the narrative connected, and the stories disposed in a regular series.
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