Ludovico Ariosto. ORLANDO FURIOSO DI M. LODOVICO ARIOSTO, TUTTO RICORRETTO, ET DI NUOVE FIGURE ADORNATO... I CINQUE CANTI... Venice: Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1568. Later edition. Full calf, with morocco label, raised bands, and gilt design on spine, all edges stained, marbled endpapers, bookmark ribbon. 4to; *8 A-Z8 a-u8 (u8 blank with device on verso); [16], 654, [34]pp. Double columns; Italic type; text in Italian. With woodcut title page including Ariosto's portrait and device, device repeated on final blank verso, and I Cinque Canti, with woodcut borders and initials, 51 full page woodcut illustrations, and printed marginalia. Brunet I 434; USTC 810754.

9 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Orlando Furioso is a famous Italian epic poem of war and romance. Valgrisi's edition was first published in 1556, but its popularity led to several subsequent publications over the next several decades.

Boards with significant rubbing, corners bumped, wear at head of spine with separation and small loss, tail band slightly loose; wormholes at front hinges, cracking at hinges with some separation yet binding sturdy overall; light toning throughout, foxing mostly at endpapers, occasional small wormhole, stain, manuscript, or ink mark; damp staining at margins with larger damp stains at signatures t and u, several pages with small repair with largest on A1.