Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, An Illustrated Limited Edition in Three Volumes

Ludovico Ariosto. ORLANDO FURIOSO. Milan: Electa Instituto Editoriale, 1967. (3) volumes (complete). One of 150 copies. Original wrappers in gray-green French-fold printed jackets, in matching board chemises with paper spine labels; in slipcases. Folios; x, 313, [1]pp. plus index (vol. I); (158) color plates, loose as issued, with lists of plates (vols. II and III). Introduction by Riccardo Bacchelli. Text in three columns; in English Heroical Verse by John Harington. With text illustrations and plates (some double-page) by Fabrizio Clerici.

Each 17 1/4 x 13 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.

Occasional small spot of insect damage; wraps, jackets, and chemises with light age and handling wear; first volume with light hinge cracking, and leaves with occasional mild creasing or folded corner, and rare small spot, with text pages overall very clean; vol. II plates with occasional light wear or small spot/mark; vol. III preliminaries and plates with a few spots of grime and fairly frequent edge and corner wear (occasionally heavy); slipcases with scuffing, light rubbing, and occasional soiling and staining, with two having heavier wear at edges including areas of separation. Overall good to very good condition.