Lot no. 39
ARIOSTO, Ludovico (1474-1533). Orlando furioso. Birmingham: Baskerville, 1782.
Famous and magnificent edition illustrated with superb engravings by Bartolozzi, de Ghendt, Launay, Longueil, and others after drawings by Cochin, Monnet, Cipriani, and Eisen.
4 volumes, 8vo (230 x 145mm). One engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 46 copperplate engravings (occasional foxing). Bound in contemporary calf, spines gilt, gilt lettering; and numbering-pieces to spines (some wear, particularly to joints). (4)
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