Description: Ariosto, Ludovico. L'Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto e le dichiarazioni di Giovannandrea Barotti con parecchie note di altri illustratori. Florence, David Passigli Tipografo-Editore, 1840. Single volume embellished with a finely illustrated antiporta engraved by Viviani to a design by Pollastrini. The frontispiece bears an elegant central typographic frieze. Binding: Coeval half binding in dark leather with marbled paper plates. Four-nerved spine with titles and rich decorative friezes stamped in gold ("ARIOSTO - ORLANDO FURIOSO - VOLUME UNICO"). Condition: Very good and solid copy. The binding has slight, physiological abrasions to the plates; fresh interior with rare, light flowering.