Ariosto, Lodovico - Orlando Furioso. Four volumes

Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1772 (vols. 1-3), 1773 (vol. 4), 1772. First printing of this edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Zuliani, Daniotto, Baratta, Leonardis, Novelli, engravings. Four volumes. Large 4to. Volume one: [a-b] + [xxiv] + LX + [324]; volume two: [456]; volume three: [446]; volume four: [520]. Four engraved title-pages, 58 full-page engravings within decorative ornate borders, 36 smaller engravings, and 51 engraved "argomenti" . Uniformly bound in sheepskin, with gilt devices on the boards, dark red leather spine labels, and marbled endpapers. Four ribbon markers in place. All edges are stained in a coated red. Boards are somewhat soiled, two small nicks on the volume-four foredge and one small nick on the volume-three foredge. Edges are somewhat mottled. Small nineteenth-century bookplates. Interiors are generally fine with occasional widely scattered foxing. Among the full-page engravings are a portrait of Ariosto, the floorplan of his house, and a facsimile of a holograph passage. A handsome and desirable set. Near Fine.

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