Author: Bioardo, Matteo Maria + M.Nicolo de Gli Agostini edited M.Lodovico Domenichi
Title: ORLANDO INNAMORATO del signor Matteo Maria Boiardo conte di Scandiano, insieme coi tre libri di Nicolo de gli Agostini Gia reformati per M.Lodovico Domenichi
Description: Venice, Gio. Battista Brigna 1655 Woodcuts [102 One for each of the Cantos] + publisher's diamanti logo + many foliated initials plus head and tailpieces throughout . Small octavo thin vellum with gilt title & date with gilt rules [all gilding rather hard to distinquish hinges worn with some vellum repairs/lower cover has a sm pink stain & spine a brown one] Titlepage + [5p=To reader & table of contents + first woodcut with summary here called "Argomento" above the woodcut and "Allegory" below. 1-400 leaves [last misnumbered 600] some other misnumberings but complete] Some browning,mainly to edges,some damp staining but nothing affecting legibility or the strength of the paper, There are some worm holes, usully single pin prick size, but two sections with some narrow worm tracks.A few pages have worm damage to the fore-edge-margin but never touching any print. In a few places the top margin is cut rather short but never actually encroaching on the running headlines.Bookplate of Douglas Strachan and ? Name to top margin of title. The woodcuts are about a third of the page in size and well printed with many lively scenes.

Keywords: Italian illustrated poetry


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