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1899réf. 1396568Milano Milan: Fratelli Treves Editori Fratelli Treves Publishing 1899. Hardcover. Large quarto xvi 64 74-80 74-294 293 296-740 2 inconsistent pagination. In Good condition. Half bound in brown leather with brown cloth. Faded gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine and boards. Cracking along the joints and small tears along the spine. Boards have light stains chipping and rubbing wear along the edges and light bumping to corners. Rear board is slightly detached. Textblock has marbled end papers and a closed tear on the title page impacting some text. Light plus age toning and very minor foxing scattered on some pages throughout. Text in Italian. Shelved in Room A Oversized. 1396568. Special Collections. Fratelli Treves Editori [Fratelli Treves Publishing] hardcover
1967réf. 71853Milano: Electa 1967. Due volumi in folio di cui il primo di testo ed il secondo con 158 tavole in molte tonalità di colore di Fabrizio Clerici. I due volumi in legatura in mezzo marocchino rosso con ampie punte dorso a nervi con titoli in oro. Entro custodie. Legatura di De Stefanis. Solo qualche piccola spellatura esterna peraltro ben conservato. Edizione in tiratura di 350 esemplari su carta speciale della Cartiera Ventura. Il presente possiede la dicitura seguente: "Esemplare espressamente stampato per il Gr. Uff. Comm. Giovan Battista Meneghini" che come è noto fu il primo marito di Maria Callas. Electa unknown
1773réf. 1381573Birmingham: P. Molini and G. Molini 1773. Hardcover. Octavos two volumes. In Fair condition. Bound in full brown calf with gilt tooling to spines. Both boards detached on both volumes; significant red rot to spines and board edges. Ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper of each volume; second free endpaper of vol. 1 is loose but present. CONTENTS: Vol. 1 34 lviii 362 pages -- Vol. 2 2 450 pages. Multivolume set. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. EH Consignment. 1381573. Special Collections - Downstairs. P. Molini and G. Molini hardcover
1821réf. 114527Prato: Presso Luigi Vannini 1821. An attractive complete set of this scarce 1821 printing of Orlando Furioso from the Chateau la Brede library Gironde France with the library tickets to the front pastedowns of each volume. Montesquieu was born lived and wrote the majority of his works at the Chateau la Brede. The library tickets bear the name M. le baron Clouet. 6 vols duodecimo. Contemporary calf backed marbled boards spines gilt in compartments with titles direct marbled endpapers red speckled edges. Some rubbing and marks to covers volume 5 with a chip from the leather at the tail all sound and internally clean very good condition. hardcover
1818réf. 42297Milano: Appresso Giovanni Pirotta 1818. Cm. 355 pp. xxxii 547 1. Con ritratto inciso in rame all'antiporta. Solida legatura coeva in mezza pelle dorso a nervi con titoli e fregi in oro piatti decorati a secco. Qualche minimo segno d'uso esterno ma esemplare genuino e ben conservato. Cfr. Agnelli-Ravegnani I 219-220: "Magnifica e pregiatissima edizione che la Crusca citò e che il Gamba giustamente apprezzò come una delle migliori. In fatti egli scrive: - Con mirabile diligenza si prestò il dotto uomo alla buona riuscita e così si ha il Furioso interamente restituito alle native forme dategli dal suo autore. -. In una dotta prefazione il Morali passa in esame tutte le antiche stampe del Furioso. Inoltre ha arricchito l'edizione di esatte tavole le quali dando i confronti delle lezioni adottate con quelle delle stampe più famigerate segnano le più notabili differenze grammaticali.Di questa ediz. esistono 50 esemplari in carta grande velina.". Cagnolati G. Mostra di edizioni ariostesche n 220 : "Splendida edizione. ritratto dell'A. inciso da F. Caporale.". Appresso Giovanni Pirotta unknown
1818réf. 62386Milano: Appresso Giovanni Pirotta 1818. Cm. 325 pp. xxxvi 547 1. Con ritratto inciso in rame all'antiporta. Solida legatura di poco posteriore in piena pelle dorso a nervi con titoli e fregi in oro piatti inquadrati da filetti in oro. Entro custodia. Esemplare genuino e ben conservato. Cfr. Agnelli-Ravegnani I 219-220: "Magnifica e pregiatissima edizione che la Crusca citò e che il Gamba giustamente apprezzò come una delle migliori. In fatti egli scrive: - Con mirabile diligenza si prestò il dotto uomo alla buona riuscita e così si ha il Furioso interamente restituito alle native forme dategli dal suo autore. -. In una dotta prefazione il Morali passa in esame tutte le antiche stampe del Furioso. Inoltre ha arricchito l'edizione di esatte tavole le quali dando i confronti delle lezioni adottate con quelle delle stampe più famigerate segnano le più notabili differenze grammaticali.Di questa ediz. esistono 50 esemplari in carta grande velina.". Cagnolati G. Mostra di edizioni ariostesche n 220 : "Splendida edizione. ritratto dell'A. inciso da F. Caporale.". Appresso Giovanni Pirotta unknown
1828réf. 85942Milano: per Gaspare Truffi 1828-30. Sei volumi di cm. 20 pp. 2000 ca. complessive. Con ritratto dell'Ariosto all'antiporta del primo volume e 500 tavole f.t. incise in rame. Solida ed elegante legatura coeva in mezza oelle dorsi lisci con titoli e ricchi fregi romantici in oro. Esemplare genuino ed in ottimo stato di conservazione. Celebre e ricercata edizione munita di un apparato iconografico ricchissimo. Cfr. Agnelli-Ravegnani: "Ediz. eseguita sopra quella del Morali e illustrata con i 500 rami del Pistrucci.". per Gaspare Truffi unknown
1783réf. 6597London: Printed for the author etc. 1783. First edition of this translation. Good. Octavo 23 cm. Five volumes. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume after Angelica Kauffman Thomas Stothard engraved by William Blake Gertrud Metz and William Hamilton. Engraved portraits of Hoole and Ariosto in volume 1. Illustration of Ariosto's chair and inkwell in volume 1. Errata and subscriber list bound in at end of volume 5. Complete collation upon request. In roughly contemporary tree-calf marbled leather over pasteboard gold garlanded borders made with a roller tool. Spines decorated in gold with stars within roundels. Recent black leather title labels. Volume labels not present. Spine ends worn with fissure visible along spine of volume IV. Light wear to edges. Scattered foxing. Tender joints reinforced with Japanese paper. Ownership inscription on front blank. The19th-century literary historian Henry Hallam called Ariosto "Europe's second-favorite poet after Homer." Indeed there was an appetite for a modern English translation to replace the Elizabethan version by John Harington. John Hoole assumed the enormous task and produced this very popular version in rhymed couplets with extensive annotation and a biographical essay. The publication is notable for the commission in volume three of a frontispiece plate engraved by William Blake as well as for plates after Angelica Kauffman Gertrud Metz and William Hamilton. Printed for the author, etc. hardcover
1818réf. 85824Milano: Appresso Giovanni Pirotta 1818. Cm. 33 pp. xxxvi 547 1. Con ritratto inciso in rame all'antiporta. Solida ed elegante legatura del tempo in mezzo marocchino rosso con punte dorso liscio con titoli e ricchi fregi in oro. Esemplare genuino e ben conservato. Cfr. Agnelli-Ravegnani I 219-220: "Magnifica e pregiatissima edizione che la Crusca citò e che il Gamba giustamente apprezzò come una delle migliori. In fatti egli scrive: - Con mirabile diligenza si prestò il dotto uomo alla buona riuscita e così si ha il Furioso interamente restituito alle native forme dategli dal suo autore. -. In una dotta prefazione il Morali passa in esame tutte le antiche stampe del Furioso. Inoltre ha arricchito l'edizione di esatte tavole le quali dando i confronti delle lezioni adottate con quelle delle stampe più famigerate segnano le più notabili differenze grammaticali.Di questa ediz. esistono 50 esemplari in carta grande velina.". Cagnolati G. Mostra di edizioni ariostesche n 220 : "Splendida edizione. ritratto dell'A. inciso da F. Caporale.". Appresso Giovanni Pirotta unknown
1653réf. 24368Venetia Venice: Appresso li Milochi 1653. Octavo 277 pp. 16 cm paper-covered boards with vellum spine. Printed in double columns with 51 allegorical woodcut vignettes one at the beginning of each of the 46 cantos plus five with the appended "Cinque Canti" which has its own title page additional woodcut ornaments.Small section 1.5 cm clipped from top margin of A2 with loss of one line of text dampstain visible to varying degrees throughout see images. Bookseller label of Libreria Cecchi Firenze on front pastedown. An uncommon small-format edition intended for popular consumption that demonstrates the ongoing popularity of this work well over a century after its initial publication 1516. Appresso li Milochi unknown
réf. 1924Birmingham: da' Torchj di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale e G. Molini 1773. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Four volumes. I: xxxiv lviii 362pp.; II: ii 450pp.; III: ii 446pp.; IV: ii 446pp. I: 8 b4-g4 1 A8-Y8 Z6 Z6 blank; II: 1 A8-Z8 Aa8-Ee8 Ff2 Ff2 blank; III: 1 A8-Z8 Aa8-Ee8 Ee8 blank; IV: 1 A8-Z8 Aa8-Dd8 Ff4-Gg4 - Gg4 blank 8 4-4 - 4 blank. There is a long list of subscribers and an errata leaf which are bound in volume I. Leaves A8 and D2 in volume 4 are cancels. Contemporary light brown calf gilt spines. Gilt fillet borders. With a portrait and 46 plates the plates drawn by G. Cipriani Moreau le jeune Eisen Cochin fils Monnet J.B. Greuze and engraved by Bartolazzi Launay Longueil de Ghendt Prevost Henriquez Massard Simonet Ponce Duclos Martini Moreau le jeune Choffard Helmon. The portrait drawn by Eisen and engraved by Fiquet. Lacks plate 2 6 7 10 11 14 15 16 19 20 22 31 32 44 and 46. Gaskell 48; Cohen-de Ricci 95; Gamba 62; Guidi p. 111; Agnelli-Ravegnani I pp. 204-206; ESTC T133621; Ray G.N. Art of the French ill. Book 64. 0 Birmingham: da' Torchj di G. Baskerville, Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini, 1773. hardcover
1799réf. 29594Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto translated into English verse by John Hoole was published in London in 1799 by Otridge and Son in five octavo volumes. This edition includes five engraved frontispieces nine additional full-page engravings and decorative vignettes throughout the text. It tells the story of the knight Roland companion to Charlemagne and includes both poetic narrative and critical apparatus. The volumes are bound in full period leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Volume I includes a lengthy preface and dedication followed by complete pagination across the remaining volumes. Condition: Very Good. All bindings show moderate wear at hinges and corners; all text blocks are secure and internally clean. Format: Octavo 8vo five-volume set. Collation: Vol. I: cxvii 335 pp; Vol. II: 264 48 pp; Vol. III: 427 pp; Vol. IV: 438 pp; Vol. V: 322 vi 54 pp. Illustrations: 5 frontispieces 9 full-page engravings decorative vignettes. Edition: New Edition 1799. #29594. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Printed for Otridge and Son hardcover
1756réf. 400727Amsterdam : Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1756. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked full aniline calf. Raised bands; contrasting labels; spine compartments uniformly tooled. Generalized wear to some of the boards and spines. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description: 4 volumes bound in 2; 17 cm. Subjects: French translations; Italian literature; Orlando furioso. Amsterdam : Aux Depens de la Compagnie hardcover
réf. 3-81679Bologna FMR-ART'E' 2005 imponente volume in-folio cm. 46 x 35 legatura in pelle naturale tinta alla botte realizzata a mano dalla Legatoria Steal di Torino. Al piatto anteriore è collocato un esemplare dell'opera "La battaglia sotto le mura di Paigi" realizzata da Elvio Marchionni in litoserigrafia su ottone ricoperta in oro 24 K dorso a sei nervi pp. XLXI 405 12 con dieci belle tavole a colori a piena pagina fuori testo di Elvio Marchionni. Edizione limitata di 975 esemplari numerati ilnostro esemplare n. 956. Per la stampa dei testi sono stati usati i caratteri bodoniani e carta in puro cotone appositamente realizzata per questa tiratura alla forma tonda nelle Cartiere d'Arches in Francia. In stato di nuovo unknown
1785réf. 223942London: Printed for George Nicol 1785. Second Edition. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates designed by Kauffman Thomas Stothard Metz and Hamilton 3 plates in Vol. I; 1 plate in vol. II; 2 in Vol. III; and 1 each in vols. IV & V including the plate facing p. 164 of volume 3 engraved by William Blake after the drawing by Thomas Stothard. 5 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary tree calf spines with gilt onrnaments and red and black labels. Bindings a bit rubbed at joints small chips internally near fine. Blake William. Second Edition. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates designed by Kauffman Thomas Stothard Metz and Hamilton 3 plates in Vol. I; 1 plate in vol. II; 2 in Vol. III; and 1 each in vols. IV & V including the plate facing p. 164 of volume 3 engraved by William Blake after the drawing by Thomas Stothard. 5 vols. 8vo. Hoole's translation in decasyllabic rhymed couplets first appeared in 1783 with these illustrations. The Blake engraving dramatically illustrates Orlando brandishing an uprooted tree for which Blake altered the original Stothard drawing in interesting ways cf. Essick figs. 34 & 35. Most notably Blake enlarged the roots of the uprooted pine dramatically with an effect far more 'furious' than the original. Essick XII; Bentley 1977 417; Keynes 1921 96; Easson and Essick II; Lowndes 64 Printed for George Nicol unknown
1888réf. H0-D4CP-P3PEParis: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1888. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Very Good. Paris 1888. Large folio. 498 x 330 mm 19 4/8 x 12 3/4 inches. Weight 17 pounds!. 658 pages frontispiece and 81 steel-engraved full page plates 681 steel-engraved vignettes in the text by Gustave Doré. Folio copy preserved in its splendid publisher cardboard in red percaline illustrated by A. Souze. Cover and back decorated and gilded the first cover adorned with a gilded griffin bearing standard and coat of arms on a background of patterns with oak leaves and helm. Last illustrated book by Gustave Doré -- -- Most pages and plates very clean. Some foxing and smudges to first few and last few pages otherwise Very well preserved. The front cover is very well stamped the gilding is bright. The gilding on the back is just a little tarnished slight traces of handling Solid hinges tear on the lower part of the spine fresh and clean interior light scattered foxing denser on the first few pages. --- --- Roland Furieux Orlando Furioso required a long preparation work and can be understood as a synthesis of all the themes dear to the artist: medieval frames forests battle scenes heroines of sublimated beauty fantastic atmosphere. Most pages and plates very clean. Very well preserved. The plate on the first cover is very well stamped the gilding is bright. The gilding on the back is a little tarnished slight traces of handling two small slots on the joints max 2 cm. Solid hinges. fresh and clean interior light scattered foxing denser at first. Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
réf. 11109Paris chez Nepveu et Aimé André 1822. 3 volumes in/8 reliure en plein maroquin rouge signé Niedré dos à nerfs à caissons dorés plats à triples filets dorés doré toutes tranches double filets sur les coupes dentelle intérieure vol1 : frontispice xliii ff 1 fac-similé dun autographe dArioste 2 vignettes 36 planche 463 pages. - vol. 2 : 31 planches 480 pages. - vol.3 : 27 planches 486 pages. Beaux exemplaires avec de très rares rousseurs Traduction par le Comte de TRESSAN. Le relieur Niedree fut distingué pour son travail en 1844. Il était réputé pour ses reliures de style Renaissance ; la conservation des marges était pour lui lobjet des plus grands soins. Orlando Furioso ou Roland furieux est un poème épique de 40 chants écrit par Ludovico Ariosto dit en français l'Arioste écrit au début du XVIe siècle le Cinquecento italien il sera publié en 1516. S'inscrivant dans le cycle carolingien comme un lointain descendant de la Chanson de Roland ou Chanson de Roncevaux et présenté à sa sortie comme une suite de l'Orlando Innamorato Roland amoureux de Matteo Maria Boiardo. Le poème fut écrit en ferrarais le dialecte utilisé à Ferrare puis l'Arioste lui-même l'adapta en toscan littéraire afin qu'il soit plus accessible pour le reste de l'Italie. Roger et Bradamante y sont présentés comme les ancêtres légendaires des ducs de Ferrare et donc du cardinal Alphonse d'Este qui était le protecteur de l'Arioste et sans doute le commanditaire du livre. unknown
1839réf. 77042Paris: Knab 1839. Fine. Knab Paris 1839 12.50 x 21.80 cm 3 volumes reliés New translation by A. Mazuy. The 3 volumes are illustrated with a portrait of Ariosto as frontispiece and 85 wood-engraved figures printed on China paper and mounted on strong paper. They are numbered from 1 to 85. The 3 volumes properly contain the placement sheets for the engravings at the end and the errata. This beautiful illustration a romantic vision of the chivalrous Middle Ages is the work of Meissonnier Baron Français Girardet. Contemporary full glazed calf binding in violet. Smooth spine decorated with Rocaille tools in long and mirror patterns. Gilt title. Boards stamped in blind with a large ornamental plate in Renaissance style. Gilt framing fillets. Interior frieze. Lemon-yellow endpapers. Tissue guards present. Some occasional scattered foxing on an otherwise clean set the tissue guards often browned or foxed. Signs of rubbing. Cracks on one lower joint at foot. Spine uniformly blue-green. Very handsome copy rare in this condition. The work is completed with several studies by the translator notes on chivalric romances oriental traditions chronicles songs of the trouvères and troubadours. An index of proper names in Orlando Furioso. Knab hardcover
1756réf. 50805Arezzo Michele Belotti 1756. Large 4to. 2 contemp. full vellum with handwritten titles on spine. Marbled edges. VII435;4213 pp. and 2 engraved portraits Ariosto and Barbolani. printed on good paper clean and fine. Italian and Latin text in 2 columns. A fine copy of the first translation of Orlando Furioso into Latin. - Brunet I 440. hardcover
réf. 108859Venetia Felice Valgrisi 1887. Kl.4° Titelholzschnitt 8 Bl. 654 S. 16 Bl Tavola zahlreiche Vignetten und 51 blattgrossen Holzstich-Illustrationen von Dosso Dossi am Anfang jedes Gesanges. Perg. d. Zeit handschriftl Rückentitel Deckel etwas fleckig Titelbl. aufgezogen Buchblock etwas fleckig min. wasserärndig 13 Bl. der Tavola mit grösseren hinterlegen ersetzten Fehlstellen Textverlust. Einige Illustrationen etwas stumpf. abgezogen einige Marginalien von alter Hand.Cover slightly stained; title page reattached; text block slightly stained with minimal water damage; 13 leaves of the Tavola with larger gaps filled in loss of text. Some illustrations slightly faded; some marginal notes in an old hand. Die erste Valgrisi-Ausgabe des „Furioso“ stammt aus dem Jahr 1556; ab 1565 erscheinen die 5 posthumen Gesänge begleitet von den Zusammenfassungen von Luigi Grotta d’Adria. - Ludovico Ariosto deutsch Ariost; 8. September 1474 in Reggio nell’Emilia; † 6. Juli 1533 in Ferrara war ein italienischer Humanist Militär Höfling und Autor. Sein Hauptwerk das Versepos Orlando furioso „Der rasende Roland“ gilt als einer der wichtigsten Texte der italienischen Literatur und wurde in ganz Europa rezipiert.Text Ital. 010 Venetia, Felice Valgrisi, 1887 unknown
1572réf. 2012300015Venetia Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi 1572. Hardcover. Good. The Romance of Roland: Early Italian edition Quarto. Early boards rebacked with renewed leather spine. Spine gilt ruled and lettered. Good binding. 16 654 32 p. Text in double columns. Title within architectural border surmounted by portrait bust of author and with Valgrisi's woodcut device. Full-page woodcut illustrations with ornamental sidepieces at beginning of each canto; head-pieces; historiated initials; printed marginalia. Scattered staining throughout browning. Chip missing from margin of rearmost leaf. Lacking final blank leaf. Mortimer Italian Books 29 citing 1562 ed. Adams A1673 citing 1571 ed. Venetia Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi hardcover
1967réf. 1081A monumental edition of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso published by Electa Editrice of Milan in 1967 featuring an introduction by Riccardo Bacchelli and 158 striking lithographic illustrations by Fabrizio Clerici. Comprising three large-format folio volumes: the first contains the text while the other two serve as portfolios housing the 158 loose color lithographic plates printed by the renowned Stamperia Fantoni in Venice. Housed in the publisher's original cardboard slipcase. Limited edition of 350 copies; this is copy no. 39 one of 150 hors-commerce copies. In perfect condition. Electa Milano hardcover
réf. 2272In Venetia: Appresso Pietro Farri 1619. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. No pagination. 340pp. a8 A8-SS8 TT4. Engraved title-page. Cinque canti has separate title-page. Seventeenth-century vellum worn. Agnelli-Ravegnani I p.186. 0 In Venetia: Appresso Pietro Farri, 1619. hardcover
réf. 2121709Venice: Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari. 1551. 12mo. Early 19th-century English half calf roll-tooled in blind spine with raised bands tooled in blind and lettered directly in gilt; ff. 43 1; woodcut printer's device to recto of first and final leaf woodcut initials and ornaments; extremities a little worn hinges cracked but hold firm head of spine chipped; a few small stains but otherwise a very good crisp copy; armorial bookplate of Samuel R. Block to front pastedown his ownership signature in ink to title page.First edition the final and definitive ""Ferrara"" version of Ariosto's first comedy in verse and his ""most problematic work for the stage"" Portner.Ludovico Ariosto 1474-1533 best known today for his epic poem Orlando furioso was also the author of five comedies. Following the successful staging of his comedy I Suppositi in the Vatican during the 1519 Carnival he was commissioned by Pope Leo X to write a new play. Il Negromante The Necromancer was sent to Rome on 16 January 1520 however its planned Roman premiere never took place; the pope instead chose to stage Niccolo Machiavelli's La Mandragola. The most likely reason for the play's cancellation was its veiled yet pointed critique of Leo X and the Vatican particularly regarding the sale of indulgences and clerical corruption. While Ariosto's wit was tolerated in other settings a performance of Il Negromante in the heart of the papal court - just three years after Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses - may have been considered too unsettling.In the play the charlatan Mastro Iachelino the so-called ""Necromancer"" is summoned to cure the supposed impotence of Clintio through his claimed magic arts. Clintio a newlywed is in fact secretly married to another woman Lavinia. Seeking to escape the marriage imposed on him by his foster father Massimo he later turns to Iachelino himself hoping to maintain the illusion of impotence. Meanwhile another young man Camillo also seeks the Necromancer's help hoping to win the favour of Emilia the bride involved in the unconsummated marriage with Clintio.Two versions of the comedy exist: one ""for Rome"" and one ""for Ferrara"". The first sent to the papal court in 1520 was published posthumously in Venice in 1535. The second revised for the Ferrarese court around 1528 was also published posthumously in this edition printed by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari in 1551 and dedicated by the editor Lodovico Dolce c. 1508-1568 to Giovan Vincenzo Vigliona. Dolce based his edition on the original manuscript which he had acquired from Ariosto's heirs.Adams A-1655; Edit16 CNCE 2665; Agnelli-Ravegnani Annali delle Edizioni Ariostee II p. 123 ""of considerable rarity like all Giolito editions and of undeniable importance regarding the text of Il Negromante inasmuch as it provides us with a version of the comedy not merely corrected but entirely rewritten by the poet"" trans. See Portner ""A Non-Performance of Il Negromante"" Italica 59/4 Renaissance Winter 1982 pp. 316-329. hardcover
1775réf. ST17632bParis: Brunet 1775-83. 225 x 142 mm. 8 7/8 x 5 5/8". With blank leaf M6 in volume III half title in volume IV. Four volumes. A new translation by M. d'Ussieux. Appealing contemporary marbled calf gilt covers with triple gilt fillet border flat spines gilt in compartments with central patera sunburst lancet tools at corners and sides one black and one red morocco label red paste paper endpapers all edges gilt. With engraved portrait in volume I and 92 ENGRAVED PLATES with original tissue guards 46 from the Baskerville suite see below and 46 by Cochin. Cohen-De Ricci 98; Ray "French" p. 113. Bindings with half a dozen small patches of lost patina due to insect activity leather on spines a little dried and crackled occasional mild browning other trivial imperfections but an extremely pleasing copy especially internally with a clean remarkably fresh text wide margins and excellent impressions of the engravings. Our French edition of Ariosto's great sprawling romantic epic combines illustrations from two famed editions with engravings by top artists of the period. Each of the 46 cantos of "Mad Orlando" has two plates depicting the events described one from the Baskerville edition of 1773 printed in Italian for Molini and one from the quarto edition of the present French translation published just before our octavo printing. These 46 pairs of images are not only aesthetically pleasing as engravings but they allow for fascinating studies in interpretation because the pairs are consistently--and sometimes very distinctly--different one from the other. Jean-Michel Moreau known as Moreau le Jeune 1741-1814 provided illustrations for Diderot's encyclopedia and engraved works for François Boucher in addition to illustrating the works of Rousseau and Voltaire. According to the Getty Museum "publishers sought him out for his powers of observation and ability to capture nuances of gesture pose and light." Ray says that the best work by Moreau "showed him to be the equal of the established rococo masters Boucher Eisen and Gravelot" and that in his heyday "he carried all before him." Ray was enchanted by the Moreau engravings seen here noting "Moreau was at the top of his form as might have been expected when the most elegant of illustrators encountered the most elegant of poets." Charles Nicholas Cochin 1715-90 was one of the foremost French illustrators and one of the most influential persons in the French art world of the 18th century. He began producing engravings in his teens was elected to the Academy at 26 and was a member of the court for 40 years doing portraits of almost every celebrity of the period. As the person who provided the finished plates from the 276 original compositions by Oudry for the famous large folio edition of La Fontaine's "Fables" 1755-59 Cochin played an instrumental role in producing what Ray says is "one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books." At 50000 lines long and 26 years in the making and refining "Orlando Furioso" by Ariosto 1474-1533 is one of the most singular and extravagant of narratives ever conceived. The story takes place against the background of the war between Charlemagne and the Saracens when Orlando Roland one of Charlemagne's finest knights neglects his duty out of love for the pagan princess Angelica. After she falls in love with a Saracen and elopes Orlando goes mad and is only restored to sanity when another knight flies to the moon in Ezekiel's chariot and obtains a magic potion to break the spell. There are many more complications. First published in 1516 "Orlando" was translated into English French as here Spanish and German becoming one of the most influential works of literature writers indebted to Ariosto include Tasso Cervantes Spenser Shakespeare Milton Byron and Shelley. Brunet unknown
