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Orlando Furioso di Messer Ludovico Ariosto

Best.-Nr. OrlandoFurioso1540An opportunity to acquire one of the earliest editions of Orlando Furioso printed in 1540 nearly a post-incunabulum! Orlanda Furisoso was and remains one of the most popular pieces of secular literature produced during the Renaissance i.e. the 16th century. A scarce edition as I could only find one copy in the British Library via Worldcat. First complete edition 1532. A 1533 second edition sold at auction in 2008 at Christie's for a staggering 21500 pounds-sterling about 36000 pounds in today's money or $50000! Orlando Furioso di Messer Ludovico Ariosto con La Giunta Noviss-Mamente Stampato e Corretto. Apresse Mapheo Pasini MDXXX. Loosely translates: The Frenzy or Madness of Roland by Mr. Ludovico Ariosto originally printed by La Giunta and newly printed and corrected. Printed by Mapheo Pasini 1540. Size Binding: Small octavo measuring 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2" about 16 x 11 1/2 x 2 1/2 cm in dark brown leather with a lighter brown spine. Probably bound circa 1750 to 1850 with a later spine end-papers are probably circa the same period. The main text is complete with some post-text material incomplete. See collation. Collation: marble end-paper blank; Title Page with inset woodcut; Dedication to Ludovico Dolce probably a patron of the original edition; Main Text beginning with Canto Primo paginated by leaf 1-244 588 pages in the modern sense; Pages 9-16 miss-bound after page 24; page 96 miss-numbered as 69. Essentially complete; Second Dedication to Dolce; Appologia; four pages of annotations or errati; One page of contents but only one page of such beginning with "A" and one page of an Index beginning with "A" and ending with "D". The first leaf of a contents and the first of the index appear on the recto and verso of the same leaf so it appears they were never printed properly for this copy so the addendum text was never complete; Colophon with woodcut of an angel holding the hand of a child; Portrait of Ariosto. Condition: Generally in very good condition. The binding is holding fairly well Boards are intact and not too worn. Typical age-toning and some staining to the lower portion of the title page and verso but the rest of the pages are quite clean. NO chips or tears that I can see Possibly a faint stamp on the title page. NOTE: Orlando Furioso is a chivalric romance epic fantasy poem written by Ludovico Ariosto at the beginning of the 16th century and completed circa 1520. Portions were printed subsequently but the first complete edition appeared in 1532. It became one of the most popular secular texts of the 16th century going through many editions up until 1600. An English translation was completed by Sir John Harington in 1591 and went through two more editions in 1603 and then in 1634. The English translation has a funny story. Harington who knew Italian had translated a couple of the cantos regarded as rather risque for the time. Hand-written copies were circulated among the English nobility until Queen Elizabeth herself acquired copies. She summoned Harington and scolded him for possibly compromising her ladies-in-waiting with such racy stuff. Then she said "Where's the rest of it" Harington replied he really didn't intend to translate the entire epic poem. Nonsense! She banished him from court until he completed the entire English translation which was printed in 1590-1 and dedicated to the queen herself. NOTE: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. The picture are NOT stock photos. IMPORTANT NOTE: All sales are generally FINAL. I do NOT accept returns because of buyer's remorse "it was a gift but the recipient already had it" or "I found the same books at a better price". I am not selling new items to compete with other retailers. Returns are only accepted because of significant discrepancies regarding edition and/or condition of which I try to be very thorough in researching the edition/printing as well as describing ALL condition issues. So make sure you're 100% positive you desire one of my items before making a purchase. Shipping: Free domestic US shipping in large flat-rate box. $110 UK and international. NOTE on FEEDBACK: If you have problem with an order for any reason please contact me before leaving feedback! 99% of the time we can resolve the problem. It is much more difficult to change feedback once left. hardcover

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