Arioste

1839 · Best.-Nr. 77042 — Paris: 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