ARIOSTO Ludovico: ORLANDO FURIOSO, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1772-1773

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ORLANDO FURIOSO DI MESSER LUDOVICO ARIOSTO

Venezia, presso Antonio Zatta, 1772-1773

Four volumes in-folio, complete with text, errata, blanks and 59 plates, finely historiated initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and culs-de-lampe. Contemporary binding in full leather in excellent condition. Gilt tooling on covers, gilt spine-lettering with author, title and numbering of the volumes, floral decorations. Red sprinkled edges. Crisp paper with wide margins. Copy in rarely exceptional conditions.

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Masterpiece of Venetian printing of the XVIII century, superbly illustrated and printed with elegant typography thanks to artists such as Molosso, Leonardi, Zuliani, Baratti and others from the drawings of Pietro Antonio Novelli.