Discorso Sopra Il Principio Di Tvtti I Canti D'Orlando Fvrioso

by Laura Terracina, ca. 1519- ca. 1577

$3,800 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIFTH EDITION first ed. 1549 , published by Giolito, who also published the first edition. Bound in late 20th c. morocco, gilt. With an attractive woodcut headpiece and the Giolito device on the title page. The fine portrait of Laura Terracina, set within an ornate frame, appears on the verso of the same leaf. With woodcut initials and 46 woodcut scenes taken from the 1542 Giolito edition of Ariosto's poem. Text lightly foxed, more heavily in the

• Binding: Leather

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