La Morte Di Ruggiero Continuata Alla Materia De l'Ariostocon Ogni Riuscimento Ditutte L'imprese Generose Da Lui Proposte, & Non Fornite. Aggiontoui Moltibellisimi Successi, Che a L'alto Apparechio Di Quel Diuno Poeta Seguirdebbono, Con le allegorie ad ogni canto, che possono leuare l'intelletto acomprendere gli effetti della virtu, e del vitio

Pescatore, Giovanni Battista

Published by Luca al Segno De La Cognitione, Venice, 1551

About this Item

8vo. Pp. [4], 209 leaves set in double columns and printed recto verso. [1]- Registro, [1] blank. Speckled binding with title on gilt label on spine, with label to front board, from the Schonborn Buchheim family library. The armorial bookplate of Monsieur le Conte de Schonborn Buchheim to front pastedown endpaper. Elegant engraved head and tail pieces with historiated initials, 40 of each. Some light staining throughout, some dark stains to leaves 100-103. and foot of p. 129, partially affecting text. A tiny tear to margin of p. 78, but text unaffected. Light rubbing to edges, spine ends. Else in very good condition. A continuation of the epic poem, Orlando Furioso, originally completed by Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto in 1532 about the Italian romantic hero, Ruggiero, which was an inspiration for later writers such as Edmund Spencer and fabulist Jean De La Fontaine. Rare edition of this continuation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, in forty cantos, dedicated by its author to the governor of Ravenna Troilo Cerro da San Genesi. Five editions were printed; 1546, 1548, 1549, 1550 and 1551. This is last printing of this edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: La Morte Di Ruggiero Continuata Alla Materia De l'Ariostocon Ogni Riuscimento Ditutte L'imprese Generose Da Lui Proposte, & Non Fornite. Aggiontoui Moltibellisimi Successi, Che a L'alto Apparechio Di Quel Diuno Poeta Seguirdebbono, Con le allegorie ad ogni canto, che possono leuare l'intelletto acomprendere gli effetti della virtu, e del vitio
• Publisher: Luca al Segno De La Cognitione, Venice
• Publication Date: 1551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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