Accession number
PML 78401
Creator
Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
Published
In Venetia : Appresso Francesco de Franceschi ... , [1584]
Description
[40], 654, [34] p., 43, [1] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm (4to)
Notes
"I cinque canti" and "Osservationi" have special title pages, engraved by G. Franco.
Includes index.
Initials; engraved full page illustration and head-piece precede each canto.
Issued without letterpress t.p. Engraved title page, with architectu
Includes index.
Initials; engraved full page illustration and head-piece precede each canto.
Issued without letterpress t.p. Engraved title page, with architectu
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, olive and tan morocco onlays, tooled to a fanfare pattern; edges gauffered, gilt and polychromed; possibly Danish or German. In PML case.
Provenance
John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (armorial bookplate), Charles van der Elst (booklabel).
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