Accession number
PML 144629-32
Creator
Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
Published
Venezia : Presso Antonio Zatta, 1772-73.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved and decorated t.p.'s.
Illustrated with numerous copper engravings, mostly after Pietro Antonio Novelli, comprising 57 full-page engravings (including frontispiece and author's portrait), tailpieces, borders and illustrative initials; engraved by Tomaso Baratti, Giuseppe Danioto, F. Fanbrini, Jacopo Leonardis, Giacomo Malosso, G. Zuliani and others. For reproductions, cf. Morazzoni, pl. 80.
Vol. 1 includes the "Vita" by Giovanni Andrea Barotti, v. 4 includes "I cinque canti."
Illustrated with numerous copper engravings, mostly after Pietro Antonio Novelli, comprising 57 full-page engravings (including frontispiece and author's portrait), tailpieces, borders and illustrative initials; engraved by Tomaso Baratti, Giuseppe Danioto, F. Fanbrini, Jacopo Leonardis, Giacomo Malosso, G. Zuliani and others. For reproductions, cf. Morazzoni, pl. 80.
Vol. 1 includes the "Vita" by Giovanni Andrea Barotti, v. 4 includes "I cinque canti."
Description
4 v. (unpaged) : ill. (engraving), ports. ; 29 cm
Provenance
Bookplate and ownership inscription of George Benson Weston; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full vellum.
Classification
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