Accession number
PML 800
Creator
Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.
Published
[Ferrara] : Impresso in Ferrara per maestro Francesco Rosso da Valenza, a di primo d'Ottobre MDXXXII [1532]
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
First complete edition, with first printing of cantos 41-46.
Imprint from colophon.
Portrait of Ariosto, engraved by Denanto after Titian: leaf h7r.
T.p. in red and black.
Signatures: A-Z⁸ a-h⁸.
Printed on vellum (one of 5).
Variant issues noted based on state of h6v. PML copy has Ariosto's motto "Pro bono malum" at end of text. Some copies have instead a woodcut.
One leaf of J. Charlemont's ms. notes relating to Orlando's provenance inserted.
Imprint from colophon.
Portrait of Ariosto, engraved by Denanto after Titian: leaf h7r.
T.p. in red and black.
Signatures: A-Z⁸ a-h⁸.
Printed on vellum (one of 5).
Variant issues noted based on state of h6v. PML copy has Ariosto's motto "Pro bono malum" at end of text. Some copies have instead a woodcut.
One leaf of J. Charlemont's ms. notes relating to Orlando's provenance inserted.
Description
[248] leaves : ill., port. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Provenance
V. Gàmbara (note on front fly leaf), G. Valletta, Lord J. Charlemont, Lord F. Charlemont (see Fahy), possibly B.M. Pickering (see Fahy), A.W. Griswold (binding), T. Irwin.
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, with arms of A.W. Griswold, by Bedford; in brown morocco case.
Classification
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