ARIOSTE.
Orlando furioso. - Espositione di historie, favole, allegorie, et di vocaboli difficili... Venice, Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, 1556. 2 parts in one volume in-4, stiff vellum, mention in ink on the first cover, smooth spine decorated, red title, marbled edges (19th century binding).
Very nice Venetian edition, decorated on the title with an architectural frame, a portrait of the author and 46 remarkable woodcuts in the text.
Printed on two columns in italics.
From the library of Count Guy de Berlaymont, with his name in pen on the first cover and his engraved armorial bookplate.
Missing the last leaf (blank or typographical mark?). Some foxing.
