1 / 2

Description

ARIOSTO, Lodovico (1474-1533). Orlando Furioso. Birmingham: G. Baskerville, 1773

Copy printed on fine paper of this elegant edition of Ariosto's masterpiece illustrated with engravings by some of the most celebrated Parisian and London artists of the time. The publisher John Baskerville (1706-1775) began work on the book on commission from the Molini brothers, important continental publishers active in Paris; the text was corrected by the editors from the 'errors of language, sense and orthography, all of which abound in other editions' (trans.) and enriched with over 40 illustrations from drawings by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Charles Nicolas Cochin, Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Charles Monnet and Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger. 4 volumes, large 8vo, (230 x 145mm). Frontispiece portrait of the author, 46 engraved plates at the opening of each canto from drawings by Cipriani, Cochin, Eisen, Monnet, Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger and others, text on tissue paper (foxing, the plate of canto 16 with repaired tear at the outer margin). Modern red morocco, spines and boards gilt, yellow edges, within slipcase. (4)

Automatically translated by DeepL. The original version is the only legally valid version.
To see the original version, click here.

Go to lot
<
>

ARIOSTO, Lodovico (1474-1533). Orlando Furioso. Birmingham: G. Baskerville, 1773

Estimate 200 - 300 EUR
Starting price 200 EUR

* Not including buyer’s premium.
Please read the conditions of sale for more information.

Sale fees: 28 %
Leave bid
Register

For sale on Wednesday 17 Jul : 14:15 (CEST)
milan, Italy
Wannenes
+390102530097
Browse the catalogue Sales terms Sale info

Delivery to
Change delivery address
Delivery is not mandatory.
You may use the carrier of your choice.
The indicated price does not include the price of the lot or the auction house's fees.