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Maroquin ARIOSTE (Ludovic) Annotationi et avvertimenti...

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Maroquin ARIOSTE (Ludovic) Annotationi et avvertimenti di Girolamo Ruscelli, sopra i Luoghi difficili, et importanti del furioso. Venetia, Valgrisi, 1566. In-4: 12f, 556pp, 59f; illustrated with 46 fine full-page engravings at the beginning of each of the 46 parts of the work. 17th century old red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, diamond-shaped iron in the centre of the boards, gilt roulette on the boards and fleur-de-lis in the spandrels, cold roulette on the edges, gilt edges, rubbing. Second edition by Valgrisi after the first in 1556, with the same woodcuts, which were the first full-page illustrations of Orlando Furioso.