ARIOSTE

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ARIOSTE
Orlando furioso Paris, Jean-Claude Molin, 1788 A moment in the illustration of Arioste. Beautiful copy with large margins combining the plates of the edition of Baskerville (1773) and those of Brunet (1775) 5 volumes in-4 (246 x 170mm). Copy on large laid paper, with all margins. Some fleurons and engraved culs-de-lampe. Snack: (i)-xii (1 f. bl.) 2-357 pp. (1 f.); (2 f.) 2-444 pp. (1 f.); (2 f.) 2-441 pp. (1 f.); (2 f.) 2-446 pp. (1 f.); (1 f.) 2-259 pp. (1 f.). Illustration: (1): 5 engraved titles, portrait of Arioste drawn by Eisen after Titian and engraved by Fiquet, (1): 26 plates, (2): 24, (3): 26, (4): 22, i.e. 98 plates in all: a combination of the plates of the Baskerville Arioste and those of the Brunet edition, and 6 additional plates. Engravings after drawings by Cipriani, Cochin, Eisen, Greuze, Monnet and Moreau. Bindings of the period. Red morocco spine with gilt decoration, red morocco paper covers, untrimmed. Some rare plates with stitching. Reference: Cohen-de Ricci 95-98.
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