Orlando Furioso,. di Ludovico Ariosto. Tomo I. (-IIII)
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1777
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3245035.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1, engr. t.-pl., plates ;. 12mo. Provenance: eighteenth-century book label on front pastedowns: Ma[demoise]lle A. Petit. Nineteenth-century inscriptions in Italian on front free endpapers; all variously communicate that the book is a gift from Orazia/Horatia to her friend Amelina, dated London 1829. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper over boards, a single gilt fillet where the two materials meet; spine with recessed cords, gilt fillets and tools; spine title 'Orlando Furioso' and volume numbers gilt lettered direct; marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) Lodovico Ariosto (1474-1533) Giuseppe Pazzana (1735-1802)