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17563785Amsterdam: Aux depens de la Compagnie 1756. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 mo. Contemporary calf bindings some wear but a decent set. <br/><br/> Aux depens de la Compagnie hardcover books
17721284320Venezia: Press Antonio Zatta 1772. First Edition. Text entirely in Italian. Includes 3 of 4 Volumes; I II IV. Quarto; VG-/no-DJ hardcover; Brown spine with gold text; Boards strong moderate surface rubbing light scuffing; Textblock age-toned has some slight moisture damage some staining/foxing on several pages lighter to exterior edges; Bindings strong. SHELVED IN FIRST RIGHT-HAND BOOKCASE IN AISLE 10.<br /> <br /> Additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1284320. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Press Antonio Zatta unknown books
1785245009London: George Nicol 1785. hardcover. very good. 5 volumes. 6 plates designed by Kauffman Stothard Metz and Hamilton. One of the Stothard plates in vol. 3 was engraved by Wm. Blake; first state. 8vo full contemporary calf red leather spine labels some hinges reinforced & 1 spine chipped at extremities the interior is fine. London: George Nicol 1785. Second Edition.<br/><br/> Easson and Essick II. Lowndes 64.<br/><br/> George Nicol unknown books
1781WB18303London: Livorno presso Gio Tom Masi e Comp. 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. Four volumes. An attractive 12mo set in full red leather spines heavily gilt. Green spine labels gilt. Some rubbing overall and wear to spine labels but still a charming set. Each volume with engraved portrait engraved title and engraved plates throughout. <br/><br/> Livorno presso Gio Tom Masi e Comp. hardcover books
17731002816Birmingham: Baskerville 1773. First edition of the Baskerville Ariosto octavo issue with forty-six engraved plates. Set during the Saracen invasion of France Orlando Furioso 1516-1532 follows the adventures of Charlemagne's high-strung knight Orlando who goes mad for love. Ariosto's comic epic was hugely influential going on to inspire works as various as The Faerie Queene Much Ado About Nothing Don Quixote and Don Juan. Gaskell 48. Text in Italian. A very good set in handsome contemporary bindings. Four octavo volumes: 34 lviii 362 2; 2 450 2; 2 446 2; 2 446 2. Contemporary full tree calf Greek key border and floral cornerpieces in gilt to boards raised bands spine compartments ruled and patterned in gilt red and black morocco spine labels lettered in gilt gilt dentelles marbled endpapers. Copperplate frontispiece of Ariosto and forty-six engraved plates. Associati and Errata bound before Vita in Volume I all present. Bookplates of Francis Broderip and Irwin Laughlin to pastedowns. Light shelfwear to boards expert repair to joints and corners some foxing to text. Baskerville unknown books
1730046661Venice: Tefano Orlandini 1730. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum worn at corners soiled but sound. Scattered minor foxing and browning - mostly quite clean. Portrait of the author by Orsolini and 51 engraved plates. l 576; iv 400pp. The final section contains other works by Ariosto. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Inventory No: 046661. Tefano Orlandini hardcover books
1773WRCLIT80156Birmingham: Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale e G. Molini 1773. Four volumes. 6lviii362; 2450; 2446; 244626pp. plus engraved frontis and forty-six plates. Octavo. Full contemporary straight grain crimson morocco spines ruled in gilt a.e.g. gilt inner dentelles marbled endsheets. Spines a bit darkened with rubbing and a bit of shelfwear to extremities scattered medium to light foxing and tanning characteristic of the medium quality paper utilized for the octavo edition but a very good set. With the bookplate of William G. Roelker in each volume and at the base of the title and the end of text on the terminal leaf in each volume appears a small stamped crowned signet in blue ink; in the case of the title of the first volume a second stamp appears a crown above the initials 'L.O.'. First Baskerville edition this being the printing in octavo. Sets were also issued on better paper in quarto format. In this set only A8 and D2 are cancels in the fourth volume and the errata and the extensive subscribers list appear at the end of that volume. The frontis is a portrait of Ariosto and the forty-six other plates each appear before the opening of the canto to which it relates. The plates are after works by Cipriani Moreau le jeune Eisen Cochin fils Monnet J.B. Greuze and engraved by Bartolazzi Launay Longueil de Ghendt Prevost Henriquez Massard Simonet Ponce Duclos Martini Moreau le jeune Choffard and Helmon. The earliest sections of Ariosto's epic poem appeared in 1516 and the first complete edition appeared in 1532. Through following generations it exerted a significant influence on the literatures of several languages as well as on art music and popular media. GASKELL 48. COHEN-DE-RICCI 95. ESTC T133621. Ray ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 64. Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville, Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia Reale, e G. Molini unknown books