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Beautifully illustrated ARIOSTE (Ludovico Ariosto,...

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Beautifully illustrated ARIOSTE (Ludovico Ariosto, known as the) Roland Furieux, heroic poem. Paris, Brunet (then Laporte), 1775-78. 4 volumes in-8 : 3f., 321pp. (24 plates) / 391pp. (22 plates) / 407pp. (24 plates) / 410pp. (22 plates). 92 figures by Cochin, Moreau, Cipriani, Eisen, Monnet. Biting in places. Contemporary fawn calf, spines smoothly decorated, red title-pieces, black endpapers, rubbing, gilt roulette on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, inner roulette, rubbing, gilt edges. One of the famous illustrated books of the late 18th century.