Bidspirit auction | Ludovico Ariosto

Ludovico Ariosto - Ludovico Ariosto - Orlando Furious, 1549. Venice, Bartolomeo Imperadore and Francesco his son-in-law, 1549. In 8°. Title page with elaborate woodcut frame, vignettes at the opening of the Canti, Gothic type for the text and Roman for the openings of the Canti, slightly trimmed margins, beautiful nineteenth-century binding in morocco with gold decorations on the covers and large noble coat of arms impressed in the centre, ex libris on the back cover John Freeman MA.