ARIOSTO, Ludovico. Orlando Furioso di M. Lodovico Ariosto, nuovamente ricorretto; con nuovi argomenti di M. Lodovico Dolce: con la vita dell'autore di M. Simon Fornari: il vocabulario delle voci piu oscure: le imitationi cavate dal Dolce: le nuove allegorie, & annotationi di M. Tomaso Porcacchi: et con due tavole, una delle cose notabili, & l'altra de' nomi proprij.

Quarto (193 × 138 mm.). [330] leaves, text in double column. Woodcut title page with a view of Venice and printer's device, the same woodcut repeated at the beginning of the Cinque Canti. A full-page woodcut within an architectural frame at the beginning of each canto. 18th century red morocco binding, triple-fillets frame on panels, spine in compartments with gilt decorations and title. Marbled endpapers. Marginal defects on front cover, small worm holes from M6 to EE6 that don't affect the text.

A good copy of a “very scarce” edition (Agnelli-Ravegnani), similar to the first Furioso printed by the Guerra brothers in 1568, reprinted several times in different formats. The woodcuts are clearly influenced by those used by Giolito and Valvassore.

Agnelli-Ravegnani pp. 145-146; Guidi p. 82; Ludovico Ariosto. Documenti, immagini, fortuna critica, Rome 1992.