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Ariosto, Ludovico Orlando furioso... nuova edizione, corretta e ricorretta. Paris: Giovanni Claudio Molini, 1788 5 volumes, 12mo (244 x 176mm.), LARGE PAPER COPY, vol.1: engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page, 26 plates (of which 17 in 2 states), 4 plates mounted; vol.2: engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title-page, 22 plates (of which 18 in 2 states), 3 plates mounted; vol.3: engraved title-page, 23 plates (of which 16 in 2 states, 5 in 3 states); vol.4: engraved title-page, 21 plates (of which 17 in 2 states, 2 in 3 states); vol.5: engraved title-page, woodcut tailpieces; contemporary French straight-grained red morocco gilt, gilt edges, paper and vellum flyleaves, green patterned silk pastedowns, some plates slightly browned or foxed A reprint of the fine 1773 Molini edition, which was printed by Baskerville in Birmingham; this edition was printed in Orléans by Rouzeau-Montaut and contains additional illustrations not included in the Baskerville edition (which contained only 46 plates), some of which are in two or three states (mostly before and after letters). Brunet states that only 49 large paper copies on hollande were produced. PROVENANCE: Albert Wander, morocco booklabelCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The