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‎Orlando innamorato di Matteo M. Boiardo, rifatto da Francesco Berni. En 5 volumes.‎

‎Venezia, Antonio Zatta, 1785, sm. in-8vo, illustrated with alltogether 5 identical title portraits (Francesco Berni) and 69 vignettes (engraved by Daniotto and C. Dall'Aqua), very beautiful marbled calf bindings, red and green labels on spine, rich goldtooling on spine, small imperfection or stain on 2 covers, light rubbing to a few corners, sprinkled edges.‎

‎The «Orlando innamorato» completely rewritten by Berni, being by far better appreciated than the original version by Bojardo. Illustrated with cute engraved vignettes heading each one of the 69 chapters.Originally written for the amusement of the author's patron, Duke Hercules D'Este, this is the inventive and humorous story of Orlando's love-striken pursuit of Angelica through a fairyland that combines the military valours of Charlemagne's crusaders with the enchantments of King Arthur's court.“Le poème le plus célèbre de Bojardo, quoique le moins lu, est son «Roland amoureux». ... L'Arioste ... en le continuant, et le Berni, en le refaisant, l'ont tué. ...” (Hoefer). Hoefer NBG III/622-623 and IV/483-484; Diz. Lett. Bompiani (1948) V/312-316. Image disp.‎