[Orlando Furioso] [Angelica & Madora.]
G.B. Cipriani inc.t. Tho.s Burke sculp.t.
London Publish'd Oct/r 1783, by G. Durand, No 8 Catherine Street, Strand.
Stipple, proof before title, printed in brown. 135 x 170mm (5¼ x 6¾"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A scene from Italian epic 'Orlando Furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto. Having been nursed back to health by Angelica, the Saracen knight Medora carves their names into a tree, before they elope to China.
See BM 1931,0618.56 for a 1790 edition published by Read.
[Ref: 54744] £260.00
London Publish'd Oct/r 1783, by G. Durand, No 8 Catherine Street, Strand.
Stipple, proof before title, printed in brown. 135 x 170mm (5¼ x 6¾"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A scene from Italian epic 'Orlando Furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto. Having been nursed back to health by Angelica, the Saracen knight Medora carves their names into a tree, before they elope to China.
See BM 1931,0618.56 for a 1790 edition published by Read.
[Ref: 54744] £260.00
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