Book/Printed Material Image 1 of Orlando furioso : in English heroical verse

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About this Item

Title

  • Orlando furioso : in English heroical verse

Other Title

  • Orlando fvrioso

Names

  • Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533, author.
  • Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612, translator.
  • Field, Richard, -1624, printer.
  • Cockson, Thomas, engraver.
  • Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604, illustrator.
  • Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612, signer.
  • Coningsby, Thomas, 1550-1625, former owner.
  • Holford, George Lindsay, 1860-1926, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Hopetoun House (South Queensferry, Scotland), former owner.

Created / Published

  • Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate, 1591.

Headings

  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)

Notes

  • -  Engraved title page signed Tho. Coxonus, sculp.
  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  First English-language edition.
  • -  "Most copies are ordinary folio; of the others some are large-paper folio ... and some have been printed on thick 4[to] paper ... Some of the special-paper copies are hand-coloured": Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), v. 1, p. 39.
  • -  Signatures: [par.]⁸ A-P⁶ Q⁴ R-2N⁶ 2O⁴.
  • -  Numerous errors in paging.
  • -  The plates are English copies of originals by Girolamo Porro. Cf. ESTC.
  • -  Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 746
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (1977), 1254
  • -  Library of Congress. Rosenwald Collection (1954), 721
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue, S106637
  • -  "The life of Ariosto briefly and compendiously gathered out of sundrie Italian writers by Iohn Harington": p. 114 [i.e. 414]-423.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  Errata: p. [9] at end.
  • -  LC copy is a 4to and without hand-coloring; in original calf binding with gold tooled corner and center pieces.
  • -  LC copy: Harington's presentation copy to Sir Thomas Coningsby. With inscriptions: Thomas Coningsby, Henry Jeffreyes, William Jeffreyes and a later Henry Jeffreyes, William Jeffereys and a later Henry Jeffreyes on flyleaf, title page and 2nd leaf. Later in collection of Sir George Holford.
  • -  Copy 2 #ACQ 22-090 he04 2023-03-09
  • -  LAC knj 2019-11-19 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [18], 423, [11] p. : ill. (engravings) ; 29 cm (fol. or 4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ4582.E5 A35 1591
  • PQ4582.E5 A35 1591 Copy 2 Measures 28 cm. With a mounted ms label on the title page, adding "Esquire" after Harington's name. Hand-colored (with gilt) 4to copy, text with red bounding lines. Manuscript presentation slip mounted on p. [2] of cover, to the Library at Hopetoun House from Dr. Martin, Monimail [Tower?],15th Augst. 1822; armorial bookplate of Hopetoun; bookplate of AHA. Partially erased signature on title page (Montagu?); Marie [?] at top edge of p. 343.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043569

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Ariosto, Lodovico, Author, Richard Field, Thomas Cockson, Girolamo Porro, John Harington, Thomas Coningsby, George Lindsay Holford, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Former Owner Hopetoun House. Orlando furioso: in English heroical verse. translateds by Harington, John, Sir Imprinted at London: By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate, 1591. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043569/.

APA citation style:

Ariosto, L., Field, R., Cockson, T., Porro, G., Harington, J., Coningsby, T. [...] Hopetoun House, F. O. (1591) Orlando furioso: in English heroical verse. Harington, J., trans Imprinted at London: By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043569/.

MLA citation style:

Ariosto, Lodovico, Author, et al. Orlando furioso: in English heroical verse. trans by Harington, John, Sir Imprinted at London: By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate, 1591. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/47043569/>.