Il divino Ariosto oft Orlando Furioso, hoogste voorbeelt van ridderschap. Oock claren spieghel van beleeftheijt voor alle welgeboorne vrouwen [...] [transl. Everart Siceram].

8vo: [16]-623-[13-2 bl.] pp. (final f. [blank ?] missing, quire H bound in wrong order; somewhat short, minor toning, some offsetting of colouring).

Contemp. gilt decorated blind-ruled leather, gilt spine with 4 raised bands, red edges (expertly rebacked and repaired, new endpapers). Good copy.

Very rare Dutch translation of the famous Italian Renaissance epic Orlando Furioso (1532) by L. Ariosto (1474-1533). The Brussels jeweller and rhetorician E. Siceram (1560-1620) was a fan of Italian literature. The present ed. contains the 1st half of Orlando Furioso. A sequel was promised but never completed. Engraved title, author’s portrait, and 23 woodcuts (one at the beginning of each "book"), all in old colouring.
Ref. STCV 3136059. - Funck 269. - Simoni (BL) A-139. - Waller 168.