Printed in Italian. 4th edition. 276 printed pages, copper-plate engaved frontispiece & engraved title page (slightly over-trimmed). Occasional light foxing. Contemporary owners engraved armorial bookplate (Felix J. Webber). Original silk place finder. 8.5 x 13 cm. Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine in compartments with elaborate hand-tooled abstract patterns within gilt fillets. Brown morocco label with gilt lettering and interlinked circle hand-tooling within double gilt fillets. Boards with vine leaf scrolling gilt hand-tooled borders (slightly bowed). Includes works by Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto & Tasso. A charming & very well preserved example.