Ariosto, Tasso, Voltaire, three eighteenth-century editions in French, together 8 volumes

Ariosto, Tasso, Voltaire

A collection of three eighteenth-century French illustrated editions in 8 volumes, comprising:

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO. Roland furieux, poëme héroïque... traduction nouvelle, par M. d'Ussieux. Paris: Brunet, 1775-1783, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait, 24+22+24+22 engraved plates, with blank leaf M6 in vol.3, half-title in vol.4, contemporary marbled calf gilt, flat spines gilt with morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges, in two later marbled slipcases

TORQUATO TASSO. Jérusalem delivrée... nouvelle traduction. Paris: Musier Fils, 1774, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume, engraved title-pages, 20 engraved plates, each engraved vignette (except two) with an additional state of the print, later red morocco gilt by Allô-Carayon, green morocco doublures, gilt edges, slipcases, lower corner of p.303 in vol.2 torn

VOLTAIRE. La pucelle d'Orléans, poëme en vingt-un chants. Paris: (Crapelet), An VII [1799], 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, 2+3 engraved frontispiece portraits, 30+33 engraved plates (extra-illustrated), later red morocco gilt by Capé, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, single later marbled slipcase, bookplate of Jacques Bastenet, occasional light foxing

together 8 volumes

This copy of Voltaire, based on the Didot edition of 1795, contains additional engravings, including a set which seem to be smaller landscape versions of the Gravelot plates in the 1762 Geneva edition of La Pucelle.

LITERATURE

Cohen-De Ricci 98, 975, 1035