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Title
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For the Love of Books: Collectors and Collections. Online exhibition
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Special Collections, University of Otago Library
Date
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7th March 2019
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Special Collections, University of Otago; Curated by Donald Kerr and Romilly Smith
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Title
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Orlando Furioso
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Ludovico Ariosto
Date
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c. 1556
Identifier
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De Beer Itb 1556 A
Type
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Books
Publisher
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[Venice]: Felice Valgrisi
Abstract
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In 1946, Willi Fels donated some 400 of his most valuable pre-1801 printed books to the University of Otago. Many of these books carried German or Italian imprints. One work he gave was Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem <em>Orlando Furioso</em> (<em>The Frenzy of Orlando</em>), printed in Venice in 1556. This chivalric romance is set in the time of Charlemagne’s Christian knights warring against the Saracen army. The poem contains 46 cantos and he used <em>ottava rima</em>, the famed ‘abababcc’ rhyming scheme. Not only was the work immensely successful, but this particular edition represents one of the high points of 16th century Italian illustrated books.
Collectors and collecting
Special Collections