The word 'Esquire.' is printed on a slip of paper pasted on the
titlepage, which is engraved. Collation: ¶^8A-P^6Q^4R-2N^02O^4,
paged. Wanting ¶ 1, containing engraved titlepage signed Coxonus
(_i.e._ T. Cockson) in some copies (Sayle 2228) but by W. Rogers in
others (Haz. H. 11) and table of contents on verso. Last leaf
containing colophon misplaced at the beginning. Epistle dedicatory
to Queen Elizabeth signed by the translator. 'A preface, or rather
a briefe apologie of poetrie.' Address to the reader signed Io.
Har. At the end, 'Allegory of the Orlando Furioso,' Life of Ariosto
by John Harington, alphabetical table of contents, table of
principal tales and list of errata. Inserted at the beginning is a
large engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth, 'Printed and Are to be
sould by P. Stent without Newgate.' The first fifty stanzas of Book
32 were translated by Sir John Harington's younger brother Francis.
Each of the 46 books is preceded by a full-page engraving, some of
which are a good deal worn in the present copy. First edition.
Sinker 740. BM 50.
Orlando Furioso in English heroical Verse, by S^r. Iohn Haringtõ of
Bathe Knight. Now secondly imprinted the yeere. 1607. Principibus
placuisse viris non vltima laus est. Horace. [Colophon] ¦_Imprinted at
London by Richard Field, for Iohn Norton and Simon Waterson._ 1607.¦