Fables : consisting of select parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto / imitated in English heroic verse, by Richard Wharton ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wharton, Richard, 1764 or 1765-1828, translator.

Contributor:

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321., bibliographic antecedent.

Berni, Francesco, 1497 or 1498-1535., bibliographic antecedent.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400., bibliographic antecedent.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533., bibliographic antecedent.

Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835, printer.

Payne and Mackinlay, active 1802-1811, bookseller.

Dante and Tasso Library Fund.

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Italian

Physical Description:

[2], 142 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Payne and Mackinlay, 87, Strand, 1804.

Contents:

The entrance of Hell : Dant. Inf. cant. III

The story of Ugolino : Dant. Inf. cant. XXII, XXXIII

The castle of Altaripa : from Berni's Orlando inamorato, cant. VIII, IX

The garden of Medusa / Orl. inn. cant. XII

The franklein's tale : from Chaucer

The stories of Caligorante and Orillo : from Ariosto, canto XV

Angelica and Medoro : Orl. fur. cant. XVIII, XXIII.

Notes:

Errata on page 142.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Addison & Sarova Auctioneers.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dante and Tasso Library Fund.

Related Work:

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno, bibliographic antecedent.

Berni, Francesco, 1497 or 1498-1535. Orlando innamorato, bibliographic antecedent.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Franklin's tale, bibliographic antecedent.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

31916547