3 Volumes Opere di Ludovico Ariosto con dichiarazioni Ludovico Ariosto Published in Venice by Appresso Francesco Pitteri All 3 Volumes are published in 1766 Volume 3: Pages 408 Volume 6: Pages 771+5 Volume 5: Pages 381 Ludovico Ariosto ( 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. The poem is transformed into a satire of the chivalric tradition. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.