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LOT 63101409  |  Catalogue: Books

Il Congresso negli Elisi [.] Poema per le Augustissime Nozze di Ferdinando Infante di Spagna, e Maria Amalia Arciduchessa d Austria .umiliato alle loro Altezze Reali dalla Comunità di Piacenza.

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By FERDINAND Infant of Spain & MARIA AMALIA Archduchess of Austria] Rare Piacenzan Rococo Fete-book celebrating a Bourbon-Habsburg wedding
Folio. 181 + 134pp. Charming allegorical title vignette with a view of Piacenza in the background, engraved joint Bourbon and Habsburg arms and historiated initial at beginning of dedication engraved vignette and historiated initial heading to each of the 8 cantos, and engraved tail-piece at end, Contemporary marbled boards; rebacked in sheep, gilt. A fête-book in honour of the wedding of the Infant Ferdinand of Spain to Maria Amalia Archduchess of Austria, sumptuously printed on thick paper on behalf of the city of Piacenza and illustrated with charming vignettes. The dedication to the princely couple is by the prior, and the city elders. The text consists of eigbt cantos (in eight-line verses) each composed by a local notable: Marchese Francesco Saverio Baldini, Conte Carlo Carasi, Conte Antonio Maria Scotti of S. Giorgio, Conte Carlo Scribani Rossi, Marchese Francesco d Aragona Appiani of Piombino, Conte Giovanni Scotti of Sarinato, Marchese Giambatista Lando delle Caselle, and Abbate Giampaolo Maggi. The title vignette, the heraldic device, and the cul-de-lampe are engraved by the Piacenzan artist Pietro Perfetti. The illustrated allegorical chapter headings are engraved by Giuseppe Terni after designs by Mussi. A neat title repair without loss, blank tailend corners of first quire lightly finger-stained, otherwise a remarkably fresh tall copy with only very occasional insignificant traces of usage. Rare. Not listed in Cicognara, nor in Lipperheide.
Published by: Piacenza, Andrea Bellici Salvoni, 1769
Vendor: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB

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By FERDINAND Infant of Spain & MARIA AMALIA Archduchess of Austria] Rare Piacenzan Rococo Fete-book celebrating a Bourbon-Habsburg wedding
Folio. 181 + 134pp. Charming allegorical title vignette with a view of Piacenza in the background, engraved joint Bourbon and Habsburg arms and historiated initial at beginning of dedication engraved vignette and historiated initial heading to each of the 8 cantos, and engraved tail-piece at end, Contemporary marbled boards; rebacked in sheep, gilt. A fête-book in honour of the wedding of the Infant Ferdinand of Spain to Maria Amalia Archduchess of Austria, sumptuously printed on thick paper on behalf of the city of Piacenza and illustrated with charming vignettes. The dedication to the princely couple is by the prior, and the city elders. The text consists of eigbt cantos (in eight-line verses) each composed by a local notable: Marchese Francesco Saverio Baldini, Conte Carlo Carasi, Conte Antonio Maria Scotti of S. Giorgio, Conte Carlo Scribani Rossi, Marchese Francesco d Aragona Appiani of Piombino, Conte Giovanni Scotti of Sarinato, Marchese Giambatista Lando delle Caselle, and Abbate Giampaolo Maggi. The title vignette, the heraldic device, and the cul-de-lampe are engraved by the Piacenzan artist Pietro Perfetti. The illustrated allegorical chapter headings are engraved by Giuseppe Terni after designs by Mussi. A neat title repair without loss, blank tailend corners of first quire lightly finger-stained, otherwise a remarkably fresh tall copy with only very occasional insignificant traces of usage. Rare. Not listed in Cicognara, nor in Lipperheide.
Published by: Piacenza, Andrea Bellici Salvoni, 1769
Vendor: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB

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