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Guerra di belezza : festa a cavallo fatta in Firenze, per la venuta del Serenissimo Principe d'Vrbino, l'ottobre del 1616.

Accession number
PML 77398
Creator
Salvadori, Andrea.
Published
In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni, 1616.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1981.
Notes
Description of the festivities celebrating the engagement of Prince Federigo d'Urbino to Claudia de' Medici; includes libretto in verse and scenario by Andrea Salvadori; without the music. Plates etched by Jacques Callot.
PML copy: no title vignette; cf. Blumenthal.
The choreographer of the tournament was Agnolo Ricci, the music was composed by Jacopo Peri and Paolo Francesino, and costumes and scenography were designed by Giulio Parigi.
Description
[32] p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm (4to)
Provenance
Carl J. Ulmann (bookplate), Donald M. Oenslager.
Binding
Floral wrappers; in folder.
Classification
Department