Accession number:
PML 77408
Published:
In Firenze : Nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.
Description:
66 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. : 24 cm (4⁰.)
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1981.
Notes:
A prose description of the "balletto" (attributed to Alessandro Carducci or Alessandro Segni), interspersed with G.A. Moniglia's verses for the songs; without the music. Plates etched by Stefano della Bella.
Last leaf blank.
PML copy: without p. 3-6 (wanting ?) or never printed (?, cf. NYPL & Berlin copies).
The performance took place in the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens on July 1, 1661. A. Carducci is credited with having conceived the event, Ferdinando Tacca designed the scenography and Domenico Anglesi composed the music.
Binding:
Marbled boards.
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