Il Mondo festeggiante, Florence, 1661, contemporary calf
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June 11, 02:50 PM GTNN
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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CARDUCCI, ALESSANDRO AND GIOVANNI ANDREA MONIGLIA
Il mondo festeggiante, balletto a cavallo fatto... per le reali nozze de' Serenissimi Principi Cosimo terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Luisa d'Orleans. Florence: Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661
4to (203 x 141mm.), 3 folding engraved plates by Stefano della Bella to designs by Ferdinando Tacca, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, B2 repaired in margin, plates cut out and laid down, binding slightly rubbed
A festival book (composed by the patrician Alessandro Segni) commemorating the marriage of Cosimo III, grand duke of Tuscany, with Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, which took place in 1661; like most festival books, this volume was sent around Europe as a piece of Medici propaganda. The horse ballet (designed by Carducci with texts by Moniglia) took place in the theatre in the Boboli Gardens behind the Palazzo Pitti.
LITERATURE:
Watanabe-O'Kelly & Simon 1293