FLORENCE 1666 -- RUCELLAI, Luigi. Esequie d'Anna Maria Maurizia d'Austria Cristianissima Regina di Francia celebrate in Firenze dal Serenissimo Ferdinando II, Gran Duca di Toscana. Florence: S.A.S., 1666.

Details
FLORENCE 1666 -- RUCELLAI, Luigi. Esequie d'Anna Maria Maurizia d'Austria Cristianissima Regina di Francia celebrate in Firenze dal Serenissimo Ferdinando II, Gran Duca di Toscana. Florence: S.A.S., 1666.

4o (230 x 168 mm). Folding plate by ADRIEN HAELWEGH after JIACOPO CHIAVISTELLI after the design by FERDINAND TACCA (foxed). Contemporary Italian sheep gilt, sides with double gilt-rule border, edges gilt (some rubbing). Provenance: Bibliotheca Florentina (early ink inscription on title, other names erased).

The obsequies in Florence for ANNE of Austria (1601-1661), Queen Dowager of France, celebrated by Ferdinand II de' Medici. Cicognara 1464 (calling for two plates, the second by Falda).

More from Splendid Ceremonies the Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection of Illustrated Fête Books

View All
View All