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[MAGGIALI, Giuseppe]. Ragguaglio delle nozze delle maestà di Filippo Quinto, e di Elisabetta Farnese. Parma: Stamperia di S.A.S, 1717. 2° (315 x 209mm). Engraved frontispiece, 5 folding plates after Silario Spolverino. (Several tears repaired on verso, first plate with several small tears along folds). Contemporary speckled calf; cloth folding case. Provenance: Frank Urs Balthasar (bookplate). This superbly illustrated work describes the wedding of Philip V, King of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese of Parma in 1714. Berlin Katalog 3060; Cicognara 1491; Ruggieri 837; Vinet 567. [With:]
L'amor sinceró serenata consecrata al merito sublime delle Noblissime Dame dell'Adria. Venice: Francesco Nicolini, 1686. 4° (203 x 146mm). Large folding plate by Alessandro Della Via. Gilt-blocked floral-paper pink boards, edges gilt (portrait lacking, some fading). The large plate shows the set in which the performance of L'amor sinceró took place, showing the ring of golden statues and the fountain at centre. (2)
L'amor sinceró serenata consecrata al merito sublime delle Noblissime Dame dell'Adria. Venice: Francesco Nicolini, 1686. 4° (203 x 146mm). Large folding plate by Alessandro Della Via. Gilt-blocked floral-paper pink boards, edges gilt (portrait lacking, some fading). The large plate shows the set in which the performance of L'amor sinceró took place, showing the ring of golden statues and the fountain at centre. (2)
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