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BENACCI, Vittorio (fl.1588-1600). Descrittione de gli apparati fatti in Bologna per la venuta di N. S. Papa Clemente VIII. Con gli disegni de gli archi, statue, & pitture. [Bologna]: Vittorio Benacci, 1598.
4° (250 x 173mm). Etched arms of the city of Bologna on title and 8 etched plates by Guido Reni, two folding. (Title somewhat soiled, some spotting.) 18th-century Italian half vellum, green morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Hercules Antonius Giraldus (contemporary ownership inscription on verso of last plate).
FIRST EDITION of Benacci's description of the entry of Clement VIII into Bologna and of the work carried out before his arrival in building new triumphal arches and embellishing existing buildings. The new arches were designed by Guido Reni and the etchings are free sketches by him of his own designs; they are his first essay at book illustration. The second edition appeared in the following year with an extra etching. Cicognara 1402 ('opusculo prezioso'); Vinet 587; Berlin Kat. 3038; cf. Mortimer, Harvard Italian 50 (1599 edition).
4° (250 x 173mm). Etched arms of the city of Bologna on title and 8 etched plates by Guido Reni, two folding. (Title somewhat soiled, some spotting.) 18th-century Italian half vellum, green morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Hercules Antonius Giraldus (contemporary ownership inscription on verso of last plate).
FIRST EDITION of Benacci's description of the entry of Clement VIII into Bologna and of the work carried out before his arrival in building new triumphal arches and embellishing existing buildings. The new arches were designed by Guido Reni and the etchings are free sketches by him of his own designs; they are his first essay at book illustration. The second edition appeared in the following year with an extra etching. Cicognara 1402 ('opusculo prezioso'); Vinet 587; Berlin Kat. 3038; cf. Mortimer, Harvard Italian 50 (1599 edition).