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BONACOSSI, Pinamonte. Relazione del torneo a'piedi fatto in Mantova l'anno 1674. Per festeggiare gli augustissimi sponsali . . . di Leopoldo Cesare e di Claudia Felice arciduchessa d'Austria. Mantua: the Osanna family, Ducal printers, [1674].
Large 8° (269 x 195mm). Collation: A6. Etched frontispiece with allegorical figures, letterpress title, 5 etched folding plates showing scenes from the drama, by G. M. Mitelli after F. Carino, on guards. (Very light spotting, mainly to lower margins of text, two folding plates with short, neatly repaired tear at inner margin.) 19th-century olive morocco, covers with gilt triple fillet border, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins.
This rare work describes the festivities arranged for the wedding of Leopoldo Cesare Gonzaga and Claudia Felice Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria, in 1674. In the play, written and directed by Bonacossi, Bellona, Mars, Venus, Pallas and Jove appear to bless the marriage. The plates depict scenes from the spectacle, which was originally intended to introduce a tournament: however, because of the short winter evenings, the play and the tournament eventually took place on different nights. Very rare, not in BL, Vinet, or Brunet.
Large 8° (269 x 195mm). Collation: A6. Etched frontispiece with allegorical figures, letterpress title, 5 etched folding plates showing scenes from the drama, by G. M. Mitelli after F. Carino, on guards. (Very light spotting, mainly to lower margins of text, two folding plates with short, neatly repaired tear at inner margin.) 19th-century olive morocco, covers with gilt triple fillet border, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins.
This rare work describes the festivities arranged for the wedding of Leopoldo Cesare Gonzaga and Claudia Felice Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria, in 1674. In the play, written and directed by Bonacossi, Bellona, Mars, Venus, Pallas and Jove appear to bless the marriage. The plates depict scenes from the spectacle, which was originally intended to introduce a tournament: however, because of the short winter evenings, the play and the tournament eventually took place on different nights. Very rare, not in BL, Vinet, or Brunet.