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FERRARA 1588 -- [PRINT]. Vero disegno dell'ordine tenuto da nostro Signore Clemente VIII. Pontefice Massimo nel felicissimo ingresso di S.S.ta nella Noblissima Città di Ferrara . Venice: Donato Rascicotti, 1588.
Panoramic engraving, with letterpress dedication panel at left, engraved bird's-eye view of Ferrara, engraved view of the arch with letterpress extension at top and eight engravings on joined sheets forming a scroll, 7½ x 181 in. (195 x 4600 mm). (Letterpress panel mounted, a few discreet repairs along edge.)
POPE CLEMENT VIII (1536-1605) (Ippolito Aldobrandini) entered Ferrara in 1598 during a series of visits to Italian cities on his journey from Rome. Rascicotti (or Rasciotti) published this enormous panorama of the Pope's entry, which includes a bird's-eye view of Ferrara. The Pope is in the seventh panel of the panorama, following a long procession of local nobility, mace bearers, cardinals and cavalieri commanded by Alessandro di Mantica, Otavio dal Bufalo, Paulo Monaldeschi, Prospero Jacovacci and Franciotto Orsino. Drugulin 1010.
Panoramic engraving, with letterpress dedication panel at left, engraved bird's-eye view of Ferrara, engraved view of the arch with letterpress extension at top and eight engravings on joined sheets forming a scroll, 7½ x 181 in. (195 x 4600 mm). (Letterpress panel mounted, a few discreet repairs along edge.)
POPE CLEMENT VIII (1536-1605) (Ippolito Aldobrandini) entered Ferrara in 1598 during a series of visits to Italian cities on his journey from Rome. Rascicotti (or Rasciotti) published this enormous panorama of the Pope's entry, which includes a bird's-eye view of Ferrara. The Pope is in the seventh panel of the panorama, following a long procession of local nobility, mace bearers, cardinals and cavalieri commanded by Alessandro di Mantica, Otavio dal Bufalo, Paulo Monaldeschi, Prospero Jacovacci and Franciotto Orsino. Drugulin 1010.