![ROME. Feste d'Agone, et de Testaccio, fatte per carneuale, in Roma, sotto Paolo III. Rome: [?Girolama Cartari] in Campo di Fiore, [1545]. 4° (210 x 145mm). 8 leaves including the the penultimate page with the woodcut representation of Rome, woodcut arms of Paul III, Rome, and a cardinal on title. 19th-century half calf, uncut.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_07558_0077_000(rome_feste_dagone_et_de_testaccio_fatte_per_carneuale_in_roma_sotto_pa023920).jpg?w=1)
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ROME. Feste d'Agone, et de Testaccio, fatte per carneuale, in Roma, sotto Paolo III. Rome: [?Girolama Cartari] in Campo di Fiore, [1545]. 4° (210 x 145mm). 8 leaves including the the penultimate page with the woodcut representation of Rome, woodcut arms of Paul III, Rome, and a cardinal on title. 19th-century half calf, uncut.
A rare account of two Roman festivals and apparently the only known copy of one of three editions describing the festivals held on 12 and 16 February 1545, the other two consisting of a copy at the Marciana with the same title, but only with 6 leaves, and a copy at the Vatican with a slightly different title and subscribed by Girolamo Gigli. The list of contents on the title-verso lists the fourteen different floats (one for each district and one for the pope) and prescribes one of three themes each of them should proclaim - the newly-made peace between Christian princes, military expeditions against infidels and the persecution of heretics. The 'rione' of Colonna managed to combine the latter two themes with their float representing the Americas. The floats and the other entertainments are minutely described and the work ends with the prize given to the winner on Ash Wednesday 1545.
A rare account of two Roman festivals and apparently the only known copy of one of three editions describing the festivals held on 12 and 16 February 1545, the other two consisting of a copy at the Marciana with the same title, but only with 6 leaves, and a copy at the Vatican with a slightly different title and subscribed by Girolamo Gigli. The list of contents on the title-verso lists the fourteen different floats (one for each district and one for the pope) and prescribes one of three themes each of them should proclaim - the newly-made peace between Christian princes, military expeditions against infidels and the persecution of heretics. The 'rione' of Colonna managed to combine the latter two themes with their float representing the Americas. The floats and the other entertainments are minutely described and the work ends with the prize given to the winner on Ash Wednesday 1545.