[Celebrations, Costumes] - BODONI - PETITOT. Descrizione delle feste celebrate in Parma l'anno 1769. In Parma, Nella Stamperia reale, 1769
Estimation :
Start Price 4 000 €
Description
Elephant folio; Contemporary marbled carboard binding, illuminated Ex-libris two-headed eagle with crown pasted at the inside cover; pp. 2 bl., Frontispiece, Title-page with Vignette engraved, pp. 1-16, 1 c. with "Notice", pp. 17-76,
36 copper plates out text of which 12 on doublepage, alternated to the pages of text; text on two columns in Italian and French. Frontispiece drawed by Petitot and engraved by Volpato, Title-page, made by the same artists, with wide Vignette with coat of arms of Borbone family next to the Spain lions, 5 headpieces, 8 Initials and 19 Finals, 36 copper plates out text of wich 6 at double page.
FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED, beautiful specimen in theFIRST EDITION printed on strong paper. Brooks: "Perhaps the most attractive of all the books of Bodoni for the beauty of the figures." This monumental work, commissioned by the Ducal Court of Parma, contains the description of the main shows staged for the wedding of Ferdinand Duke of Bourbon and Amalia d 'Habsburg, the emperor's sister. The impressive decorative work was entrusted to Eurimond Alexandre Petitot, architect and designer, in collaboration with the young Bodoni, only a year in the city as the new director of the Royal Printing. The Holidays are the second work in which the two work together; Petitot was not only the creator and implementer of complex architectural projects, but also production designer, costume designer and decorator, having provided the designs of the many illustrations of the work, masterfully made by Benigno Bossi, Volpato, Patrini, Ravenet, Baratti and others.
Brooks 6 e tavole I, II e III; Cicognara 1526; Vinet 595; Ruggeri 859.
Condition Report: Mint copy, specimen with wide margins.
36 copper plates out text of which 12 on doublepage, alternated to the pages of text; text on two columns in Italian and French. Frontispiece drawed by Petitot and engraved by Volpato, Title-page, made by the same artists, with wide Vignette with coat of arms of Borbone family next to the Spain lions, 5 headpieces, 8 Initials and 19 Finals, 36 copper plates out text of wich 6 at double page.
FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED, beautiful specimen in theFIRST EDITION printed on strong paper. Brooks: "Perhaps the most attractive of all the books of Bodoni for the beauty of the figures." This monumental work, commissioned by the Ducal Court of Parma, contains the description of the main shows staged for the wedding of Ferdinand Duke of Bourbon and Amalia d 'Habsburg, the emperor's sister. The impressive decorative work was entrusted to Eurimond Alexandre Petitot, architect and designer, in collaboration with the young Bodoni, only a year in the city as the new director of the Royal Printing. The Holidays are the second work in which the two work together; Petitot was not only the creator and implementer of complex architectural projects, but also production designer, costume designer and decorator, having provided the designs of the many illustrations of the work, masterfully made by Benigno Bossi, Volpato, Patrini, Ravenet, Baratti and others.
Brooks 6 e tavole I, II e III; Cicognara 1526; Vinet 595; Ruggeri 859.
Condition Report: Mint copy, specimen with wide margins.
