LUCANGELI, Nicola. Successi del viaggio d’Henrico III. christianiss.mo re di Francia [...] dalla sua partita di Craccovia fino all’arrivo in Turino. Venezia, Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1574.
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Description
Small 4to, mm. 195x140 mm; Binding in ancient marbled boards; pp. 64, segn.: a-h⁴; ornament with motto and Printer’s device on the Title, Headpiece, illustrated initials, Italic type, Portrait of the Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici engraved on the verso of the Titlepage.
RARE FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED. Important book of celebrations, dedicated to Cardinal Ferdinando de 'Medici.
Describes the receptions, the fittings, the processions were organized in Italy in honor of Henry III, traveling from Krakow to return to France, of which had become King.
The first part concentrates Venice whose sumptuous festivities are described with care : Lucangeli ends his report by thanking the painters, sculptors and all the organizers of those fantastic festivals that honored the King Henry de Valois and that gave way to show once again, not only to France but to the rest of Europe, the magnitude Italian art, already so famous in that glimpse of the Renaissance.
Slight spread uniform browning due to the quality of the paper and the ink, overall good copy.
RARE FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED. Important book of celebrations, dedicated to Cardinal Ferdinando de 'Medici.
Describes the receptions, the fittings, the processions were organized in Italy in honor of Henry III, traveling from Krakow to return to France, of which had become King.
The first part concentrates Venice whose sumptuous festivities are described with care : Lucangeli ends his report by thanking the painters, sculptors and all the organizers of those fantastic festivals that honored the King Henry de Valois and that gave way to show once again, not only to France but to the rest of Europe, the magnitude Italian art, already so famous in that glimpse of the Renaissance.
Slight spread uniform browning due to the quality of the paper and the ink, overall good copy.
