Descrizione delle feste celebrate in Parma l'anno MDCCLXIX per le auguste nozze di Sua Altezza Reale L'infante Don Ferdinando colla Reale l'Archiduchessa Maria Amalia. 1769 [Bodoni at the] Stamperia Reale, folio, half vellum (corners bumped, sm....
Estimation :
500 / 700
Adjudication :
700 €
Description
def.), gilt orn. flat spine (some sm. def. at head, joints starting to split, title label rubbed), [8 incl. front.]-68 pp. (lacking pp. 65-68 and 73-76, pp. 67/70 changed by hand in 65/66, some margins or corners underlaid, spotting and browning in the margins). Good copy.
First edition of Bodoni's magnificent celebratory festival book published for the wedding of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma to Maria Amelia, Archduchess of Austria in 1769. Engr. ills : title, title vign., 20 (of 23) head- and tailpieces, 4 (of 8) engr. initials and 34 (of 36) engr. pl. incl. 6 double page (1 loose with shortened margins). Brunet, Graesse and Vinet erroneously mention 40 pl. (Lipperheide). Bilingual text in two cols, Italian-French. The work details the extraordinary and lavish festivities, designed by the chief architect of the ducal court Ennemond Petitot, such as tournaments, fireworks, processions, etc.
First edition of Bodoni's magnificent celebratory festival book published for the wedding of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma to Maria Amelia, Archduchess of Austria in 1769. Engr. ills : title, title vign., 20 (of 23) head- and tailpieces, 4 (of 8) engr. initials and 34 (of 36) engr. pl. incl. 6 double page (1 loose with shortened margins). Brunet, Graesse and Vinet erroneously mention 40 pl. (Lipperheide). Bilingual text in two cols, Italian-French. The work details the extraordinary and lavish festivities, designed by the chief architect of the ducal court Ennemond Petitot, such as tournaments, fireworks, processions, etc.
