An account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy
Subtitle: from His Sacred Majesty James the IId., King  of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c., to His Holiness Innocent XI
By: published formerly in the Italian tongue, by Mr. Michael Wright ... and now made English, with several amendments, and additions
Contributors: Camers, Philippus Michael; Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725; Lenardi, Giovanni Battista, 1656-1704; White, Robert, 1645-1703; Cornely, Andrea, fl. 1678; Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689; Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715
Publisher: Printed by Tho. Snowden for the author
Published: 1688
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
Subjects: Social life and customs; Carriages and carts; Portraits; Travel; Visits of state; Sugar sculpture; Early works to 1800; Table setting and decoration; Dinners and dining
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On A4 recto a large pictorial head-piece depicting an allegorical portrait of Queen Mary of Modena, consort of James II., and historiated initial, engraved by Arnold van Westerhout after Giovanni Battista Lenardi.

Illustrations comprise three unnumbered plates, including one folded, and fourteen plates numbered 1 to 8, 10-15: a frontispiece depicting James II. kneeling down in front of Innocent XI.; a portrait plate of Queen Mary of Modena, consort of James II., engraved by Robert White; two plates depicting papal and English royal coats of arms with allegorical figures; six plates depicting the lateral, front, and rear views of Earl of Castlemaine's ornately carved carriage, a work by Andrea Cornely; the folded plate (impression: 115 x 26 cm.) unfolds to display a long table richly decorated with tableware, elaborately folded napkins and sculptural table decorations made of sugarpaste (cf. p. 55) called in Italian "trionfi"; and six plates depicting the individual "trionfi".

The text describes the itinerary of the journey of the Earl of Castlemaine from London to Rome; decorations of the Palazzo Pamphilij in Rome, the papal and the royal coats of arms; the carriage, and the banquet: the feast, the choreographic performances and details of table setting and decoration.

Illustrated with engravings by Arnold van Westerhout after Giovanni Battista Lenardi, Philippus Michael Camers, Ciro Ferri and Andrea Cornely.

First published in Rome, 1687, under title: Raggvaglio della solenne comparsa, fatta in Roma.

Includes an occasional poem by Nahum Tate and another occasional poem in Greek and Latin, with English translation by Nahum Tate.

Life and the arts in the Baroque palaces of Rome, p. 224-228

Library's copy has "Bayfield Hall Library 71" bookplate pasted inside the front cover.