Il Mondo festeggiante
Subtitle: balletto a cavallo, fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo del sereniss. gran dvca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimi principi Cosimo Terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Lvisa d'Orleans
Contributors: Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664
Publisher: Nella Stamperia di S.A.S.
Published: 1661
Place of publication: In Firenze
Language: ita
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Social life and customs; Stage-setting and scenery; Weddings; Early works to 1800; Horse processions; Theaters; Marriage; Festivals; Mondo festeggiante [1661] (Choreographic work); Horse ballet
Notes: Last leaf blank.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-H⁴ I².

Pages A1-2 wanting; I2, blank; I3-4 wanting.

Errata on p. 66.

Woodcut head-piece and initial.

A prose description of the horse ballet "Ercole in Tebe", interspersed with Giovanni Andrea Moniglia's verses for the songs; without the music. Plates are etched by Stefano della Bella.

The performance took place in the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens on July 1, 1661. Alessandro Carducci is credited with having conceived the event, directed by Alessandro Visconti, Ferdinando Tacca designed the scenography and Domenico Anglesi composed the music.

Illustrations: three folded plates (dimensions: 29 x 44 cm.), two depict the actual festivities taking place on stage of the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens, the third shows various choreographies of the horse ballet.

Blumenthal, A. Medici, 92 and p. 194-195

Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos, p. 446-447

Sartori, C. Libretti italiani, 15890

Il luogo teatrale a Firenze, 11.10-11.18

Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 3049

The plates in library's copy have the left margin cut sharply.

Binding: contemporary soft parchement, gilt boards and spine.