Castore, e Polluce
Publisher: Nella stamperia de Sermartelli
Published: 1608
Place of publication: In Firenze
Language: ita
Subjects: Social life and customs; Early works to 1800; Naval battles; Royal weddings; Marriage; Festivals; Regattas
Other titles: Castore, e Pollvce.
Notes: Caption title.

Text printed within ornamental border; deocrative initial.

Poem describing one of the floats in the Argonautica by Francesco Cini, a mock naval battle held on the river Arno to celebrate the marriage of Cosimo II de Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. This float is named "Castore e Polluce" and belonged to Paulo Giordano and the Principe Peretti. It is depicted in an etching by Matthias Greuter included Camillo Rinuccini's  "Descrizione delle feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' serenissimi principi di Toscana."

Blumenthal, A. R.  Theater art of the Medici, p. 30-37

Binding: decorated paper over vellum boards; vellum spine.