Racconto delle sontvose esseqvie fatte in Milano alli 7. di giugno l'anno 1621
Subtitle: per ordine della Cat. Maestà del rè d. Filippo IIII. nostro signore, alla felicissima mem. di Filippo III. suo padre
Contributors: Bassano, Cesare, 1584-1648; Crespi, Giovanni Battista, 1575 or 1576-1632 or 1633
Publisher: Per Pandolfo Malatesta ...
Published: 1621
Place of publication: In Milano
Language: ita
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Death and burial; Social life and customs; Emblems; Funeral decorations; Catafalques; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Esequie reali; Funerali varij
Notes: Signatures: pi⁴ A-F⁴ [$2 signed; D1 and D2 bound between C3 and C4]

Armorial woodcut on title.

Pref. by Melchior Malatesta.

The text describes the catafalque and other funeral decorations at the Milan Cathedral, including emblems.

Leaf pi3 recto and verso includes index, manuscript in ink by old hand, listing all works contained in the bound-in volume.

Illustrations: two engraved plates, one on pi2 recto, depicting a sepulchral structure with inscription: "Vivam mors sceptra ligonibvs aeqvat", unsigned; the other on pi4 recto depicting a coat of arms, engraved by Cesare Bassano after Giovanni-Battista Crespi (Il Cerano).

In Italian, with Latin inscriptions.

Bound with: Pavli Belloni ... oratio (SPECIAL 94-B6908) -- In Philippi III ... epicedia (SPECIAL 94-B6915) -- Regii fvneris pompa / Girolamo Bosso (SPECIAL 94-B7617) -- Oratione nelle esseqvie di Filippo Terzo (SPECIAL 94-B6921) -- Eseqvie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina (SPECIAL 94-B6928) -- Relatione del fvnerale et eseqvie fatte in Milano (SPECIAL 94-B6944) -- Esseqvie della Sacra Cattolica e real Maesta di Margherita d'Austria / Giovanni Altoviti (SPECIAL 84-B24164-2) -- Oratione di Mons. Pietro Giorgio Odescalco (SPECIAL 94-B6962) -- Esseqvie d'Arrigo Qvarto (SPECIAL 87-B1729-2) -- I Sontvosi fvnerali fatti fare ... nella morte del serenissimo Principe Carlo Principe di Spagna (SPECIAL 94-B6982) -- Hieronymi Montii ... oratio (SPECIAL 94-B7623) -- Antonii Thylesii Consentini oratio (SPECIAL 94-B7625).

Library's copy remargined: original pages, trimmed to 22 x 15 cm., are pasted on larger leaves. The leaves are counted in ink by old hand as [1]- 24.