Esequie del Serenissimo principe Francesco
Subtitle: Celebrate in Fiorenza dal Serenissimo Ferdinando II. granduca di Toscana suo fratello
By: nell'insigne Collegiata di S. Lorenzo. Il dì 30. d'agosto 1634. Descritte da Andrea Cavalcanti
Publisher: Per Gio: Batista Landini
Published: 1634
Place of publication: Fiorenza
Language: ita
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Early works to 1800; Emblems
Notes: Vinet: Bibliographie ... des beaux-arts, 610. Praz: Emblem books, p. 38. Baudi di Vesme: Peintre-graveur italien, 36, 971-978.

Illustrations: 10 etchings by Stefano della Bella comprising portrait, large view of catafalque in church interior and 8 devices, the latter unsigned.

ccount of the funeral of Francesco de'Medici, fourth son of Cosimo II, who died of the plague on July 25th, 1634, aged only twenty. Francesco was an officer in the Imperial Army; at the time of his death he was erving at the siege of Regensburg. The funeral was held in San Lorenzo. The catafalque and decorations (interior and exterior) were designed were designed by Alfonso Parigi, court architect to the Medici. The author, Andrea Cavalcanti, was a scholar and bibliophile; a member of the Accademia della Crisca, he was a prolific author, though his works (with the exception of the present volume) circulated only in manuscript, and were not printed until the 1870s. He was a member of Salvator Rosa's circle in the 1640s, and he was the owner of the autograph manuscript of Cellini's autobiography. His memoirs are preserved in the Biblioteca Riccardiana (Ms. 2270). [1] (blank), [2] leaves, 3-52 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates, [1] blank leaf : illustrations portrait, plates (one folded) ; 21 cm.