Il trionfo della virtv festa d'armi a cavallo, rappresentata nella nascita del serenissimo signor principe di Modana l'anno MDCLX
Publisher: Nella stamperia di Bartolomeo Soliani stampator ducale ...
Published: 1660
Place of publication: In Modana
Language: ita
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Social life and customs; Virtues; Parade floats; Early works to 1800; Pageants; Festivals; Theaters; Vices
Other titles: Trionfo della virtu festa d'armi a cavallo
Description: 1660: Birth in Modena of Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena.
Notes: Description of a festival planned by Conte Gerolamo Graziani, including verses written by him, in celebration of the birth of Francesco II d'Este in 1660. The "macchine" and theater were designed by the architects Gian Giacomo Monti and Baldassare Bianchi. The music was composed by Benedetto Ferrari. The festival involved a strife between Vices and Virtues, or psychomachy.

Woodcut armorial title-vignette, pictorial initials, head-pieces.

Signatures: A-C⁸.

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Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 3048

Library's copy without the etchings by Francesco Stringa.