Descrizione delle feste fatte nelle reali nozze de' serenissimi principi di Toscana d. Cosimo de' Medici, e Maria Maddalena arcidvchessa d'Avstria
Contributors: Greuter, Mathieu, 1564?-1638
Publisher: Appresso i Givnti
Published: 1608
Place of publication: In Firenze
Language: ita
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Social life and customs; Early works to 1800; Weddings; Marriage
Notes: The etchings by Mathieu Greuter depict the "Giuoco dell combattimento del ponte", Maria Maddalena's entrée into Florence, and the wedding banquet. Vinet (Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts, 608) writes that this work is generally accompanied by 5 etchings (rather than 3); they may not have been originally issued with this work, as they are dedicated to 5 different persons. The subjects of the 2 additional etchings are the  equestrian "Balo e giostra de' venti"; and the "Argonautica," the aquatic spectacle on the Arno.

Includes errata (p. [99-100]).

Library's c. 2 lacks etchings.

Library's c. 2 lacks the page numbers on p. 40, 41, 44 that are present in c. 1.

On p. 16 of Library's c. 1, line 6 from the bottom, "Alessandro" has been canceled with a slip of paper printed "Alberto."

Binding, c. 1: early 19th-century dark blue cloth over pasteboard. Gold tooled title on front cover: RINUCCINI / DESCRIZ. DELLE NOZZE / DI COSIMO DE'MEDICI / E M.MADDAL. D'AUSTRIA / [2 arrows] / FIRENZE GIUNTI 1608 / PRIMA IMPRESSIONE. Copy 2: 19th-cent. marbled paper over pasteboard, quarter black leather. Spine gold tooled, title: NOZZE / DI / COSIMO / DE' MEDICI / FIRENZE / M DC VIII.

Library's c. 1 inscribed on t.p. in brown ink with the initials "F.L." and the numeral "10"; inscribed in brown ink on p. 24: M. Magdalena' Austr.

Library's c. 2 is the 1st of 5 items bound together. With: Ballo e giostra de' venti / Lorenzo Franceschi. Firenze : Giunti, 1608 -- L'argonavtica del S. Francesco Cini. Firenze : Marescotti, 1608 -- Il givdizio di Paride / Michelagnolo Bvonarroti. Firenze : Sermartelli, 1608 -- Notte d'amore del s. Francesco Cini. Firenze : Marescotti, 1608.