Le nozze degli dei
Subtitle: favola
By: dell ab. Gio. Carlo Coppola, rappresentata in musica in Firenze nelle reali nozze de serenis.mi gran duchi di Toschana Ferdinando II e Vittoria, principessa d'Vrbino
Contributors: Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664; Parigi, Alfonso, d. 1656
Publisher: Per Amadore Massi, e Lorenzo Landi
Published: 1637
Place of publication: In Firenze
Language: ita
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Festivals; Marriage; Early works to 1800; Musical theater
Notes: Verse libretto, without music. The opera was performed in the cortile of the Pitti Palace on July 8, 1637. For full description see A.M. Nagler, Theatre festivals of the Medici, p. 162 ff.

Etched title leaf and 7 etched plates by Stefano Della Bella after Alfonso Parigi. The plates are tipped onto stubs at the center fold and depict scenes from the spectacle. For description see A. de Vesme, Le peintre-graveur italien, 918-925. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, foliated initials.

Library's c. 1 bound with: Relazione delle nozze degli dei / Francesco Rondinelli (Florence : Massi & Landi, 1637).

Library's c. 2 consists of the plates only, and does not include the etched title leaf. The plates are printed on thick laid paper with wide margins (337 x 410 mm.), and appear to be later than the impressions in c. 1.

Binding, c. 1: old limp vellum. Title written on spine. Page edges red. Copy 2 in modern portfolio covered in blue paper and backed in goatskin, with title in gilt on cover label.

On front pastedown and at foot of t.p. of c. 1 are impressions of a property stamp in purple ink, consisting of the initials JB within an eight-sided border. Also on front pastedown is a printed shelf slip: B / 5. The "B" has been expanded in pencil to read: Sig.ra Bianca.