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

Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 1445

[8], 104 p., [7] folded leaves of plates : 26 cm. (4to)

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