Decription of the fireworks display in celebration of the marriage of Carlo II, duke of Mantua, with Isabella Clara of Austria. Illustrations include coat of arms, portraits, and depiction of the fireworks display.
Alternative Title:
Descrittione de' fvochi artificiali fatti in Mantova nell'allegrezze delle felicissime nozze del serenissimo dvca Carlo II, con la serenissima archidvchessa Isabella Clara d'Avstria and Descrittione de'fuochi artificiali fatti in Mantoua nell'allegrezze delle
Description:
Decription of the fireworks display in celebration of the marriage of Carlo II, duke of Mantua, with Isabella Clara of Austria. Illustrations include coat of arms, portraits, and depiction of the fireworks display. and Signatures: A-C⁴D⁶ (A1v, D6v blank).
Publisher:
Appresso gli Osanna, stampatori ducali, con licenza de' superiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Aurelio & Lodovico Osanna fratelli, printer., Carlo--II,--Duke of Mantua,--1629-1665--Marriage., and Isabella Clara,--of Austria, Archduchess, consort of Carlo II, Duke of Mantua,--1629-1685--Marriage.
Subject (Topic):
Fireworks--Italy--Mantua--Early works to 1800. and Marriages of royalty and nobility--Italy--Mantua--Early works to 1800.
Holograph diary of a grand tour through France, the Alps, and Italy taken in 1818-1819. In addition to description of sights seen and social events attended, the volume also contains a variety of pasted-in souvenir ephemera such as theater tickets and invitations
Subject (Geographic):
Alps, France, and Italy
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education) and Description and travel
Description of the memorial service held in Florence for the emperor Matthias I.
Alternative Title:
Esequie dell' imperador Mattia, Eseqvie dell' imperador Mattia, and Eseqvie della Maesta Cesarea dell'imperador Mattia
Description:
Bookplate of the baron Horace de Landau, with ms. shelf-mark IV 17, and stamped no. 24832. Blind-stamp: Ex libris Giannalisa Feltrinelli., Description of the memorial service held in Florence for the emperor Matthias I., Errata on p. [1]., Plate signed: Iacomo Callot fe., and Signatures: A-F⁴G⁶(-G6).
Publisher:
Nella stamperia del Cecconcelli, alle stelle Medicee,
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635., Cecconcelli, Pietro, printer., Cosimo--II,--Grand Duke of Tuscany,--1590-1621., De Landau, Horace,--barone,--1824-1903--Bookplate., Feltrinelli, Giannalisa--Stamp., and Matthias,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1557-1619--Death and burial.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718, playing card maker
Published / Created:
[1690?]
Call Number:
ITA16
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN ITA15: On cards 120 x 58 cm. Added by hand to the Ace of Coins: MDXXVI. Tax stamp on 6 of Cups, black: MILANO CENT. 25. [seated figure]. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN ITA16: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN ITAsheet285: Uncut sheet of 10 cards (trumps Angel, World, Sun, Moon, Star, Tower, Devil, Death, Hanged Man, Hermit; card 115 x 53 mm, sheet 272 x 355 mm). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 62 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-6, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., and Aces: AS: CUSTOS / CUSTODIAE; AB: VIRTUS / ARDUA; AD: GIOSEPPE MARIA / MITELLI INV / DIS: E: INT:.
Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
1826.
Call Number:
826.00.00.92
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the remains of the Roman Temple of Serapis, also known as The Serapeum, just north of Pozzuoli, Italy
Description:
Title from text below image. and Produced by Whitby after her own drawing, and printed at her private amateur lithographic press on her Newlands estate, near Poole Bay in Hampshire.
Ms., in red and black., On last leaf: Istud Graduale est monachorum congregationis Sancte Iustine ordinis Sancti Benedicti de obseruantia deputatum monasterio Sancti Petri de Sauiliano., Gradual for the use of the monks of the Congregation of St. Justina, of the Order of St. Benedict, at the monastery of St. Peter of Saviliano., Contains 12 illuminated historiated initial miniatures, 3 additional miniatures, and 833 large and small ornamental initials and marginal decorations., and From the Belle Skinner Collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Savigliano.
Subject (Name):
San Pietro (Monastery : Savigliano, Italy), Benedictines, and Skinner, Belle
Subject (Topic):
Graduals (Chants), Gregorian chants, and Provenance
Although the t.p. reads "Carneuale del 1615" the ceremonies were actually held in February 1616 "parce que selon l'usage du lieu, l'année nouvelle ne commenc̦ait alors qu'au 25 mars" (Nancy)., Description of a musical tournament; includes libretto in verse and scenario by Andrea Salvadori; without the music. Plates etched by Jacques Callot., Signatures: A-F⁴ G² (E1 missigned as B)., and The director of the festivities in honor of Cosimo's wife was Giovanni del Turco; the music was composed by Jacopo Peri, Paolo Grazi and Giovanni Battista Signorini; the choreographer was Agnolo Ricci, and costumes and scenography were designed by Giulio Parigi.
Publisher:
Nella Stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni,
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635., Cosimo--II,--Grand Duke of Tuscany,--1590-1621., Del Turco, Giovanni, 1577-1647, Grazie, Paolo., Maria Maddalena,--d'Austria, granduchessa,--1587-1631., Parigi, Giulio, 1571-1635., Peri, Jacopo, 1561-1633., Pignoni, Zanobi, printer., Ricci, Agnolo., Salvadori, Andrea., and Signorini, Giovanni Batista.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Horse ballet--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., and Tournaments--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Description of the festivities celebrating the engagement of Prince Federigo d'Urbino to Claudia de' Medici; includes libretto in verse and scenario by Andrea Salvadori (who signed the dedication); without the music. Plates etched by Jacques Callot., Ms. note inside back wrapper., Signatures: A¹²(A6+*⁴) (A3 signed B3, *2 signed **)., and The choreographer of the tournament was Agnolo Ricci, the music was composed by Jacopo Peri and Paolo Francesino, and costumes and scenography were designed by Giulio Parigi.
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni,
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635., Della Rovere, Federigo Ubaldo,--1605-1623., Medici, Claudia de',--1604-1648., Parigi, Giulio,--1571-1635., and Pignoni, Zanobi, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Horse ballet--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Marriage customs and rites--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., and Tournaments--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified of Harangues et oraisons des anciens. Contains examples of ancient speeches from famous events in both Greek and Roman history. Also includes the funerary speech of Perides [sic], several speeches attributed to Philip of Macedonia, Demosthenes, Alexander, Nero, and many others. Also includes a speech by Ottoman envoys to Rhodes (dated to 1522) and an ultimatum of Suleiman I (1494-1566) to Philippe Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Description:
In French., Script: Gothica Semihybrida Formata (Bastarda)., Layout: ff. 2-57 single column of 40 lines; ff. 58-165 sincle column of 41 lines., Decoration: Line-fillers in the shape of a red or blue horizontal stroke heightened with liquid gold. Paragraph marks in liquid gold on a square red or blue background. 4- or 5-line painted initials. On the second front flyleaf verso full-page frontispiece: in an imitation wooden frame a room is depicted, in which twelve men are engaged in discussion., Binding: Original green velvet binding over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands; two velvet straps attached to the front board closing over pins in the rear board with two enamelled brass clasps with the arms of François II, duc de La Rochefoucauld, and his wife Anne de Polignac; gilt edges., and The original foliation in Roman numbers, at right in the upper margin of the rectos, is incomple.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Greece
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek, Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin, Church history, and History
