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LODI (GIACINTO)
Amore prigioniero i Delo. Torneo fatto da' Signori Academici Torobi in Li XX. Di Marzo M.DC.XXVIII, [colophon:] Bologna, heirs of Vittorio Benacci, [1628]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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LODI (GIACINTO)

Amore prigioniero i Delo. Torneo fatto da' Signori Academici Torobi in Li XX. Di Marzo M.DC.XXVIII, 15 double-page engraved plates by Giovanni Battista Coriolano (plate 7 with engraved extension to upper margin, plate 1 split at fold, small worm hole at inner margin of plate 4), lacks pp.91-94, early limp vellum, red gilt morocco spine label, rubbed [Berlin 3043; Cicognara 1436], folio (285 x 202mm.), [colophon:] Bologna, heirs of Vittorio Benacci, [1628]

Footnotes

A record of a pageant based on the theme of the imprisonment of Cupid in Delos, which was held on 20 March 1628 in honour of Ferdinand II de' Medici (1610-1670), Grand Duke of Tuscany. The fine plates by Coriolano illustrate the extravagant wheeled machines: the Trojan horse, a warship, an elephant, a six-headed dragon, etc.

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