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Title
Descrizione della entrata della serenissima regina Giovanna d'Avstria et dell'apparato, fatto in Firenze nella venuta, & per le felicissime nozze di Sua Altezza et dell'illustrissimo, & eccellentissimo s. Don Francesco de Medici, principe di Fiorenza, & di Siena
Authors and contributors
- Mellini, Domenico, ca. 1540-ca. 1610. creator
Publisher
Appresso i Giunti
it
Place of Publication
In Fiorenza
Publication Date
MDLXVI [1566]
Physical Description
reformatted digitalprint[2], XI, [1], 119, [5] p. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Subjects
- e-it---
- Borghini, Vincenzo 1515-1580
- Allori, Alessandro 1535-1607
- Bronzino, Agnolo 1503-1572
- Cresci, Giovanni Francesco fl. 1560-1570
- Butteri, Giovanni Maria ca. 1540-1606
- Lastricati, Zanobi 1508-1590
- Ammannati, Bartolomeo 1511-1592
- Poggini, Domenico 1520-1590
- Rossi, Vincenzo de 1525-1587
- Sustris, Lambert ca. 1515-ca. 1568
- I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany Francesco 1541-1587
- d'Austria, Grand-Duchess, consort of Francesco I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany Giovanna 1547-1578
- Festivals -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800
- Weddings -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800
- Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800
- Emblems -- Italy -- Florence -- Early works to 1800
- Italy Florence
Notes
- scritta da Domenico Mellini.
- Woodcuts: printer's device on t.p. and last page, historiated initials.
- Imprint on colophon (Q5): In Fiorenza appresso gli heredi di Bernardo Giunti 1566.
- Errata on p.[120].
- Signatures: A B-P P [$2 (-A1, +A3, +Q3) signed]; 68 leaves; pp. [2] [I] II-XI [1] 1-119 [5]; misprinting 50 as 44, 51 as 41, 54 as 48, 55 as 45, 61 as 62, 71 as 61, 115 as II)
- Another ed. in 8vo with 128 p. was issued by Giunti in the same year (cf. Adams and Alden).
- Mellini's text describes the ephemeral architecture, including numerous emblems. It includes a mention of Vespucci (cf. p. 11-12) and accounts of maritime discoveries, including Peru (cf. p. 38). Mellini lists, in detail, all the artists involved with the project (pp. 113-119). Vincenzo Borghini is mentioned as the architect of the ephemeral structures. Among the other artists named are Alessandro Allori, Agnolo Bronzino, Giovanni Battista Adriani, Giovanni Francesco Cresci, Giovanni Maria Butteri, Zanobi Lastricati, Giovan Francesco De Servi, Francesco della Camilla, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Domenico Poggini, Vincenzo de Rossi, and Federigo Lamberto Fiammingo (i.e. Lambert Sustris).