ROME 1722-1749 -- [PRINTS]. A bound collection of chinea prints. Rome, 1722-1749. 41 engravings on 40 sheets, including works by GIUSEPPE VASI GASPARO MASSI many after ALESSANDRO SPECCHI and GABRIELLE VALVASSORI. (Lacking covers, a few with some browning.) Cloth folding case. Provenance : Bibliotheca Viennense (inkstamp on image of first plate).
ROME 1722-1749 -- [PRINTS]. A bound collection of chinea prints. Rome, 1722-1749. 41 engravings on 40 sheets, including works by GIUSEPPE VASI GASPARO MASSI many after ALESSANDRO SPECCHI and GABRIELLE VALVASSORI. (Lacking covers, a few with some browning.) Cloth folding case. Provenance : Bibliotheca Viennense (inkstamp on image of first plate). This series records the lavish festival that was held in Rome every year on the occasion of the presentation of a white horse ( chinea ) by the King of Spain, and later the King of the Two Sicilies, to the Pope in a mark of loyalty. The scenes show the machines or elaborate structures upon which the fireworks were disposed. The include large painted allegories called prospettive . This series covers Popes Innocent XIII through Benedict XIV.
ROME 1722-1749 -- [PRINTS]. A bound collection of chinea prints. Rome, 1722-1749. 41 engravings on 40 sheets, including works by GIUSEPPE VASI GASPARO MASSI many after ALESSANDRO SPECCHI and GABRIELLE VALVASSORI. (Lacking covers, a few with some browning.) Cloth folding case. Provenance : Bibliotheca Viennense (inkstamp on image of first plate).
ROME 1722-1749 -- [PRINTS]. A bound collection of chinea prints. Rome, 1722-1749. 41 engravings on 40 sheets, including works by GIUSEPPE VASI GASPARO MASSI many after ALESSANDRO SPECCHI and GABRIELLE VALVASSORI. (Lacking covers, a few with some browning.) Cloth folding case. Provenance : Bibliotheca Viennense (inkstamp on image of first plate). This series records the lavish festival that was held in Rome every year on the occasion of the presentation of a white horse ( chinea ) by the King of Spain, and later the King of the Two Sicilies, to the Pope in a mark of loyalty. The scenes show the machines or elaborate structures upon which the fireworks were disposed. The include large painted allegories called prospettive . This series covers Popes Innocent XIII through Benedict XIV.
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