RONDINELLI, F. Relazione delle nozze degli dei . – COPPOLA, Giovanni Carlo (1599-1652). Le Nozze degli Dei. Florence: Amadore Massi and Lorenzo Landi, 1637. First edition of the libretto for this masque celebrating the wedding of Vulcan to Venus. It was written by Giovanni Carlo Coppola the Bishop of Muro, to commemorate the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610-1670) to Princess Vittoria della Rovere of Urbino (1622-1694) on 8 July 1637. Della Bella's etchings (his first major undertaking for the Medici court, where he succeeded Jacques Callot are the only surviving record of Parigi's staging of this remarkable production. Coppola wrote the libretto, and the choreography was done by Agniolo Ricci An exceptionally clean copy. Berlin Kat . 4116; Brunet II:262; De Vesme 918-925; Nagler, Theater Festivals of the Medici , pp. 162-74; Watanabe 1285. Two parts in one, quarto (240 x 170mm). Etched title and 7 double-page plates by Stefano della Bella after the set designs of Alfonso Parigi woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. 19th-century half vellum, straight-grained morocco title piece lettered in gilt. Provenance : ownership trimmed at top margin of title of Relazione .
RONDINELLI, F. Relazione delle nozze degli dei . – COPPOLA, Giovanni Carlo (1599-1652). Le Nozze degli Dei. Florence: Amadore Massi and Lorenzo Landi, 1637. First edition of the libretto for this masque celebrating the wedding of Vulcan to Venus. It was written by Giovanni Carlo Coppola the Bishop of Muro, to commemorate the marriage of Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610-1670) to Princess Vittoria della Rovere of Urbino (1622-1694) on 8 July 1637. Della Bella's etchings (his first major undertaking for the Medici court, where he succeeded Jacques Callot are the only surviving record of Parigi's staging of this remarkable production. Coppola wrote the libretto, and the choreography was done by Agniolo Ricci An exceptionally clean copy. Berlin Kat . 4116; Brunet II:262; De Vesme 918-925; Nagler, Theater Festivals of the Medici , pp. 162-74; Watanabe 1285. Two parts in one, quarto (240 x 170mm). Etched title and 7 double-page plates by Stefano della Bella after the set designs of Alfonso Parigi woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. 19th-century half vellum, straight-grained morocco title piece lettered in gilt. Provenance : ownership trimmed at top margin of title of Relazione .
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