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Guerra di bellezza : festa a cavallo fatta in Firenze, per la venuta del serenissimo principe d'Vrbino, l'ottobre del 1616

Salvadori, Andrea, librettist · 1616 · In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni · 4 pictures

A 1616 Florentine libretto by Andrea Salvadori, printed by Zanobi Pignoni, describing an equestrian festival called Guerra di bellezza staged for the visit of Prince Federico Ubaldo della Rovere of Urbino. The four pictures are decorative woodcut initials with foliage and a figure, a heraldic crest under a crown, and a floral lace-like textile pattern, offering a designer historical ornament for initials, emblems and textile repeats.

Della Rovere, Federico Ubaldo, 1605-1623 · Medici, Claudia de', 1604-1648 · Festivals -- Italy -- Florence · Horse ballet -- Italy -- Florence · Festivals · Florence (Italy) -- Social life and customs -- 17th century · Italy -- Florence

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