L'orologio del piacere : che mostra l'ore del diletteuole soggiorno hauto dall'altezza serenissima d. Ernesto Augusto, vescouo d'Osnabruc, duca di Bransuich, Luneburgo, &c. nel luoco di Piazzola di S.E. il signor Marco Contarini, procurator di S. Marco, consacrato all'a.s. dalla medemma eccellenza

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Title: L'orologio del piacere : che mostra l'ore del diletteuole soggiorno hauto dall'altezza serenissima d. Ernesto Augusto, vescouo d'Osnabruc, duca di Bransuich, Luneburgo, &c. nel luoco di Piazzola di S.E. il signor Marco Contarini, procurator di S. Marco, consacrato all'a.s. dalla medemma eccellenza
Creator: Freschi, Domenico, 1634-1710
Contributor: Piccioli, Francesco Maria, active 1679-1710.
Freschi, Domenico, 1634-1710.
Published / Created: MDCLXXXV [1685]
Publication Place: In Piazzola and Italy Piazzola sul Brenta
Publisher: Nel Luoco delle Vergini
Description: BEIN Italian Festivals 112: Autograph: 1742, Giaco. Soranzo.
In 6 parts, with separate t.p.'s. Each describes an entertainment provided Ernst August during his visit to Marco Contarini at Piazzola, and each section after the 1st includes Piccioli's libretto for a dramatic cantata, the music for which was supplied by Domenico Freschi. The music has been lost, except that for pt. [5]; see New Grove. The titles of pts. [2-6] are: Il vaticinio della fortvna; La schiavitv̀ fortvnata di Nettvno; Il ritratto della gloria, donato all'eternità; Il prelvdio felice; Il merito acclamato. For discussion of the festivities surrounding Ernst August's visit, see: Piazzola / Paolo Camerini. Milano, 1925 (p. 274-290).
Printed at Contarini's palace press at Piazzola sulla Brenta.
Illustrations: 10 engravings, comprising a frontispiece leaf with the arms of Ernst August (recto) and the Contarini of Venice (verso), together with 8 folded views: [1], arrival of Ernst August; [2-3], aquatic pageant; [4], banquet in the Sala della Musica; [5], aquatic battle; [6] (double sheet), coursing of Barbary horses in the palace courtyard; [7] (double sheet), banquet in the palace courtyard; [8] (triple sheet), entry of the procession into the palace courtyard; see: Piazzola / Paolo Camerini (p. 265-298). Plates [3] and [5] repeat [2], except for the central portions depicting further festivities on the water, which have been engraved on separate plates. Similarly, plates [6-8] are the same except for the T-shaped central portions, engraved on separate inset plates. In addition plate [8] has been extended by a 3rd sheet at the right depicting stables. Plates [6-8] are signed at lower left: Gu R sc.
Signatures: A⁴ B², ²A⁴, ³A⁴ C⁴, ⁴A⁴ D² [chi]² E² F⁴, ⁵A⁴.
Extent: [68] p., [9] leaves of plates (8 folded) : 24 cm. (4to)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

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Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Italian Festivals 112
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Festival books
Libretti Italy Piazzola 1685
Material: ill., coats of arms ;
Subject (Geographic): Italy
Piazzola.
Subject (Name): Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629-1698.
Contarini, Marco, 1632-1689.
Subject (Topic): Festivals
Subjects: Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1629-1698
Contarini, Marco, 1632-1689
Festivals > Italy > Piazzola
Italy > Piazzola > 1685

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Catalog Record: 9972068683408651
Object ID (OID): 2018814