Ballet performed in celebration of the marrage of Odoardo, prince of Parma, and Dorotea Sofia of Neuburg.
Alternative Title:
Idea di tvtte le perfezioni
Description:
Ferdinando and Francesco Galli da Bibiena and A. Baratta designed the scenography, and Giacomo Durido created the choreography., Illustrations: 6 large etchings by Martial Dubois, Carlo Antonio Forti, and Ugolinus, one of which is after Alessandro Baratta; some signatures in reverse., Includes casts for both the introduction and the ballet., Signatures: A-B⁴ [C]⁴., and Without the music.
Publisher:
Nella stampa ducale del Bazachi,
Subject (Name):
Baratta, Alessandro., Bazachi, Giovanni, fl. 1650-1694, printer., Bibiena, Ferdinando,--1657-1743., Bibiena, Francesco,--1659-1739., Desbois, Martial, 1630-1700., Dorotea Sofia,--di Neuburg, duchessa di Parma,--d. 1748--Marriage., Duridó, Giacomo,--active 1690., Forti, Carlo Antonio, 1657-1732., Lotti, Lotto, active 1690, librettist., Odoardo Farnese,--prince of Parma,--1666-1693--Marriage., Ranuccio--II,--Duke of Parma,--1630-1693., and Ugolinus, active 1690.
Opera performed for the Imperial Diet in Regensburg on 24 February, 1653.
Alternative Title:
L'inganno d'amore. Libretto. Italian
Description:
Libretto by Benedetto Ferrari, without the music by Antonio Bertalli., No. 1 of 2 titles bound together., Opera performed for the Imperial Diet in Regensburg on 24 February, 1653., Signatures: )(⁴ ()(2 and )(3 signed ')(3' and ')(4', respectively) A-D⁴., and With eight illustrations engraved by Jakob von Sandrart after designs of Giovanni Burnacini.
Publisher:
Appresso Christophoro Fischero,
Subject (Name):
Burnacini, Giovanni., Ferrari, Benedetto, approximately 1603-1681., Fischer, Christoph, 1611-1680, printer., and Sandrart, Jakob von, 1630-1708.
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.
Description:
Autograph: 1742, Giaco. Soranzo., 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., 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)., Orologio del piacere -- Vaticinio della fortuna -- Schiavitù fortunata di Nettuno -- Ritratto della gloria, donato all'eternità -- Preludio felice -- Merito acclamato., Printed at Contarini's palace press at Piazzola sulla Brenta., and Signatures: A⁴ B², ²A⁴, ³A⁴ C⁴, ⁴A⁴ D² [chi]² E² F⁴, ⁵A⁴.
Publisher:
Nel Luoco delle Vergini,
Subject (Name):
Contarini, Marco,--1632-1689., Ernest Augustus,--Elector of Hanover,--1629-1698., Freschi, Domenico, 1634-1710. Gl'amori d'Alidaura. Libretto., and Piccioli, Francesco Maria, active 1679-1710.
Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657.
Description:
A-H⁴ I⁴(-I4, blank?)., All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Shelf-mark label. Printed waste used in binding., Libretto without the music., No. 2 of 2 titles bound together., and Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657. Cf. Grove music online.
Tipped in is a full-size sheet with engraving depicting the Festa della porchetta, signed Carlo Buffagnotti, dated 1707; this date also appears twice in ms. on the plate.
Alternative Title:
Porchetta festa annva popolare segvita in Bologna il giurno di San Bartolomeo
Description:
Dedication dated 24 agosto 1701, signed "Euangelista Manolessi"., Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in 1701., and Tipped in is a full-size sheet with engraving depicting the 'Festa della porchetta', signed Carlo Buffagnotti, dated 1707; this date also appears twice in ms. on the plate. The coat of arms on the plate for the "gonfaloniero di giustizia" does correspond to a description of the arms for Gregorio Casali, who held the position during the 1701 Porchetta festival.
Publisher:
Per il Manolessi stampatore arciuescouale, con licenza de'superiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Buffagnotti, Carlo Antonio, 1660-ca. 1715., Manolessi (Firm), printer., and Manolessi, Evangelista.
Performed at the Palazzo Colonna in January 1690, celebrating the marriage of Charles II and Maria Anna of Neuburg. and Opera composed by Bernardo Pasquini, libretto by Giuseppe Domenico de Totis, stage design by Girolamo Fontana and Filippo Acciaiuoli. Cf. Grove music online.
Alternative Title:
Caduta del regno dell'amazzoni. Libretto. and Cadvta del regno dell'amazzoni
Description:
Opera composed by Bernardo Pasquini, libretto by Giuseppe Domenico de Totis, stage design by Girolamo Fontana and Filippo Acciaiuoli. Cf. Grove music online., Performed at the Palazzo Colonna in January 1690, celebrating the marriage of Charles II and Maria Anna of Neuburg., Plates engraved by A. Specchi, G.F. Venturini, P.P. Petrucci and Luzio Bonomi., Signatures: A-K⁴., and Without the music.
Publisher:
Nella Stamperia della reuerenda cam. apost.,
Subject (Name):
Acciaiuoli, Filippo, 1637-1700., Bonomi, Luzio., Charles--II,--King of Spain,--1661-1700--Marriage., Fontana, Girolamo., Mariana,--de Neoburgo, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of Spain,--1667-1740--Marriage., Petrucci, Pietro Paolo., Specchi, Alessandro, 1668-1729., Totis, Giuseppe Domenico de., Typographia Apostolica Vaticana, printer., and Venturini, Giovanni Francesco, 1650-
Subject (Topic):
Marriages of royalty and nobility--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800., Operas--17th century., and Operas--Librettos.
From the appearance of the t.-p. of the Yale copy, it would seem that an engraved border, probably including the imprint, has been omitted from the t.-p. A₁(p.102, 2d count) wanting, probably contained the 2d tp. implied above or perhaps only half-title. From the Vaganay collection. and Imprint from colophon. In the Bibliothèque nationale catalogue the book is said to have a "titre gravé".
Serenade performed in honor of the arrival of Ernest Augustus to Venice in 1685.
Description:
Libretto, without the music., Music by Antonio Giannettini, lyrics by Nicolo Beregan. Cf. Grove Music Online., and Serenade performed in honor of the arrival of Ernest Augustus to Venice in 1685.
Publisher:
Per Francesco Nicolini,
Subject (Name):
Beregan, Nicolò, 1627-1713., Ernest Augustus,--Elector of Hanover,--1629-1698., and Nicolini, Francesco, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Cantatas, Secular--Librettos. and Visits of state--Italy--Venice.