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Lot 67: PARIGI, GIULIO.

Est: £2,500 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 25, 2004

Item Overview

Description

[Rappresentazioni nelle nozze del Prencipe di Toscana l'anno 1608. Florence, 1608]

Condition Note: oblong 4to (265 x 360mm.), 19 engraved plates designed by Remigio Canta Gallina and engraved by Giulio Parigi, contemporary vellum, some light staining or soiling

Artist or Maker

Literature

Illustrated Bartsch 44, pp.223-241; not in Watanabe-O'Kelly

Notes

A collection of engravings depicting the festivals in Florence in 1608, celebrating the marriage of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Maria Magdalena, Archduchess of Austria. A great sea battle was enacted upon the Arno, designed by Parigi, the master of festivals.

Auction Details

Continental Books and Manuscripts

by
Sotheby's
June 25, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK