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Eseqvie d'Arrigo qvarto cristianissimo re di Francia, e di Navarra : celebrate in Firenze dal serenissimo don Cosimo II granduca di Toscana

by: Giraldi, Giuliano; Rosaccio, Aloys

Publication date: 1610

Topics: Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1610, Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1590-1621, San Lorenzo (Church : Florence, Italy), Funeral rites and ceremonies, Funeral decorations, Catafalques

Publisher: In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Bartolommeo Sermartelli e fratelli

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Italian; Latin

Volume: c.1

The last page is blank

Errata on p. 51

Library's copy 1 has stamp on t.p.: Ex Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis (Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, Cardinal, 1651-1737)

Library's copy 2 remargined: original pages are trimmed to ca. 26 x 18 cm. and pasted on larger folio size leaves. A separate pagination, continuous within the bound-with vol. counts leaves as 218-243

Woodcuts: historiated and floriated initials, head-and tail-pieces

The text describes funeral decorations at San Lorenzo in Florence, mainly the twenty six paintings by various Florentine artists (cf. p. 17), depicting the life of the king, citing Latin inscriptions of each painting; includes a detailed description of the catafalque

Illustrations: twenty-six half-page etchings by Aloys Rosaccio, signed "AR", and an armorial title-vignette. The etchings are after paintings of scenes in the life of Henry IV used in the church decorations

Vinet. Bibliographie ... beaux-arts

Ruggieri. Catalogue, 1873

Nagler. Monogrammisten

Library's copy 2 is bound with: Racconto delle sontvose esseqvie fatte in Milano alli 7. di giugno l'anno 1621 ... In Milano : Per Pandolfo Malatesta, 1621 (SPECIAL 94-B6733)