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FERDINANDO I -- [ROSSI, Bastiano de]. Descrizione dell'apparato e degl'intermedi fattti per la commedia rappresentata in Firenze. Nelle nozze de'serenissimi Don Ferdinando Medici, e Madama Cristina di Loreno, Gran Duchi di Toscana. Florence: Anton Padouani, 1589. Small 4°. Woodcut title device and ornamental initials. (Title soiled at outer margin and repaired, final leaf with slight paper fault at foot.) Recent marbled boards backed in crimson morocco, gilt spine lettering. Provenance : Piero Ginori Conti (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Dedicated by Rossi to Alfonso II di Este. The theatrical machinery was designed by Bernardo Buontalenti Cicognara 1396 "Il libretto è stampato con grande eleganza".