PATIN, Charles. Le pompose feste di Vicenza fatte nel mese di giugno, del 1680 . Padua: Giovanni Battista Pasquati, 1680 4° (231 x 167mm). 3 text engravings of coins, 2 double-page plates depicting the festival carriage and the jousting, one folding plate of the Ruota, 2 engraved headpieces, woodcut ornament on title and at end, woodcut ornamental initials. Pasted correction slip on p.103, paginated [91]-[114]. (Plate of the Ruota soiled.) 19th-century polished calf-backed marbled paper boards (spine edges slightly scuffed). As a prelude to his account of the first festival of Corpus Christi held in Vicenza in 1680, the famous French archeologist and numismatist Charles Patin provides a remarkable history of public 'spettacoli' from ancient Greece to his times. Joining the solemnity of religious devotion with the pomp of a great festival, the celebration featured a tournament by gallant cavaliers, banquets and balls, a religious procession and a horse race. Of particular interest is the engraved view of the Palladian architecture of the city and the description (and engraved illustration) of the imposing "Ruota" measuring 50 "braccia" in height dedicated to the devotion of the Holy Cross. Although paginated [91-114], it appears to have been published as a separate work. Berlin Kat. 3051.
PATIN, Charles. Le pompose feste di Vicenza fatte nel mese di giugno, del 1680 . Padua: Giovanni Battista Pasquati, 1680 4° (231 x 167mm). 3 text engravings of coins, 2 double-page plates depicting the festival carriage and the jousting, one folding plate of the Ruota, 2 engraved headpieces, woodcut ornament on title and at end, woodcut ornamental initials. Pasted correction slip on p.103, paginated [91]-[114]. (Plate of the Ruota soiled.) 19th-century polished calf-backed marbled paper boards (spine edges slightly scuffed). As a prelude to his account of the first festival of Corpus Christi held in Vicenza in 1680, the famous French archeologist and numismatist Charles Patin provides a remarkable history of public 'spettacoli' from ancient Greece to his times. Joining the solemnity of religious devotion with the pomp of a great festival, the celebration featured a tournament by gallant cavaliers, banquets and balls, a religious procession and a horse race. Of particular interest is the engraved view of the Palladian architecture of the city and the description (and engraved illustration) of the imposing "Ruota" measuring 50 "braccia" in height dedicated to the devotion of the Holy Cross. Although paginated [91-114], it appears to have been published as a separate work. Berlin Kat. 3051.
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