(ARGENTI Agostino ?). Cavalerie della cittą di Ferrara. Che contengono il Castello di Gorgoferusa, il Monte di Feronia et il Tempio d'Amore.
(Ferrara, de Rossi, 1566). 4to: 2 parts. Replaced in its early 18th century calf-backed vellum binding: the painter of the red edges has smudged a little paint on the title-page and the blank verso of the last leaf. Printed on thick paper, an excellent copy. First edition of the detailed account of the Tempio d'Amore, an elaborate torneo performed at the court in Ferrara as part of the festivities for the wedding of Duke Alfonso d'Este to Princess Barbara of Austria. There are full details of the buildings, statues & decorations, the words of the choral and spoken verses and the names of the participants. Preceding this are corrected reprints of accounts of two torneos which had taken place in 1561. All three belong to the form of torneo which incorporated singing, dancing, spectacular scenery, elaborate machinery and transformations, and flourished particularly strongly at Ferrara. These were the first examples of this genre for which detailed accounts survive. Ruggieri Cat. 714.
£2350
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