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| 003 | $ UK-LoRAA | ||
| 041 | 0 | # | $a ita |
| 044 | # | # | $a it |
| 100 | 1 | # | $a Alberti, Giovanni Matteo |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Giuochi Festivi, E Militari, Danze, Serenate, Machine, Boscareccia Artificiosa, Regatta Solenne, Et altri sontuosi apprestamenti di Allegrezza Esposti Alla Sodisfattione Universale Dalla Generosità deel'A. S. D'Ernesto Augusto Duca Di Brusvich, E Luneburgo, Prencipe D'Osnapruch, &c. Nel tempo di suo dimora in Venetia Il tutto descritto, & espresso con sue figure Dal D. Gio: Matteo Alberti Medico Si S.A.S. Et alla medesima Altezza Serenissima Consacrate. |
| 246 | 3 | # | $a Givochi festivi |
| 260 | # | # | $a In Venetia $b Nella Stamparia di Andrea Poletti Con Licenza De' Superiori. $c M. DC. LXXXVI. $c [1686] |
| 300 | # | # | $a 34 p., 11 pl. (9 fold.): $c [1] illus.; $c 510 mm. (Folio. In sixes.) |
| 500 | # | # | $a Pages 1-6 carry no numbers: these have been added by hand in the Royal Academy's copy. Letter-press and plates are pasted onto larger sheets. The British Library's copy includes a long folding plate showing a panorama of the whole regatta moving down the Grand Canal. |
| 505 | 0 | # | $a [T.p.] - [Illus: arms] - [Dedic.] - A Chi Legge - Noi Reformatori Della Studio di Padoua ... - [Text, with pl.; imprimatur]. |
| 508 | # | # |
$a Most plates are signed as engraved by 'ADalla Via'; some, by 'APortio'[?]; two are unsigned. The illustration on page [2] is unsigned. The work is dedicated by Gio: Matteo Alberti to 'Serenissima Altezza', Duke Ernst August (afterwards Elector of Hanover, and father of George I of Great Britain). |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a A survey of pageants was B. Holme, Princely feasts and festivals: five centuries (1988). |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a The plates present the reader with a succession of fantastically carved and decorated boats, each more surprising than the last, together with their costumed crews, and other temporary, festive constructions. The illustration on page [2] shows the arms of the elector. The explanatory text is presented under the following headings: Boscaglia, Et Esercitii Militari Sopra il Lido di Venetia; Serenate A Universale Diletto; Origine, Introduttione, Et essenza della Regatta; Descrittione Della Machina, Che servì di meta à Remiganti ... ; Peota Di Venere; Di Marte; Di Glauco; Di Diana; Di Giunone; Di Pallade; Descrittione Della Margherota di S.A.S.; D'Altre Peota; Della Regatta Grande; Della Serenata Grande, Con Sua Nobilissima Machina; Della Machina Accennata. |
| 533 | # | # | $n The British Library's copy may be viewed in detail under 'Renaissance festival books' in its 'Treasures in full' section. |
| 561 | # | # | $a Acquired by 1802. Recorded in A Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802). |
| 563 | # | # | $a 19th-century half red morocco; gilt-tooled spine, lettered, 'Givochi Festivi', 'R.A.', '1686'. |
| 600 | 0 | 4 | $a Ernst August |
| 653 | # | # | $a Festivals - Fetes - Pageants - Regattas - Celebrations - Boats - Italy - Venice - History - 17th century - Baroque |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Emblem books - Views - Vedute - Italy - 17th century |
| 655 | # | 0 | $a Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Ernst August $e dedicatee |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Poletti, Andrea $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Via $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Portio $e engraver |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1802: 13-0-24; 1821: 24-2-03. |