L'esequie trionfali del marchese Guido Villa logotenente generale dell'armi di S. Chiesa, del ré cristianissimo in Italia, e generale delle altezze reali di Sauoia, d'ordine del marchese Guronfrancesco celebrate nel tempio di San Francesco in Ferrarra il di 22. febraro del 1649 / composte, e descritte da Francesco Berni, e consagrate alle reali altezze di madama Cristiana di Francia, e di Carlo Emanuele secondo duchi di Sauoia, principi del Piemonte, regi di Cipro.

Creator:

Berni, Francesco, conte, 1610-1673.

Published/Created:

In Ferrara :
Per gli heredi del Gironi, stampatore epise,
1656.

Physical Description:

[8], 106, [22] p., [6] folded leaves of plates : ill., 33 cm. (fol.)

Notes:

Added engraved half-title with full-page allegorical etching signed: "Frans. Curtus Bon. fe." Six large etchings depict the church of San Francesco as decorated for the occasion under Carlo Pasetti, signed "Nicolo Martino Fierlans" (disegno, etc.) and "Io: Baptista Cauazza" (in various forms, engraver).
No. 1 of 2 works bound together. Autograph in 17th(?) century hand: D[on] Filippo Lucerna. Ms. corrections throughout; ms. note in margin on p. [7] at end. Title in ms. on top edge.
Dedication signed: Francesco Berni. Eulogy delivered by the author on p. [3]-[22] at end.
Description of the memorial service held in Ferrara on 22 February 1649 for Guido Villa, marchese di Cigliano, who died in battle at Cremona in 1648.
Errata on p. [6]-[7] at beginning.
Includes bibliographical references in margins.
Signatures: a⁴ A-N⁴O² ²A-B⁴C² (a4v, O2, ²C2v blank)

Variant Titles:

Eseqvie trionfali del marchese Gvido Villa

Topics:

Memorial rites and ceremonies--Italy--Ferrara--Early works to 1800.

Topics:

Cavazza, Giovanni Battista, b. ca. 1620.
Curti, Francesco, d. ca. 1670.
Eredi di Giuseffo Gironi, printer.
Fierlants, Nicolaas Marten, d. 1694.
Lucerna, Filippo--Autograph.
Pasetti, Carlo, fl. 1639-1695.
San Francesco (Church : Ferrara, Italy).
Villa, Guido,--marchese,--d. 1648--Death and burial.

Language:

Italian

Genre:

Funeral addresses--Italy--Ferrara--1656.
Funeral books--Italy--Ferrara--1656.

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Books, Journals & Pamphlets

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Digital:

Celebrating Italian

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Italian Festivals

Call Number:

Italian Festivals +7

Orbis Record:

7302708

Orbis Barcode:

39002089212998

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1122535

Citation:

Watanabe-O'Kelly & Simon. Festivals and ceremonies, 420

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2033300

PID:

digcoll:3456039