AA.VV. - Amore. Dio della Vendetta - 1632-1632

Rare and fascinating seventeenth‑century booklet titled Amore Dio della Vendetta, Tournament Celebrated in Bologna by the Cavalieri Bolognesi on the 4th day of March in the year 1632, dedicated to the Most Serene Highnesses of the Princes Mattia and Francesco di Toscana. The work is presented bound in an elegant modern half‑parchment with boards covered in red cloth and a calligraphed title on the spine, preserving inside the body of the seventeenth‑century text printed on strong paper with clearly visible margins, initials and figurative woodcut initial capitals of the period. The volume is kept in very good condition, with slight foxing and natural browning of the paper that do not compromise perfect legibility, representing a precious testimony of the festivities, of the knightly tournaments, and of the literature of Baroque Bologna under the protection of the Medici lineage. In 8° piccolo, pp. 36 n.