La Sulamitide. Boschereccia sagra di Neralco pastore arcade.
by [ERCOLANI, Giuseppe Maria]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1739.. 4°, contemporary stiff vellum (stained, hole in vellum of lower cover), red leather spine lettering piece, gilt (slightly defective). Engraved initials and vignettes. Some soiling. Overall in good to very good condition. Signature at foot of title page scored. 140 pp., with 5 engraved plates (one of them paginated). *** Third edition of this 5-act play, with an attractive full-page engraving facing the beginning of each act, and extensive notes at the end: "Allegoria ed esposizione della Cantica sopra l'Assunzione al cielo di Maria" (p. 101-40). NUC lists earlier editions of Rome 1732 at MH, MnU, CU, PU; Rome 1733 at NN.Giuseppe Maria Ercolani (1672–1759) was a lawyer, architect, and poet who also pursued geography, theology, and mathematics: Sulamitide is a play about a son of the king of Egypt at the time of Solomon; it is followed by an allegory on the Assumption of the B.V.M.*** Not in Brunet (cf. IV, 40) or Praz. NUC: ICU, MH.
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- Bookseller
- Richard C. Ramer Old & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21279
- Title
- La Sulamitide. Boschereccia sagra di Neralco pastore arcade.
- Author
- [ERCOLANI, Giuseppe Maria]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1739.
- Keywords
- Italian drama, plays, emblem books, illustrated books, book illustration, theaters, theatre, Italian literature, drama, Virgin Mary, Mariology
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