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Naples, Ottavio Beltrano, 1630. In 4th. With 42 full-page woodcut plates in the text, numerous engravings of figures, framed allegorical vignettes and 12 woodcuts of the signs of the zodiac, initials and finials engraved in wood, missing the two dedication cards to Ferdinando Alvarez, son of the Viceroy, small lack in the margin white on the title page, restoration on the lower outer corner of the first pages, some traces of humidity in particular on the first issues, some pages with light browning, some rare and slight foxing, hole on p. 227, modern full parchment binding, handwritten title on the spine, very slight defects.
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FIRST EDITION of this very rich illustrated account of the feast of San Giovanni Battista on 23 June 1629 in Naples on the occasion of the celebrations for the seventh year of government of the Spanish viceroy Antonio Alvarez of Toledo (1585-1639), Duke of Alba. The task of planning the party was entrusted to the Neapolitan lawyer Francesco Antonio Scacciavento who, to enhance the qualities of the Duke, devised a program that revolved around the zodiacal themes: the squares and streets of the city lent themselves to suggest a sort of of the zodiac. The Duke of Alba and his retinue passed through 12 triumphal arches, each associated with a zodiac sign and each symbolizing a virtue.
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