Pompe fvnebri dell'vniverso

Engraved t.p. precedes printed t.p.: Pompe fvnebri dell'vniverso nella morte di Filippo IV il grande monarcha delle Spagne .. Illustrations include 64 etchings, 2 signed by Pesca, comprising half title, portrait, 2 large views of funeral structures designed by the architect F.A. Picchiatti, and 60 emblems which include constellations and small portraits of members of the Habsburg family Marciano describes L. Giordano's painting in the church, records the inscriptions composed by him and by Ignatio Sanbiase, and describes the emblematic shields which are pictured in the work Errata p. [vi] Library's copy 1 has old ink signature erased from t.p. with loss of paper, plate facing p. 46 is bound upside down. The plate depicting the catafalque is bound in library's copy 1 facing p. 8, in library's copy 2 facing p. 158 Binding: library's copy 1 is bound in contemporary full vellum, title manuscript in ink on spine, library's copy 2 is bound in contemporary full calf Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery