Main entry:

Costanzi, Giovanni Battista, 1704-1778.

Title & Author:

Carlo magno. Festa teatrale in occasione della nascita del delfino. Offerta alle Sacre Reali Maestà Christianissime del re, e regina di Francia dal cardinale Otthoboni ...

Publication:

Roma : Per Antonio de'Rossi, 1729.

Description:

12 preliminary leaves, 64 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 26 cm (f ̊.)

Notes:
Brunet, I. 1583.//See: U.S. Library of Congress. Music Div. Cat. of opera librettos, I. 259.
Libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni; without the music by Giovanni Costanzi.--Cf. prelim. l. 12a.
"Notizia istorica": prelim. l. 3-6; "Advertissement historique": prelim. l. 7-10.
Illustrations: 14 full-page etchings by B. Gabbuggiani, F. Vasconi, C. Grandi, G. Massi and Paolo Pilaja after N. Michetti, designer of the stage settings. Etched title-vignette: arms of Louis XV.
Without the border on each leaf and plate.
With monogram label of Baron Horace de Landau.
Binding, late 19th century, of half light brown leather, gilt.

Subject:

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 Drama.
Louis, Dauphin of France, 1729-1765.
Charlemagne, 742-814 Drama.
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814.
Librettos To 1800.
Festival books, Italian, 18th cent.
Etchings, Italian.
Bindings, 18th cent., Italian.
Librettos.

Form/genre:

Festival books.
Drama.

Added entries:

Michetti, Niccolò, -1759.
Gabbuggiani, Baldassare, etcher.
Grandi, C., etcher.
Massi, Gasparo, 1698-1731, etcher.
Pilaja, Paolo, etcher.
Vasconi, Filippo, 1687?-1730, etcher.
Ottoboni, Pietro, 1667-1740. Carlo magno.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 185954
Call No.: PN3226.F7.O8 (ID:87-B18313)
Status: Available