[Rarebooks] FS: Rare "festival book" for the Duke of Terranova e Montelione. Naples: 1753

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Pignatelli, Fabrizio and Niccola Caracciolo. RELAZIONE DELL’UFICIO 
ANNIVERSARIO FATTO CELEBRARE IN NAPOLI NELLA CHIESA DE’ SS. APOSTOLI DE’ RR. C. R. 
TEATINI IL DI XXVIII DI NOVEMBRE MDCCLII PER DIEGO PIGNATELLI DI ARAGONA, DUCA DI 
TERRANOVA E MONTELIONE... Naples: Serafino Posile. 1753. Sm. folio. 
(6),36,lxxxii,(2)pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait and 4 large copper engraved folding 
plates on heavy stock paper: three are 30” x 18” and one is 20” x 30”. With 
the half-title. Bound in 19th century half calf, ornately gilt spine, over 
marbled boards, hinges a bit rubbed, and a small chip at top of spine. An 
untrimmed copy with large margins.     $4,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A rare 18th century Italian festival book, printed in memory of the death & 
burial of Diego Pignatelli (1687-1750), the Duke of Terranova e Montelione, 
held in Naples, November 28, 1752. The text includes a 34 page funeral oration by 
Niccola Caracciolo. The 4 large folding plates are detailed views of the 
church and the mausoleum, engraved by Francesco Sesoni and Francesco Cepparuli. 
The very fine portrait of Pignatelli is engraved by Antonio Baldi after Domenico 
Mondo.

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