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Becattelli, Lorenzo. I riti nuziali degli antichi romani per le nozze di S.E. Don Giovanni Lambertini con S.E. Donna Lucrezia Savorgnan.
Bologna: Lelio dalla Volpe, 1762.
Folio, illustrated with engraved frontispiece by Vittorio Bigheri, engraved portrait of the royal couple by Flaminius; with engraved head- and tail-pieces depicting ancient artworks and daily life; bound in full contemporary red morocco by Lafertè with his tag, decorated with royal arms in gilt; spine caps chipped with loss, hinges tender, front board starting, corners worn; ex libri Cicognara with inscription dated 1780; bookplate of Leo Olschki; ownership mark of onetime New York State Comptroller Edward Ten Broeck Perine (1870-1941); 15 x 9 ¾ in.
This attractive festival book in a presentation binding by Luigi Lafertè documents Lucrezia Savorgnan's wedding to Giovanni Lambertini, the great-nephew of Pope Benedict XIV. The illustrations depict scenes from daily life in antiquity, a nod to Lambertini's devotion to ancient learning.
