Ludi Nuptiales Pro Matrimonio Archiducis Ferdinandi Comitis Tyrolis Cum Anna Catharina Principe Mantuæ Et Montisferrati Anno 1582. Celebrati

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Description: An album, with manuscript title page, of 5 water-color drawings and 102 etchings (several repeated) depicting the procession of the wedding festivities of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, and Anne Catharine Gonzaga. The pictures are mounted, one, two or three to a page, on 42 leaves. Each page is illuminated as a unit and has a painted line border with a panel at the top for names, in some of which printed name slips, not always appropriate are mounted. Many names are accompanied by colored coats of arms, some mounted.
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1582 (Questionable); Place: Oeniponti?
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Ger. 1582++
Topics: Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, 1529-1595; Gonzaga, Anna Juliana, 1566-1621; Processions -- Austria -- Innsbruck (Austria)
Genres: Drawings; Prints; Illuminations; Illustrations
Notes: Content: Binding, 18th century German, of red morocco, gilt.; Content: With the Liechtenstein bookplate.; Biographical/historical: After Ferdinand's death in 1595, Anne Catharine Gonzaga became a Servite nun and took the name Anna Juliana.
Physical Description: Extent: 1 v. 46 x 57cm.
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16833725; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b1688e10-c61a-012f-d57d-58d385a7bc34