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Festa Accademica di lettere, e d'armi per la glorisa esaltazione al trono pontificio della santita di nostro signore Benedetto XIV ed alla medesima consecrata

Spinelli, Antonio · 1740 · In Roma : Nella Stamperia del Bernabò e Lazzarini · 17 pictures

An account by Antonio Spinelli of an academic festival of letters and arms staged in Rome in 1740 to mark Benedict XIV's elevation to the papacy, printed by Bernabò e Lazzarini for the papal court and academy. Woodcut headpieces and initials carry winged figures, masks, urns, and strapwork scrolls, usable as letterforms, borders, and small ornament stamps.

Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758 · Festivals · Theaters · Architecture, Baroque

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