[Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa and Carrara (1750-1829)]. Sentimenti In occasion [!] della Festa onomastica di sua Altezza Reale l'Archiduchessa Maria Beatrice Duchessa di Massa e Carrara Principessa d'Este. Empfindungen bey dem höchsten Namensfest Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit der Frau Erzherzogin Maria Beatrix regierenden Herzogin von Massa und Carrara gebohrnen Prinzessin von Este.

No place, ca. 1780.

Large 4to (207 x 252 mm). German and Italian manuscript, ink on paper. Calligraphed title and (4) pp. on 2 leaves, 1 blank leaf. 16 lines, 2 columns (Italian left, German right); watermark "JWhatman". Green silk binding over flexible cardboard; gilt cover borders oxidized. All edges gilt.

 250.00

Attractively calligraphed occasional poem in Italian and German, composed in honour of the name day of Maria Beatrice d'Este, wife of Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1754-1806) since 1771, and founder of the line of Austria-Este.

Condition

Paper a little browned; endpapers slightly foxed. Very prettily preserved altogether; the green silk binding remains almost unblemished.

References

Cf. an almost identical copy in the Austrian National Library (from the former Modena library), described in: Alfred Noe, Verzeichnis der italienischsprachigen Handschriften in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, II.1B, Cod. Ser. n. 2091 (series nova II, 168).