Giostra corsa in Torino addì xxi di febbraio M DCCC XXXIX nel passaggio di Sua Altezza Imperiale e Reale Alessandro, granduca principe imperiale ereditario di Russia.
Description
- Language(s)
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Italian ; French
- Published
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Torino : Tip. Chirio e Mina, 1839.
- Subjects
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Savoy, House of.
Alexander
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Alexander /
II,
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Alexander / II, /
Emperor of Russia,
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Alexander / II, / Emperor of Russia, /
1818-1881.
Tournaments, Medieval
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Tournaments, Medieval /
History.
Tournaments, Medieval
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Tournaments, Medieval /
Italy
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Tournaments, Medieval / Italy /
Turin.
Royal visitors
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Royal visitors /
Italy
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Royal visitors / Italy /
Turin.
Lithographs
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Lithographs /
Italy
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Lithographs / Italy /
19th century.
Festival books
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Festival books /
Italy
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Festival books / Italy /
19th century.
- Note
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Illustrations: 7 plates depicting scenes of a tournament on horses, shown at the Anfiteatro in Turin, lithographed by Camilla Gandolfi and Pietro da Cagliari Ayres after Francesco Gonin, executed by lithography shop of Michele Doyen (signed: Torino. Lit. Doyen e Comp.a). The text of each page is surrounded by a decorative border in blue.
The text describes the history of the tradition of tournaments, the order of events, lists names of participants of the horse formations (quadrigila inglese, francese, italiana), and includes text of historical documents, mostly in French, pertaining to the tournaments held at the House of Savoy.
- Physical Description
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[2], 66 p., [7] leaves of plates :
ill. (lithographs) ;
52 cm.
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