Last leaf blank Signatures: [A] B-H I² Pages A1-2 wanting; I2, blank; I3-4 wanting Errata on p. 66 Woodcut head-piece and initial A prose description of the horse ballet "Ercole in Tebe", interspersed with Giovanni Andrea Moniglia's verses for the songs; without the music. Plates are etched by Stefano della Bella The performance took place in the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens on July 1, 1661. Alessandro Carducci is credited with having conceived the event, directed by Alessandro Visconti, Ferdinando Tacca designed the scenography and Domenico Anglesi composed the music Illustrations: three folded plates (dimensions: 29 x 44 cm.), two depict the actual festivities taking place on stage of the amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens, the third shows various choreographies of the horse ballet The plates in library's copy have the left margin cut sharply Binding: contemporary soft parchement, gilt boards and spine Blumenthal, A. Medici Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos Sartori, C. Libretti italiani Il luogo teatrale a Firenze Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung