Three Italian Festive Pamphlets Recording the Royal Celebrations in the Netherlands of 1549
Résumé
During my research on the presence of books in Italian in the French French-language collections of the Ancien Régime, I wondered about the presence in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique of two Italian-language opuscules dating from Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique of two Italian opuscules dating from 1549, one of which, according to the one of which, according to the old catalogue, was printed in Brussels.
This is "Le sontuose feste, fatte nella Terra di Bins, per honorare la Caesarea Maesta, & lo Serenissimo Principe di Spagna..." [by] P. A and "Il sontuoso apparato, con molti archi trionfali, fatti in belle prospetive, et con bellissimi motti... "[by] I. B." Today, the
library in question has officially changed its name, I have finally found the time to and I have informed the KBR and Edit16 that both editions should be attributed to Antonio Blado, who was at a turning point in his career as a printer and bookseller. In fact, in 1549, the printer from Asolo had long been based in Rome and was in charge of the ‘tipografo camerale’. However, at the turn of the 1549-1550 period, there was a significant diversification in Blado's output. He began collaborating with other renowned booksellers, such as the Giunta family, and published works with non-Roman
subscribers (Rieti and Foligno) or were completely anonymous, like the chronicles we are interested in which bear the imperial coat of arms. The article will focus on
the occasional production of Blado, often of a festive nature, which is characterised by the patronage of foreign powers and, above all, imperial sponsorship.