Narrazione delle solenni reali feste : fatte celebrare in Napoli da Sua Maestà il re delle Due Sicilie Carlo infante di Spagna, duca di Parma, Piacenza &c. &c. per la nascita del suo primogenito Filippo real principe delle Due Sicilie.

The plates depict floor plans of the Palazzo reale and of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, a vertical cross section of the Palazzo reale; interior decoration of the Teatro di San Carlo; most plates depict festivities taking place in the decorated interiors of the theater and the royal palace, including a masquerade at the royal palace, the stage scenery and a scene from the opera "Il sogno di Olimpia" by Ranieri de Calzabigi, which was performed at the Teatro di San Carlo; a view of the illuminated Castello Nuovo in Naples, the fireworks installation at the Piazza del Castello Nuovo, and a floorplan of the fire works installation. Plate XI depicts the mythical land of plenty "Cuccagna", arranged as a landscaped hill with an architectural grotto, richly decorated with food and drink, which was offered as part of the festivities to the common people. Most plates have a detailed legend in the lower margin.

Illustrations: allegorical frontispiece engraved by Carlo Gregori, and fifteen double plates numbered in Roman numerals. The double plates are engraved by Giuseppe Vasi, Felice Polanzani, Nicolas Henri Jardin and Joseph-Louis Le Lorrain after Vincenzo dal Ré. The plan of the Palazzo reale is engraved by Angelo Guiducci.

Engraved title vignette, large pictorial head-piece with caption "Veduta di Baia" and pictorial initial on A2, unsigned.

Signatures: A-E².

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