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Augustini Mascardi Silvarum Libri IV. Ad Alexandrum Principem Estensem S.R.E. Cardinalem

1622In 4°, (16cc), 202 pp, (6cc), prima edizione, legatura in pergamena, frontespizio calcografico disegnato da Pieter Paul Rubens e inciso da Theodor Galle, marca editoriale (compasso tenuto da una mano: Labore et Constantia) in fine. Il Mascardi fu assiduo della corte degli Este a Modena, andò a Roma per laurearsi in legge e, grazie alle raccomandazioni del conte Camillo Molza, che Mascardi ringraziò dedicandogli il Discorso sopra un componimento poetico intorno alla cometa,[3] nel 1618 fu assunto in qualità di segretario dal cardinale Alessandro d'Este (1568-1624). A Roma cominciò a comporre un poemetto fantastico, il Tiburno, per celebrare la fondazione della città di Tivoli, la casata e la sfarzosa villa che gli Este possedevano nella cittadina laziale. Il lavoro venne interrotto per la morte di papa Paolo V, nel 1621.Per celebrare l'apertura del conclave, il Mascardi compose l'Oratio habita ad illustrissimos ac reverendissimos S. R. E. cardinales de subrogando pontifice. Ad esso seguì, dopo l'elezione del cardinale Alessandro Ludovisi - papa con il nome di Gregorio XV - l'anonima Scrittura intorno alla elezione a sommo pontefice del cardinal Ludovisio, forse scritta da Alessandro d'Este o composta dal Mascardi su sua diretta commissione e ispirazione, nella quale erano esposte critiche nei confronti di diversi cardinali, suscitando così la reazione della famiglia Ludovisi, in particolare del cardinale Ludovico, contro il cardinale d'Este. A fare le spese del conflitto tra le due potenti famiglie fu così il Mascardi, che nel giugno del 1621 si ritrovò licenziato e allontanato da Roma. Si rifugiò allora a Genova dove fu favorito dalla conoscenza di personaggi importanti delle famiglie gentilizie quali Marcantonio Doria e Giacomo Lomellini, e da poeti di successo come Ansaldo Cebà e Gabriello Chiabrera. Poté così recitare pubblicamente, il 26 settembre 1621, l'orazione Per la coronazione del serenissimo Giorgio Centurione,[8] e in dicembre divenne membro dell'«Accademia degli Addormentati». Qui pronunciò altri discorsi, tra i quali uno per la monacazione di Margherita Doria, figlia di Marcantonio e di Isabella della Tolfa, e l'orazione Intorno al furor poetico, dedicata al patrizio Tommaso Grimani, tutti raccolti nelle Orazioni, pubblicate nel 1622 dall'editore genovese Giuseppe Pavoni. Una sua commedia, Le metamorfosi d'amore, composta per il carnevale del 1623, è invece rimasta manoscritta. Nella speranza di poter rientrare a Roma e di essere ripreso al servizio degli Este, il Mascardi aveva dedicato al cardinale Alessandro i Silvarum libri IV, pubblicati nel 1622 ad Anversa da Balthasar Moretus, ma senza ottenere risposta. In 4 °, (16cc), 202 pp, (6cc), first edition, vellum binding, title designed by Pieter Paul Rubens and engraved by Theodor Galle, publishing mark (compass held by one hand: Labore et Constantia) in fine. Mascardi was a regular at the Este court in Modena, went to Rome to graduate in law and, thanks to the recommendations of Count Camillo Molza, whom Mascardi thanked for dedicating his Discourse on a poetic composition around the comet, in 1618 he was hired in as secretary to Cardinal Alessandro d'Este (1568-1624). In Rome he began to compose a fantastic poem, the Tiburno, to celebrate the foundation of the city of Tivoli, the house and the sumptuous villa that the Este owned in the Lazio town. The work was interrupted by the death of Pope Paul V in 1621. To celebrate the opening of the conclave, Mascardi composed the Oratio habita ad illustrissimos ac reverendissimos S. R. E. cardinales de subrogando pontifice. Following it, after the election of Cardinal Alessandro Ludovisi - pope with the name of Gregory XV - followed the anonymous Scripture around the election as supreme pontiff of Cardinal Ludovisio, perhaps written by Alessandro d'Este or composed by Mascardi on his direct commission and inspiration, in which criticisms of several cardinals were exposed, thus provoking the reaction of the Ludovisi family, in particular of Cardinal Ludovico, against Cardinal d'Este. To pay for the conflict between the two powerful families was so Mascardi, who in June 1621 found himself fired and removed from Rome. He then took refuge in Genoa where he was favored by the knowledge of important personalities of the noble families such as Marcantonio Doria and Giacomo Lomellini, and by successful poets such as Ansaldo Cebà and Gabriello Chiabrera. He was thus able to publicly recite the prayer On September 26, 1621, for the coronation of the most serene Giorgio Centurione, and in December he became a member of the "Accademia degli Addormentati". Here he gave other speeches, including one for the monk of Margherita Doria, daughter of Marcantonio and Isabella della Tolfa, and the prayer Around the poetic fury, dedicated to the patrician Tommaso Grimani, all collected in the Orations, published in 1622 by the Genoese publisher Giuseppe Pavoni. One of his comedies, The Metamorphoses of Love, composed for the carnival of 1623, has instead remained handwritten. In the hope of being able to return to Rome and be resumed in the service of the Este, Mascardi had dedicated IV books to Cardinal Alessandro the Silvarum, published in Antwerp by Balthasar Moretus in 1622, but without getting an answer.

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[Kenneth Anger] Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Virginia Rappe, Alma Rubens, William Desmond Taylor, Ramon Novarro (subjects)ABAA

Archive of five original photographs belonging to Kenneth Anger relating to his research into the underbelly of Hollywood

1968réf. 161194N.p.: N.p. 1968. Small archive of five vintage photographs belonging to noted avant-garde filmmaker and writer Kenneth Anger relating to his research into homosexuality drugs and murder for his notorious books "Hollywood Babylon" 1959 and "Hollywood Babylon II" 1984. Two photographs with Anger's ownership stamp and label on the verso four with press stamps on the verso and three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. "Hollywood Babylon" and its sequel detailed the various improprieties both real and imagined of the elite of Hollywood's Golden Age. Archive includes: A photograph of Irish American director and actor William Desmond Taylor released for newspaper usage after his murder on February 1 1922. A photograph of actress Virginia Rappe circa 1922 released for newspaper usage after her death at the height of the Fatty Arbuckle scandal. A photograph of actress Alma Rubens released for newspaper usage after she was arrested for narcotics possession in 1931. Rubens had been arrested on similar charges in 1929 and as noted on the snipe had "taken the narcotic cure" that year. Rubens would die weeks later from lethal pneumonia and bronchitis on January 21 1931 shortly after her release from jail. A Paramount studio photograph of actors Cary Grant and Randolph Scott at a swimming pool circa 1935. The two men lived together sporadically for twelve years throughout the 1930s and early 1940s and were suspected by both Anger and contemporary sources to have been lovers. A photograph of the body of Mexican American actor and closeted homosexual Ramón Novarro being removed from his house after its discovery in 1968. Novarro was tortured and murdered by two male escorts who falsely believed a large sum of money was hidden in the actor's house. Photographs range in size from 6 x 8 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Generally Very Good plus with moderate edgewear and age toning overall with photograph of Grant and Scott Good only with a bruise on the center top edge of the recto. N.p. unknown books