Theo Cowley
Compo de Rheto
2011
Compo de Rheto

Compo de Rheto

Compo de Rheto

The only copy of the book Compositions de rhétorique de M. Don Arlequin is held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. It is thought to have been made for the wedding of Henry IV and Maria de’ Medici in Lyon 1600/01 by the actor Tristano Martinelli, famed for being one of the first to play the role of Harlequin in the theatrical tradition of the commedia dell’arte.

Compo de Rheto, 17 × 23.5 cm, 272 pp, duotone print, hardcover, offset, edition: 500, published by Jan van Eyck Academie, Post-Academic Institute for Research and Production in Fine Art, Design and Theory, Maastricht, NL, 2011

ISBN: 978-90-72076-44-1

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