Allegoria sulla guerra presente 1789 1790 1791

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Title: Allegoria sulla guerra presente 1789 1790 1791
Creator: Casti, Giovanni Battista, 1724-1803
Contributor: Voltaire, 1694-1778--Influence
Published / Created: 1791
Abstract: Manuscript in an Italic hand of a satirical allegory on the events of the Russo-Turkish war, in which the various sovereigns are represented by animal figures. A key to the allegory follows the poem. The manuscript also includes a sonnet based on verse by Voltaire and a longer poem satirically comparing a poor student to a herring.
Description: Purchased from Bennett Gilbert on the Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mokarski Fund, 2002.
Extent: 1 v. (23 p.) ; 25 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Voltaire, 1694-1778--Influence
Subject (Topic): Allegory
Italian poetry--18th century
Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792
Verse satire, Italian

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Citation: Giovanni Battista Casti, Allegoria sulla guerra presente. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.