Description of Bolognas annual Porchetta festival (""Festa della porchetta""), held in 1720. Full-size sheet tipped in, with engraving depicting the event, signed ""GM----"" Dedication dated 25 agosto 1720, signed ""Francesco Maria Peri"".
Alternative Title:
Agl' illustrissimi, ed eccelsi signore gonfaloniere di giustizia ed anziani di Bologna ... in occasione della solita festa popolare della Porchetta per l'anno 1720 and In occasione della solita festa popolare della Porchetta per l'anno 1720.
Description:
Contemporary ms. correction to one word on p. 3. Ms. note on plate identifies GM---- as Giuseppe Maria Moretti., Dedication dated 25 agosto 1720, signed "Francesco Maria Peri"., Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in 1720. Full-size sheet tipped in, with engraving depicting the event, signed "GM----"., In verse., and Signatures: A⁸.
Publisher:
Nelle stampe de' Peri, nelle Calzolarie, all' insegna dell' angelo custode,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Moretti, Giuseppe Maria, 1659-1746., Peri (Firm), printer., and Peri, Francesco Maria.
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.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778--Influence
Subject (Topic):
Allegory, Italian poetry--18th century, Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, and Verse satire, Italian
As a result of these disturbances, the Bishop of Casale had excommunicated Count Giacomo Nemours. To the petition is attached a copy of a decree issued by King Vittorio Amadeo on July 8, 1713, by which he declares the action of the bishop to be unjustified, and he takes action to correct it.