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
Description based on: Anno 1, n. 1; title from caption., From the collection of Peter Eisenman. Mailing Label: De Stil Arte Costruttivisti, Dir. Theo Van Doesburg., and Latest issue consulted: Anno 1, n. 1.
Publisher:
Stab. Tip. Cavenaghi e Pinelli,
Subject (Name):
Doesburg, Theo van,--1883-1931--Ownership and Eisenman, Peter--Ownership
Description of the festival held in Milan on 12 June, 1743, honoring the newly elected Archbishop Giuseppe Pozzobonelli., Illustrations: 5 etched plates, 3 of them depicting triumphal arches. [1.] (impression size 25 x 18 cm.) Portrait with caption: Joseph Puteobonellus Mediolanensis & ecls. Archiepiscopus S.R.E. Cardinalis creatus die 9. Septembris 1743; signed: Dal Rè fec. [2.] (impresion size 51 x 36 cm.) Caption: A capo il Corso di P.T. nel soleñe ingresso nella Citta di Milano del. Em.mo Giuseppe Pozzobonelli li 21. Giugno 1744; signed : Antonius Quadrius Inu. et del., Lapoer Sculp. [3.] (impression size 42 x 30 cm.) Caption: A capo della contrada de Piatti in P.T.P.S. Gior.o in Palazzo di Milano li 21. Giugno 1744; signed: I. Ricardus del. et pins.t, C. Lapoer sc. Mediol.i. [4.] (impression size 42 x 30 cm.) Caption: Alla Piazza del Duomo p[er] il solenne ingresso nella Citta di Milano dell' Em.mo Giuseppe Pozzobonelli li 21 Giug.no 1744; signed: Antonius Quadrius In. et del., Lapoer Sculp.it. [5.] (impression 50 x 74 cm.) Procession leading to the Cathedral in Milan with caption: Solenne ingresso seguito nella Città di Milano dell'Eminentiss.mo Cardinale Giuseppe Pozzobonelli Arciuescouo di detta Metropoli; listing 49 participants, signed: Marc'Ant.o DalRè., In Italian, with some Latin., and Signatures: *⁶ a-i⁴ k⁶.
Publisher:
Nella Regio-ducal corte, per Giuseppe Richino Malatesta stampatore regio-camerale e della città,
Subject (Geographic):
Milan (Italy)--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church.--Archdiocese of Milan (Italy)--History., Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, 1697-1766., Lapoer, Gaetano., Malatesta, Giuseppe Richino, printer., Pozzobonelli, Giuseppe,--1696-1783., Quadrio, Antonio., and Riccardi, Giovanni Battista.
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial entires--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., Processions--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., and Triumphal arches--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800.
Description of the festival held in Milan 1669 for the occasion of the second election of Paolo Spinola Doria as Governor of Milan.
Description:
Dedication signed: D. Sinibaldo Fieschi., Description of the festival held in Milan 1669 for the occasion of the second election of Paolo Spinola Doria as Governor of Milan., and Plates engraved by Andrea Biffi, Simone Durelli and Cesare Laurentio, after designs by Andrea and Carlo Biffi.
Publisher:
Nella Reg. duc. corte, per Marc'Antonio Pandolfo Malatesta, stampator reg. cam.,
Subject (Name):
Biffi, Andrea, 1645-1686., Biffi, Carlo, ca. 1605-1675., Durello, Simone, 1641-1719., Laurentio, Cesare., Malatesta, Marc'Antonio Pandolfo, d. 1719, printer., and Spinola Doria, Paolo.
American poetry--20th century, American poetry--African American authors, American poetry--Translations into Italian, and Italian poetry--Translations from English
Dedication signed: Giacinto Lodi., Description of a tournament, held on 20 March 1628, dedicated to the Grand-Duke Ferdinand II., Engraved plates signed by G.B. Coriolano., Imprint from colophon: "In Bologna, per gli Heredi di Victorio Benacci. Con licenza de' superiori.", and Ms. note on front paste-down: "Bellissimo esemplare, 22 genn[aio] 1831. F. Guidicini." Possible ms. shelf-mark and initials.
Publisher:
Per gli heredi di Vittorio Benacci,
Subject (Name):
Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, d. 1649., Eredi del Benacci, printer., and Ferdinando--II,--Grand-Duke of Tuscany,--1610-1670.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800. and Tournaments, Medieval--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800.