Illustrations: [1] large folded engraved frontispiece depicting the great hall of Palazzo gia Vizzani, giving prominence to the temporary decoration and apparati, that included sugar trophies. The plate is signed: Marc:ant.o Chiarini dissegno, Giacomo Gio
Alternative Title:
Disegni del convito fatto dall'illustrissimo signor senatore Francesco Ratta all'illustrissimo publico, eccelsi signori anziani, & altra nobilita, terminando il svo confalonierato li 28. febraro 1693
Description:
"Con licenza de' superiori.", Illustrations: [1] large folded engraved frontispiece depicting the great hall of Palazzo già Vizzani, giving prominence to the temporary decoration and apparati, that included sugar trophies. The plate is signed: Marc:ant.o Chiarini dissegnò, Giacomo Giouanini Intagliò, and has a caption in the lower margin: "Apparato del Conuito fatto dall'Ill.mo Sig Senat.e Francesco Ratta all' Ill.mo Publico, Eccelsi Signori Anziani, & altra Nobilità in numero di 64 nella Sala del palazzo già Vizzani, terminando il Confalonierato del primo Bimestre dell'Anno MDCXCIII." [2] engraved plate depicting a table decorated with a display of drinking-vessels and plates, signed: Giacomo Giouanini intagliò, Marc:ant.o Chiarini dis.o. [3]-[5] three engraved plates depicting sugar sculptures, one of them signed: Gio. Batta Zacarini inuen. [6] engraved plate of hallway with caption: "Loggia, che introduce all'apparato della sala," signed Marc:ant.o Chiarini dissegnò, Giacomo Giouanini Intaglio., On p. [6] it is noted that the sugar sculptures were executed by Giovanni Battista Zaccarini, the other decorations by Sebastiano Sarti, under the supervision of Gioseffo Mazza., Pages [3]-[4] excessively trimmed at bottom, with partial loss of catchwords., and The text describes the decorations at the banquet that senator Francesco Ratta gave in his palace in Bologna, and includes a list of invited guests.
Publisher:
Per li Peri, all'angelo custode,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Chiarini, Marcantonio, 1652-1730., Giovannini, Giacomo-Maria, 1667-1717., Mazza, Giuseppe, 1653-1741., Peri (Firm), printer., Ratta, Francesco., Sarti, Sebastiano, d. ca. 1740., and Zaccarini, Giovanni Battista.
Subject (Topic):
Dinners and dining--Italy--Bologna--Early works to 1800.