Tipped in is a full-size sheet with engraving depicting the Festa della porchetta, signed Carlo Buffagnotti, dated 1707; this date also appears twice in ms. on the plate.
Alternative Title:
Porchetta festa annva popolare segvita in Bologna il giurno di San Bartolomeo
Description:
Dedication dated 24 agosto 1701, signed "Euangelista Manolessi"., Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in 1701., and Tipped in is a full-size sheet with engraving depicting the 'Festa della porchetta', signed Carlo Buffagnotti, dated 1707; this date also appears twice in ms. on the plate. The coat of arms on the plate for the "gonfaloniero di giustizia" does correspond to a description of the arms for Gregorio Casali, who held the position during the 1701 Porchetta festival.
Publisher:
Per il Manolessi stampatore arciuescouale, con licenza de'superiori,
Subject (Geographic):
Bologna (Italy)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Subject (Name):
Buffagnotti, Carlo Antonio, 1660-ca. 1715., Manolessi (Firm), printer., and Manolessi, Evangelista.