Accession number
PML 199075
Published
In Bologna : Nelle stampe de' Peri, nelle Calzolarie, all' insegna dell' angelo custode, [1723]
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2024.
Notes
Signatures: A⁴.
Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in July and August, 1723. Full-size folded sheet tipped-in, with engraving featuring large display of battle reenactments, wrestling, jousting, and triumphal processions, with armorials across the top: Vittori, Legnani-Ferri, Orsi, Tanari, Sampieri (central armorial, under baldachin), Marsili-Rossi, Grassi, Gessi, and Banzi.
Dated 21. Augusti 1723 at end, follwed by "Imprimatur F. Petrus Antonius Bagioni vicarius generalis sancti officii Bononiae."
PML copy with engraving tipped-in after text. Several repairs along edges of engraving, including two patches along top with sections redrawn in pen.
Description of Bologna's annual Porchetta festival ("Festa della porchetta"), held in July and August, 1723. Full-size folded sheet tipped-in, with engraving featuring large display of battle reenactments, wrestling, jousting, and triumphal processions, with armorials across the top: Vittori, Legnani-Ferri, Orsi, Tanari, Sampieri (central armorial, under baldachin), Marsili-Rossi, Grassi, Gessi, and Banzi.
Dated 21. Augusti 1723 at end, follwed by "Imprimatur F. Petrus Antonius Bagioni vicarius generalis sancti officii Bononiae."
PML copy with engraving tipped-in after text. Several repairs along edges of engraving, including two patches along top with sections redrawn in pen.
Description
8 pages, [1] plate (folded) : illustrations (engraving) ; 22.5 cm (4to)
Provenance
Collezione Cremonini, Bologna; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, Jan. 2024.
Binding
20th-century Italian decorated paper over limp paper boards.
Classification
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Department