Al Molt Ittre. Sig. Vespesiano Grimaldi. mio Sigr. Ossermo: Havendo io inventate, et designate, à beneficio di tutti, queste virtù, et Arti essercitate in Bologna benche sia cosa di poco valore, So giudicato però di dedicarle à V.S. come a persona, che forse non le sdegnera, mentre con la fatica, io le offerisco la mia divozione Divotisso: Servitore Gio: Maria Tamburini

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/4365

Variant Title

Virrtù, et Arti essercitate in Bologna
Arti essercitate in Bologna
Mestieri ed Arti Di Bologna

Imprint

[Bologna?:]: Vettor. Romagni Fa SS. Felipo e Giac:: [ca. 1644?]

Physical Description

20 pl. (incl. engr. dedic.); 226×320 mm.

General Note

The plates carry plate-numbers; but in the Royal Academy's copy they are not bound in in numeric order.

Contents

[Dedic. = pl.1] - [Plates 2-20].

Responsibility Note

All plates except the dedication-plate are signed as designed by Gio. Maria Tamburini (or 'G.M.T.' or similar). All but one are signed as made by Francesco Curti. The dedication plate also carries the imprint (?), 'Vettor. Romagni Fa SS. Felipo e Giac:'.

References

A. Molinari Pradelli, Gli antichi mestieri di Bologna nelle incisione di A. Carracci, G.M. Mitelli e G.M. Tamburini (1984). A general survey was D. Millar, Street criers and itinerant tradesmen in European prints (1970).

Summary Note

There is no title-plate, and the dedication-plate provides no publication-date or title (unless 'virtù, et Arti essercitate in Bologna' be taken as such). The work is thought to have been published about 1644.

The plates show artisans and street-criers of Bologna.

Provenance

The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'about 1640? C.E.W.'

Copy Note

The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'Tamburini (G.M.) Mestieri ed arti di Bologna (senza nota)'.

Binding Note

18th-century white vellum; spine inscribed in ink [now illegible].

Name as Subject

Gio. Maria Tamburini

Subject

Street vendors - Cries - Peddlers and peddling - Craftsmen - Occupations - Costumes - Dress - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - History - 17th century
Drawings - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - 17th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century

Contributors

Gio. Maria Tamburini, draughtsman
Francesco Curti, engraver
Vespasiano Grimaldi, dedicatee

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