Prove Legali Sull' Avvelenamento Della Celebre Pittrice Bolognese Elisabetta Sirani Emergenti dal Relativo Processo - Discorso Dell'Avv. Andrea Bianchini Presentato All'Antico Foro Criminale Di Bologna Fin Qui Sconosciuto Perchè Mancante In Quegli Atti
In Causa Veneficii Commissi In Personam Olim Dominæ Elisabeth Siranæ
Imprint
Bologna: Tipografia Guidi All'Ancora, 1854.
Physical Description
28, [2] p, [1] pl.: illus. (ports.); 226 mm.
General Note
The first two leaves, carrying three illustrations (portraits), are counted as four pages.
Contents
[Ports., t.p., dedic.] - Alcune Parole A Chi Vorrà Leggere [by l'Editore] - In Causa Veneficij Commissi In Personam Olim Dominæ Elisabeth Siranæ [by Andreas Blanchinus] - Indicazione Bibliografica Degli Scritti Stampati Riguardanti La Pittrice Sirani - [Plate] - Imprimatur.
Responsibility Note
The plate and illustrations are unsigned.
The work is dedicated by the printer/publisher, Ulisse Guidi, to Nicolò De-Scarani.
The main part of the book is a reprint of an address by Andrea Bianchini 'In Causa Veneficii Commissi In Personam Olim Dominae Elisabeth Siranae', first published 'Bononiae, Typis Iacobi Montij. 1666', and printed here in Latin, with a parallel Italian translation. When Sirani died at the early age of 27 after suffering acute stomach-pains, poisoning was suspected. A maidservant was tried and acquitted.
The plate shows Elisabetta Sirani seated and painting, within an elaborate tabernacle. The illustrations are chiefly portraits.
Binding Note
19th-century green cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Bianchi E. Sirani Bologna - 1854' and 'R.A.'