Redi, Francesco (1626-1697)
- Redi, Francesco, 1626-1697
- Date:
- c. 1795
- Reference:
- MS.4176
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Bacco in Toscana. Ditirambo di Francesco Redi, Academico della Crusca.
On the leaf before the t.p. 'Copia dell'edizione di Giacomo Raillard. In Napoli 1687. 12mo'. Of this poem Tiraboschi in 'Storia della letteratura Italiana' (Vol. VIII, Part 2, p. 468), remarks 'Le poesi del Redi son per grazia e per eleganza vaghissime, ma sopra ogni cosa e stimato il suo "Bacco in Toscana", ditirambo a cui non si era ancora veduto l'uguale, e forse non si è poscia ancora veduto'.
Publication/Creation
c. 1795
Physical description
1 volume 38 ll. + 30 bl. ll. 4to. 24 × 191/2 cm. Original vellum binding. Written on rectos only, in a neat copper-plate hand. The paper is water-marked 'I. Taylor 1794'.
Contributors
Acquisition note
Purchased 1899.
Related material
At Wellcome Collection:
A copy of a note by Redi is held as MS.8055/1, and a poem on his death forms part of MS.2329.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Location Status Access Closed stores
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Accession number
- 6620