Tagliazucchi - Prose - 1741

PROSE CIVILI E CONTI DOMESTICI : IL SETTECENTO TORINESE TRA ACCADEMIA E SALOTTI
The Prose Collection by Girolamo Tagliazucchi, printed in Turin in 1741 by Nova Stamperia Regia, belongs to the eighteenth-century poetic production of academic and civil scope, aimed at an educated audience but not exclusively scholarly. The copy described here shows numerous signs of use and later interventions, which compromise its bibliographic integrity but strengthen its documentary dimension. Diffuse flourishings, binding gaps, and handwritten practical annotations render the image of a lived book, used and adapted over time.
MARKET VALUE
The Prose Collection by Girolamo Tagliazucchi belongs to Italian poetry of the early eighteenth century with academic and local scope, a sector generally valued modestly on the antiquarian market. Even in good condition, works of this type do not reach high asking prices, due to the author’s limited prominence and the anthology nature of the content.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION
Contemporary parchment binding restored with signs of wear. Decorated initials, headpieces, tailpieces, and woodcut borders. Foxing and halos affect several pages. First gathering incomplete; the quire a6 is glued to the following quire. Presence of contemporary handwritten accounting entries on the verso of the front paste-down. In ancient books with a multihundred-year history, some imperfections may be present, not always noted in the description. Pp. (4); 24; 2; 668; (2).

FULL TITLE AND AUTHOR
Raccolta di Prose.
Torino, Nella Nova Stamperia Regia, 1741.
Girolamo Tagliazucchi.

CONTEXT
The Prose Collection by Tagliazucchi reflects the poetic taste of early eighteenth-century Italian poetry, still tied to late Baroque and academic models, but already oriented toward greater formal clarity. The printing at Nova Stamperia Regia places the work in an institutional context, plausibly intended for local or regional circulation. The handwritten accounting annotations suggest a reuse of the volume as a practical object, perhaps domestic, that goes beyond the mere literary function and testifies to a second material life.

BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Girolamo Tagliazucchi was an Italian poet active in the first half of the eighteenth century. Biographical notices are scant and fragmentary; his production is tied to local and academic poetic collections, today of mainly historical and documentary interest.

PRINTING HISTORY
Edition printed in Turin in 1741 by Nova Stamperia Regia. There are no wide-diffusion reissues currently known. Circulation appears limited, probably regional, as suggested by relative rarity on the market and the edition type. The copy shows evident signs of prolonged use and later interventions.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
To be completed: ICCU/OPAC SBN; institutional catalogs (BnF, WorldCat); bibliographies on eighteenth-century Turin typography; studies on early eighteenth-century Italian poetry.