Baruffaldi - Baccanali - Tabaccheide - 1758

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SECOND EXPANDED AND CORRECTED EDITION – THREE VOLUMES WITH THE *TABACCHIDE* AND RICH ENGRAVED APPARATUS
Important posthumous edition of the *Baccanali* by Girolamo Baruffaldi, published in Bologna in 1758 at Lelio dalla Volpe’s Printing Works. The collection brings together the playful and satirical dithyrambs of the Ferrarese scholar and includes, in the third volume, *La Tabaccheide*, his most famous composition. The three volumes preserve the contemporaneous rustic bindings, with handwritten titles on the spines. Illustrated frontispieces, vignettes, drop caps and tailpieces engraved accompany the text; in the first volume there is a full-page copper-engraved frontispiece by Andrea Bolzoni. The work offers a lively portrait of the entertainments, fashions, and manners of the eighteenth century.

WHY TO BUY
SECOND EXPANDED AND CORRECTED EDITION – Bologna edition of 1758 that definitively gathers the *Baccanali* of Baruffaldi.
WORK IN THREE VOLUMES – The copy includes all three tomes, including the one dedicated to the *Tabaccheide*.
EXCEEDINGLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION – Copper-engraved frontispiece in the first volume, frontispieces with vignettes and numerous engravings placed at the beginning and end of the pieces.
RUSTIC CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS – 18th‑century blind-stamped boards with handwritten titles on the spines, preserved in all three volumes.

DESCRIPTION
The *Baccanali* belong to Baruffaldi’s best-known production. Through the dithyramb, the author transforms parties, games, foods, fashions, and scenes of daily life into playful poetic material, often threaded with satirical observations. The first two volumes collect the pieces accompanied by topics and figurative engravings; the third is dedicated to the *Tabaccheide* and its annotations. In the poem, the praise of nasal tobacco becomes the pretext for a satire of manners. The engraved apparatus enhances the edition: the vignettes illustrate the themes of the individual texts, while the frontispiece of the first tome presents the author’s portrait in a medallion.

MARKET VALUE
Indicative market value: €550–700. The estimate accounts for the presence of the three volumes, the illustrated apparatus, and the contemporaneous bindings, taking into account woodworm traces and slight loosening of the bindings. This is a guide value for this specimen, not a confirmed selling price. For comparison, a more elaborately bound eighteenth-century copy is offered on the antiquarian market at €1,400; a previous auction estimate of €400–500 concerned a lot including the *Baccanali* and other works. [Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco](https://www.zvab.com/Baccanali-Volume-terzo-Seconda-edizione-ampliata/31878826407/bd); [Cambi Casa d’Aste](https://www.cambiaste.com/uploads/auctions/cambi%20libri%20121%201111%20eb.pdf).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION
Three volumes in 8°, height indicated 21.5 cm. Contemporary rustic blind-stamped bindings, with handwritten titles on the spines. Text laid out in a single column, with illustrated frontispieces, vignettes, drop caps and tailpieces engraved; full-page copper-engraved frontispiece in the first volume. Imprimatur present. Some woodworm traces affect the inner margins of the first and last leaves of the three volumes. Bindings slightly loosened. Overall, a good specimen for its age and type. In old books with a centuries-long history, a few imperfections may be present that are not always noted in the description. This listing contains AI Visualizations. The images are an integral part of the description.

COLLATION
Volume I: XVI, 272 pages.
Volume II: (8), 291 pages.
Volume III: (8), 289 pages.
Total pages: 884.

FULL TITLE AND AUTHOR
*Volume primo [-terzo] de’ Baccanali di Girolamo Baruffaldi. Seconda edizione ampliata, e corretta.*
In Bologna, nella Stamperia di Lelio dalla Volpe, 1758.
Author: Girolamo Baruffaldi.

CONTEXT AND SIGNIFICANCE
The playful dithyramb allowed eighteenth-century poets to tell, with libertine tone, the pleasures, customs, and contradictions of social life. In the *Baccanali*, Baruffaldi applies this form to a wide range of subjects, from feasts to banquets, from games to fashions. The collection is therefore also interesting as a testimony to the material culture and manners of the XVIII century. *La Tabaccheide*, with its seemingly light theme, particularly shows the author’s ability to shift from playful praise to satirical observation. [Treccani, *Enciclopedia Italiana*](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-senior-baruffaldi_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/).

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Girolamo Baruffaldi was born in Ferrara in 1675 and died in Cento in 1755. A priest and scholar, he cultivated local erudition and playful poetry. Among his historical works are the *Dissertatio de poëtis Ferrariensibus* and the *Vite de’ pittori e scultori ferraresi*, an important source for the history of Ferrara art. He also wrote the playful poem *Il grillo*, the comedy *Il poeta* and the didactic poem *Il canapajo*. His literary fame remains primarily linked to the *Baccanali* and the *Tabaccheide*. [Treccani, biographical profile](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/baruffaldi-girolamo-senior/).

PRINTING HISTORY AND CIRCULATION
Baruffaldi published several *Baccanali* separately during his lifetime. The Bologna edition of 1758, published after his death, gathered them in three volumes in the expanded and corrected version; the third tome includes the *Tabaccheide* with increased annotations. The richness of the titles and the tailpieces engraved testifies to the care given to the typography of the work. A group of sixteen titles from the edition is preserved and described by the Fondazione Carisbo; the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogs a three-volume copy of the work. [Fondazione Carisbo – Testatine dei *Baccanali*](https://digital.fondazionecarisbo.it/artwork/sedici-testatine-dai-tre-volumi-di-girolamo-baruffaldi-de-baccanali-editi-a-bologna-nel-1758-da-lelio-dalla-volpe): documentation of the edition’s engravings.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art – *De Baccanali*](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/704404): cataloging of the three-volume Bologna edition.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES
[Treccani – *Baruffaldi, Girolamo, senior*](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/baruffaldi-girolamo-senior/): biography and works of the author.

[Treccani – *Enciclopedia Italiana*](https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-senior-baruffaldi_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/): history of the *Baccanali* and note on the posthumous 1758 edition.

[Gonnelli Casa d’Aste – *Volume primo (-terzo) de’ Baccanali*](https://www.gonnelli.it/uk/auction-0026/baruffaldi-girolamo-volume-primo-terzo-de-.asp): collation and description of the engraved apparatus.

[Fondazione Carisbo – Testatine dei *Baccanali*](https://digital.fondazionecarisbo.it/artwork/sedici-testatine-dai-tre-volumi-di-girolamo-baruffaldi-de-baccanali-editi-a-bologna-nel-1758-da-lelio-dalla-volpe): documentation of the edition’s engravings.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art – *De Baccanali*](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/704404): cataloging of the Bologna edition in three volumes.