[Il Perdono]

[Il Perdono]

Author: Gerardi, Filippo Maria

Year: 1846

20 pamphlets describing celebrations in various Italian cities on the occasion of Pius IX's pardon of political prisoners and exiles on July 16, 1846. [1]-[16] and [20] are excerpts from the Giornale romano la Pallade (nos. 17-32 and 40-41, anno primo). Included are verses and public inscriptions written for the various celebrations. A number of the pamphlets are wholly or in part by Filippo Maria Gerardi, and others are by Giuseppe Checchetelli. [1] reproduces the text of Pius's proclamation. [5] includes canzoni by Caterina Franceschi Ferrucci. Tipped in before [7] is a folded etching depicting a jubilant crowd before a triumphal arch inscribed to Pius IX. [16] repeats Gerardi's account of the festivities in Rome already given with additional matter in [1]. [19] consists entirely of a Canto on the subject of the pardon