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First Edition. in contemporary red patterned wrappers, a little worn at extremities, slightly chipped at the head of spine. 4to (225 x 182 mm), pp. 20, armorial device on title and headpiece above text, lightly browned throughout with some creasing and occasional stains, small wormhole at the outer edge of the margin of the title-page, A scarce record of a festival of performance and academic achievement by the students of the Collegio Ducale in Correggio in Emilia, held over three days in September 1787. Like a glorified, and much extended parents? day, this represents the public expression of progress made by students in a wide curriculum. Music and Oratory are two leading components of the entertainment, with the academic offerings interspersed with musical performances. All the students involved are named, as are the teachers, and are listed according to their chosen subjects. These reveal a wide curriculum, with Greek, Latin, Italian, philosophy, pure mathematics, geography, history, military architecture, heraldry, antiquarianism, rhetoric and grammar all taught by the resident priests of the college. Lay teachers were brought in to instruct the pupils in design, civil architecture, keyboards, flute, cello, violin, dancing, French, writing and arithmetic. The academic performances involve student discourses on a number of subjects, such as heraldry, Roman History, the Old Testament and the nature of chronology as well as extemporised votes of thanks in verse. The musical offerings include solos and chamber music, including one piece set for two keyboards, four violins and a flute, presumably reflecting the skills of the students then present. The Collegio Ducale had been run by the Piarists since 1783 and continued under private management, in different forms, until 1888, when it became state-run. It still exists today as the Convitto nazionale Rinaldo Corso. Not in OCLC; SBN records a single copy at the Bibioteca Arturo Loria at Carpi.…