Translations
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Polentina — street vendor of polenta — Zompini — Arti #37
“Polentina” (street vendor of polenta) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Sponze, Naranze , ec. — Sponges, brooms and citrus fruit sellers — Zompini — Arti #45
“Sponze, Naranze , ec.” (Sponges, brooms and citrus fruit sellers) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Contadin con Polame — farmer selling poultry — Zompini — Arti #47
“Contadin con Polame” (farmer selling poultry) from “Arti che vanno per via” (1785) by Gaetano Zompini, translated by René Seindal.
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Memoria (translation) — Gaetano Zompini
The commemorative preface to the 1785 edition of “Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia” by Gaetano Zompini.
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Memoria (original) — Gaetano Zompini
The commemorative preface to the 1785 edition of “Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia” by Gaetano Zompini.
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Gaetano Zompini and the trades of Venice
The “Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia”, by Gaetano Zompini, is a fantastic source for how people appeared on the streets of Venice in the mid-1700s.
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Comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
Notes and comments on the “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia”
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A catalogue of Venetian prostitutes
The “Catalogo di tutte le principal et più honorate Cortigiane di Venetia” is a list of some 212 prostitutes, where they lived, and their prices.
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Catalogue of all the principal and most honoured Courtesans of Venice
THIS IS THE CATALOGUE of all the principal and most honoured Courtesans of Venice …
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An earl, a girl and a gondola
On March 18, 1618, the Collegio received Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), the ambassador of the King of Great Britain to the Republic of Venice, who had a rather odd request.