[POETRY]. [ITALY]. BARUFFALDI (Girolamo) (1675-1755). Delle Sbottonate. Libro unico di Girolamo Baruffaldi Ferrarese. MDCCXVI [followed by] Sonetti di Girolamo Baruffaldi sopra cinquanta massime di religiosa perfezione cavate dal libro delle Battaglie spirituali composto da Santa Catarina Vegri. 1714. In Italian, manuscript on paper . Italy, Ferrara, dated 1714-1716. 7 unnumbered ff. + 184 pp; 58 ff. autograph manuscript . Bound in waiting cardboard, smooth spine. Dimensions : 154 x 200 mmTwo apparently unpublished and autograph collections of poetry . This manuscript appears in the following sale: Catalogo della prima-[quarta] parte della biblioteca appartenuta al Sig. march. Costabili di Ferrara, composta di libri rari e preziosi in diverso genere: manoscritti, libri impressi in pergamena, quattrocentisti, Aldi, Elzeviri e opuscoli; la vendita avra luogo in Parigi il giovedi 18 febbraio 1858 e giorni seguenti..., Paris, 1858, no. 372: " Delle sbottonate...in carattere corsiva. Autografo". Girolamo Baruffaldi (born in Ferrara in 1675, died in Cento in 1755) was an Italian priest, poet, playwright and historian of the XVIII century. After embracing the ecclesiastical career, Girolamo Baruffaldi studied archaeology and history, and devoted himself mainly to poetry. He was a professor of belles-lettres and vicar-general in Ferrara, and set up a small academy in his home under the title of the "Vigna". He also worked as an archivist as apostolic prothonotary (he was accused of forgery, having circulated falsified archives) before becoming dean of Pieve di Cento under the protection of Cardinal Lambertini (future Pope Benedict XIV).