The text describes the decorations at the banquet that Senator Francesco Ratta gave in his palace in Bologna, and includes a list of invited guests On p. [6] the text mentions that the sugar sculptures were executed by Giovanni Battista Zaccarini, the other decorations by Sebastiano Sarti, under the supervision of Gioseffo Mazza Illustrations: [1] large folded engraved frontispiece (impression 40 x 55 cm.) depicting the great hall of Palazzo già Vizzani, giving prominence to the temporary decoration and apparati, that include sugar trophies. The plate is signed: Marc-ant.o Chiarini dissegnò, Giacomo Giouanini Intagliò, and has a caption in the lower margin: Apparato del Conuito fatto dall'Ill.mo Sig Senat.e Francesco Ratta all' Ill.mo Publico, Eccelsi Signori Anziani, & altra Nobilità in numero di 64 nella Sala del palazzo già Vizzani, terminando il Confalonierato del primo Bimestre dell'Anno MDCXCIII. [2] engraved plate depicting a table decorated with a display of drinking-vessels and plates, signed: Giacomo Giouanini intagliò, Marc-ant.o Chiarini dis.o. [3]-[5] three engraved plates depicting sugar sculptures, one of them signed: Gio. Batta Zacarini inuen Binding: heavy blue paper wrappers. Title in ink on p. [1] of cover: Convito Ratta - Bologna 1693