THE DEDICATIONS MANUSCRIPTED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF CICCILLO MATARAZZO

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY CASE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA

Abstract

This work aims to identify, map and analyze the handwritten dedications, placed on copies of books, on the private library of the Italian-Brazilian industrial patron Francisco Antônio Paulo Matarazzo Sobrinho (Ciccillo Matarazzo), special collection that takes part of the Specials Collections Library from the University of Fortaleza. The research addresses the concepts of culture and material bibliography, marks of provenance and special collections; discusses the dedications in the book's history and its typologies; it seeks to map Ciccillo Matarazzo's sociability networks through handwritten dedications, identified in the patron's bibliographic collection; uses the bibliological analysis methodology that allows to report all the information provided from the book. From the analyzes, it was possible to understand Ciccillo's sociability relations with writers, artists, critics, and other important personalities in the history of Brazilian art, where different types of connections, such as, affective, conflicting, gratifying and professional ties, were shown. It was also possible to establish Ciccillo's magnitude in the artistic world of Brazil. This article contributes to foster studies on rare incipient books in Brazilian librarian literature.