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1. Add MS 8380

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LIVES OF POPE INNOCENT XII AND CARDINALS DURING HIS PONTIFICATE; an account written by Count Orazio D'Elci; 1699-1701. Italian. Copy, engraved portrait (f. 1v). Main title of MS. (f. 2) 'Vita di Papa Innocenzo XII e de' signori cardinali viventi in quel ponteficato presentat'all'ill.mo et ecc.mo s.gre marchese Clemente Vitelli ambasciatore straordinario appresso detto Pontefice per Sua Altezza Reale il serenissimo Cosimo 3o Gran Duca di Toscana dal conte Orazio Delci nobile senese l'anno 169...
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Bindings: Full vellum: 18th cent. Innocent XII; Pope: Biography: Conte Orazio d' Elci, of Siena, Papal official: Church of Rome: Lives of Innocent XII and his cardinals by Orazio d'Elci: 1699: Ital: Copy. includes: f. 1v Innocent XII; Pope: Art. Portraits: Art. Engravings, etc: Lodovico David...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1699-1701
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8416

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ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES, JULIUS II TO PAUL III, PAUL IV, PIUS IV, URBAN VIII TO ALEXANDER VII, INNOCENT XI TO CLEMENT XI, WITH PAUL II AND SIXTUS IV, NOT BOUND IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL WORKS ON THE CONCLAVE; 1471-1700. Italian and Latin. Copies. Contemporary table of contents 'Tabula Contentorum in hoc libro' (ff. 1-1v). Stamp (f. iii) 'biblioth / H.F. / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armor...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboard: 18th cent. includes: ff. 11-13v Sixtus IV; Pope: Account of conclave: 1471: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 14-18v Paul II; Pope: Account of conclave: 1464: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 19-33 Clement VII; Pope: Account of c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8424

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION relating to the papacies of Alexander VIII and Innocent XII; 1605-1710. Italian and Latin. Copies and draft (ff. 375-375v). The MS. includes: - (a) political and satirical tracts (arts. 1-4, 10, 12-14, 24, 31) relating to the conclave after the death of Pope Alexander VIII (1689-1691), which ended with the election of Pope Innocent XII (1691-1700), 1691; - (b) letters and satirical epitaph (arts. 6, 9, 23) relating to the death of Alexander VIII, among which (art. 6)...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-125v, 154 Alexander VIII; Pope: Miscellaneous collection rel. to: 1689-1691: Ital. and Lat: Copies. ff. 53-54v Alexander VIII; Pope: John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1605-1710
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8524

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GIUSEPPE CAPITANIO DE MUZZI: Letter-Book; 1698-1702. Italian, French, and Latin. Partly autograph and printed. The volume, dated 1710 (f. 1), contains letters and relazioni by Giuseppe Capitanio de Muzzi (1651-1733), abbot and travel writer from Bergamo, relating to the years he spent in Rome as secretary to the Venetian ambassador Niccolò Erizzo. During this time he was appointed Abbot of St. Peter of Ossero (Osor, in Istria) by Clement XI. The letters are mostly addressed to Roman and Vene...
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Innocent XII; Pope: Clement XI; Pope: Giuseppe Capitanio de Muzzi, of Bergamo; abbot and travel writer: Letter-Book of Giuseppe Capitanio de Muzzi: 1698-1702: Ital., Fr., and Lat: Partly autogr. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/A): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1698-1702
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8561

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COLLECTIONS OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE HOUSE OF SAVOY; 1668-1743. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. The texts relate to political alliances, fiscal problems and diplomacy in the Duchy of Savoy during the Nine Years War and the Spanish War of Succession. Armorial bookplate of the 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/19/A (front pastedown). '520' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8545, 8551, and 8558, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 5...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Louis XIV of France: Papers rel. to the House of Savoy: 1668-1743: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papers rel. to controversies with the House of Savoy: 1691-1728: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly printed. Duch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1668-1743
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8783

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SOCIETY OF JESUS: Petition to Pope Innocent XII over the Chinese Rites Controversy; 1698. Latin. Copy. The text is related to a dispute that arose in the second half of the 17th century between the Jesuits and other missionaries regarding the observance of ancient Chinese Rites and the use of Chinese names for God (Tien and Shang Di) among the catholic converts of China; see The Chinese Rites Controversy. Its History and Meaning, ed. by D. E. Mungello (Nettetal, 1994). The petition contests ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 1698. Church of China: Liturgies CHURCH CHINESE: Petition of the Jesuits to Innocent XII rel. to: 1698: Lat: Copy. Innocent XII; Pope: Petition from the Jesuits rel. to the Church in China: 1698: Lat: Copy. Society of Jesus: Petition to Innocent II rel. to the C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1698
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 14416

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A MISCELLANEOUS collection of papers, chiefly copies, relating to State Affairs in the xviith century, viz. :- Extracts from Camden's History of the reign of Elizabeth, f. 1;-Petition from the Prince de Ligne to William III., with enclosures, asking his inter. cession for the restitution of lands of which he has been dispossessed in favor of the Prince d'Espinoy, Fr., f. 5;-Edict of Louis XIV. against the Reformed Religion, 1685, Fr., f. 17;-Agreement between William III. and the Duke of W...
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includes: f. 1 William Camden: Extracts from his history of the reign of Elizabeth. f. 5 William III and Mary II of England: Petition to the King from the Prince de Ligne. f. 5 Henry Ernest, Prince de Ligne: Petition to William Ill., respecting lands given to the Prince d'Espinoy.: Fr. f. 17 Lo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 20401

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VOL. I. 1. Letter of Pope Clement X. to Card. de Bouillon granting him indulgence to hold benefices in commendam; 30 May, 1670. Lat. f. 1. 2. "Relation de tout ce qui s'est passé durant la dernière maladie, et à la mort de defunct Messire François Estienne de Caulet, Eveque de Pamiers" [ob. Au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1670-1714
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 20790

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SPANISH Poems, and miscellaneous papers on literary subjects, in Spanish, French, and Italian, collected by Luis de Espinosa, Conde del Aquila, and Marques de Paradas, together with some original letters to him on the subject of his collections, from his agents and from book-dealers
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VOL. I. 1. Notice of the life and lineage of Don Juan Pedro Marujan Ceron y Santi-Estevan, of Seville [descended from an English family of the name of Morgan], preceded by a note of his burial in the church of San Andres at Seville, 13 Oct. 1770, and followed by his poems. Span. f. 109. 2. "El...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish
Date Range:
1757-1779
Extent:

2 volumes

10. Add MS 31244

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LETTERS and papers of James II., Mary of Modena, and James Edward Stuart; 1688-1711. 1. " Orbis Catholici festivissimus plausus ": an " elogium " on the birth of the Prince of Wales, by Fr. Paulus de Marianis a S. Flora, Augustinianus; 1688. f. 1. 2. James II. to Innocent XII.; St. Germain, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1688-1711
Extent:
1 item