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1. Add Ch 55463

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APPOINTMENT by Louis XV. of Michel Martin to be Registrar of Taxes in the parish of Mur; 23 May, 1725. Taken from a binding of one of the Windham MSS.
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Mur, France: Appointment of Registrar of Taxes in: 1725. Michel Martin: Appointment of, as Registrar of Taxes in Mur in France: 1725. Louis XV of France: Appointment by: 1725.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1725
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1 item

2. Add MS 4193

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STATE PAPERS RELATING TO EUROPEAN AFFAIRS as affected in many cases by the Quadruple Alliance in 1718, with a few earlier documents; 1653-1730. The principal contents are as follows:- (1) Drafts, etc., of a treaty between George I as 'Electeur de Brunswick' and Frederick William, King of Prussi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1653-1730
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4449

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Vol. I (ff. 184). (1) An Act for the Purchase of the Museum, or Collection of Sir Hans Sloane, and of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts; ... and of the Cottonian Library, and of the additions thereto; 1754. Printed; with MS. notes and list of the first fifteen Trustees by Birch. ff. 1-68b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1749-1760
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4478 B

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BIRCH MISCELLANEA. Miscellaneous papers, mainly copies of letters and other writings (in Birch's autograph with the exception of artt. 1-3, and 12), viz.:- (1) A preface in defence of Moses being the first to use alphabetical characters in writing; in a very shaky hand, attributed in the tabl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

5. Add MS 8341

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, treatises and other historical papers relating to Rome and its territories, Venice, Spain, France, Savoy, Geneva and Colombia; circa 1558-1724. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The volume was possibly compiled around 1722 during the papacy of Innocent XIII (1721-1724). With several contemporary corrections and additions throughout. Old shelfmark in ink 'XLIX' in lower spine: possibly identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 49 in Guilford's catalogue Add. ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. France General: Spain, General: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papers rel. to: circa 1558-1724: Ital. and Lat.: Copies and drafts. includes: ff. 51-71v Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1558-1724
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8358

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, France, and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza; circa 1675-1752. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The MS. includes: - (a) relazione and letter (arts. 1, 3) relating to the clergy in Italy and France, 1751-1754; - (b) protest (art. 2) addressed to Pope Clement XII and relating to the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, followed by the papal reply, 1732; - (c) drafts (arts. 4-5) of Italian translations of the memoirs of Maria and Horte...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-33 Orders Religious. Franciscans: Guidone, Franciscan Friar: Zaccaria, Jesuit: Tract to Frate Zaccaria Gesuita from Frate Guidone Zoccolante: 1751: Ital: Copy. ff. 35-36 Clement XII; Pope: Monsignor Jacopo Fiscale, of Rome: Protest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1675-1752
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8756

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ANTONIO JOSÉ DEL GIUDICE Y PADACODA: Memoirs of France as Ambassador of Philip V of Spain; 1719-1733. Italian. Copy. Antonio Josè del Giudice y Padacoda, Duke of Giovinazzo and Prince of Cellamare, was the Spanish Ambassador at Paris in 1715-1718. In December 1718 he was forced to leave France because he was found to be involved in a conspiracy to replace the Regent Philip Duke of Orleans with Louis-Auguste, Duc de Maine and natural son of Louis XIV. The intrigue had been encouraged by Cardi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Louis XV of France: Biography: Philip V of Spain: Antonio José Del Giudice y Padacoda, Duke of Giovinazzo; Prince of Cellamare; Spanish Ambassador to France: Memoirs of France by Antonio José Del Giudice y Padacoda: 1719-1733: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1719-1733
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8757

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ACCOUNTS OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN FRANCE; 1745-1750. French. Copy. Detailed financial accounts of trade, commerce and industry in various towns and provinces of France for the year 1746, with a supplement for 1745-1750. Possibly compiled by one of the inspecteurs generaux of French industries under the director of commerce Antoine-Louis de Rouillé, Comte de Jouy, and the controller general of finances Jean-Baptiste de Machault, Comte d'Arnouville (1745-1754). Title (ff. 2-3) 'Situa...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 2nd half 18th cent. Trade and Commerce: Accounts: Louis XV of France: Accounts of trade and commerce in France: 1746-1750: Fr: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1745-1750
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8758

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RELATION OF FRANCE; circa 1718. French. Copy. A detailed relation of the court and provinces of France, providing names and appointments of contemporary officers and members of the royal family (ff. 94-101v). Philip Duke of Orleans is Regent of France (ff. 97, 98v-99), Louis Auguste Duc de Maine, natural son of Louis XIV, is the superintendent to the education of Louis XV (ff. 96v-97), Cardinal Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, is Grand Aumônier of the King (f. 12v). The list of Marshals of...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Louis XV of France: Relation of France: circa 1718: Fr: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1718
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8759

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REPORTS ON THE FINANCES OF FRANCE, with a list of its Naval Forces; 1741-1742, 1744, 1749. French. Copy. Detailed accounts of royal revenues and expenses in France for the years 1741-1743 at the time of the contrôleur général de Finances Philibert Orry (1730-1745). Preceded by a list of French Naval Forces in 1723-1749 under the minister of Marine Jean Frédéric Phelippeaux, Comte de Maurepas. Stamp of the Colonna library 'Libraria Colonna' in red on ff. ii, 2, 162, iv verso; for the Colonna ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: late 18th cent. Revenue: Accounts: Louis XV of France: Financial reports of France: 1741-1742, 1744: Fr: Copies. includes: ff. 1-4v General Chronicles and History, etc. Navy of France: Louis XV of Fran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1741-1749
Extent:
1 item