1. Add MS 8670
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8670
- Title:
- RELAZIONI OF NAPLES AND TENEDOS, a Letter by Francis I of Modena, and the Will of the town of Valenza; 1656. Italian. Copies. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Relatione della Peste di Napoli fatta li 10 Giugno 1656'. This title is followed by three titles added by a later hand relating to arts. 2-4. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '59' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8663, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Limp vellum: aft. 1656. includes: ff. 1-27v Plague, The, and Pestilences: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Relazione of Naples conc. the plague: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 28-35 Venice: Island of Bozca Ada, Turkey: Relazione of Tenedos: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 36-39 Valenza, Lombard...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1656
- Extent:
- 1 item