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1. Add MS 8289

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Add MS 8289
Title:
A COLLECTION of miscellaneous tracts mostly relating to the history of the Church; circa 1602-1704. Italian, Latin and Greek. Partly printed. Table of contents (ff. 1-2). Stamp (f. i) 'biblioth / h.f. / J770', probably from the Biblioteca Falconieri. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. 'D.V.2' and 'LXXXI' in pencil on f. i. '290' in pencil at center of f. i. Purchased, together with Add. 8344, 8358, 8433, 8688, 8788, and possibly 8416, from R. ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Church of Rome: Miscellaneous tracts mostly rel. to the history of the Church: 17th-18th cent: Ital, Lat and Gr. Bookplates and Book-stamps: `BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770: Lat. Bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1602-1704
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8550

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Title:
RELATIONS BY VENETIAN AMBASSADORS and other papers relating to Savoy; 1573-1743. Italian and French. Copies. The MS. contains the relazioni of Savoy by the Venetian Ambassadors Francesco da Molin (art. 1, ff. 1-16), Francesco Barbaro (art. 2, ff. 17-51), Girolamo Lippomano (art. 3, ff. 52-81v), Francesco Priuli (art. 5, ff. 84-136v), and Marco Foscarini (art. 13, ff. 213-278v). It also includes a copy of an undated agreement between the King of Spain and the Swiss Cantons (art. 4, ff. 82-83)...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Duchy of Savoy: Kingdom of Sardinia: Relations by Venetian ambassadors and other papers rel. to: 1573-1743: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-16 Francesco da Molin, Venetian Ambassador; Doge of Venice 1646: Relazione of Savoy: [1574]: Ital: Copy. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1573-1743
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8591

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Relazioni and papers relating to Venice, Cyprus, and Spain; 2nd half of 16th cent.-early 18th cent. Italian. Copies. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xii (1906), pt. i, no. cvi, pp. 192-193, and listed in Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68b. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/19/B (front pastedown). '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together wit...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-76v Venice: Benedetto Moro, Venetian officer: Relazione of Venetian mainland by Benedetto Moro: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 77-102 Francis I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Relazione of Cypru...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8630

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FLORIO BUSTRON: Historia overo Commentarii de Cipro; 16th cent. Italian. Copy, late 18th cent. A chronicle of the island of Cyprus composed in the 16th cent. by Florio Bustron, a Cypriot counsellor to the Venetian governors of the island, who died in 1570 during the siege of Nicosia by the Turks. The chronicle gives a detailed account of the history of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its origins to 1489, when the island was peacefully consigned to the Republic of Venice by Caterina Corner, the Ve...
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Bindings: Quarter vellum with brown paper covers over pasteboards: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Cyprus: Chronicles: Florio Bustron, of Cyprus; chronicler: Chronicle of Cyprus to 1489 by Florio Bustron: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, late 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8631

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ANTONIO COLBERTALDI: Life of Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus; 1st half 16th cent. Italian and Latin. Copy, after 1733 (see art. e, ff. 126-128). Caterina Corner (1454-1510), daughter of the Venetian nobleman Marco Corner, was formally adopted by the Republic and married to James II the Bastard, King of Cyprus. Following King James's death she was forced by the Venetians to abdicate in favor of the Republic in 1489. This account of her life was written by Antonio Colbertaldi (1476-1553), a l...
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Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus: Life by A. Colbertaldi: mid 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, aft. 1733. Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum on pasteboards: aft. 1733. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bernardo di Antonio Nani: circa 1733-1761. Venice: Cyp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1733
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8632

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ASCANIO SAVORGNAN, Relazione of Cyprus; 1572. Italian. Copy, probably the presentation copy of the relazione sent to Baron Sfondrati by Francesco Marcaldi on 30 July 1572. The text is a full report of the military situation and the state of affairs of the island, inc. (f. 5) 'In altre è stato esposto in quai termini', expl. (f. 57v) 'si potria entrar'à imprese di gran' merito, et gloriose'. The report is preceded by a long title (f. 2) 'Discrittione delle cose di Cipro con le ragioni in favo...
Scope & Content:
Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Baron Sfondrati: Relazione of Cyprus by A. Savorgnan: circa 1570: Ital: Copy sent to Baron Sfondrati by F. Marcaldi in 1572. Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled red morocco on pasteboards: 1572: Ital. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8633

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RELAZIONI AND PAPERS RELATING TO CYPRUS, VENICE, AND SPAIN; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Imperfect. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xcviii, p. 186. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/19/B' (front pastedown). '361' in ink in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8629, 8630, 8331, and 8635, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 361 (part). 1. ff. 1-32v. 'Relatione della copiosa discretione d...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-32v Francis I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Relazione of Cyprus by A. Savorgnan: circa 1570: Ital: Copy sent to Francis I of Tuscany by F. Marcaldi. ff. 1-32v Military Tactics: Venice...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8634

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Title:
TRACTS, AND LETTER RELATIVE TO THE CLAIM OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY TO THE KINGDOM OF CYPRUS; circa 1633. Italian and Latin. The three tracts also relate to the rights of the Dukes of Savoy to the title of Royal Highness. A detailed list of contents at beginning (ff. 1-1v). Two old shelfmarks (blank bef. f. 1) 'tomo XXXIX' scratched out and substituted with 'Tomo 98.' A two-line title (blank following f. 1) also scratched out. Owned by Frederick North, 5thEarl of Guilford, but lacking his armoria...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum on pasteboards: circa 1633. Political Tracts: Cyprus: Tracts and letter rel. to the claim to the Kingdom of Cyprus by the House of Savoy: 1633: Ital. Dukes of Savoy: Tracts and letter rel. to their claim to the Kingdom of Cyprus: 1633: Ital. includes: ff. 2-251 Pietr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1633
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8635

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GASPARO GIANNOTTI: Parere sopra il Ristretto delle Revoluzioni del Reame di Cipro; 1633. Italian. Tract in form of review sent to Giulio Cesare Catelmi relating to one of the political tracts on the Claim over the Kingdom of Cyprus by the House of Savoy, published anonymously by Pietro Monod in 1633 (see 8634, art. 2, ff. 141-251, and 596.h.26). The tract is entitled (f. 2) 'Parere di Gasparo Giannotti scritto al Signor Giulio Cesare Catelmi, Sopra il Ristretto delle Revoluzioni del Reame di...
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Political Tracts: Cyprus: Dukes of Savoy: Tract on the claim over the Kingdom of Cyprus by the House of Savoy, by G. Giannotti: 1633: Ital. Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled vellum: 1633. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Gasparo Giannotti: Giulio Cesare Catelmi: Tract ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1633
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 14099

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Title:
A VOLUME containing copies of papers, in Italian, chiefly relating to the conquest of the Isle of Cyprus, by the Turks, in the year 1570; and also to France and Germany, viz. :- " Imputationi date al Sor. Gio. Andrea Doria, quando governò le xlix. galere del Re Catolico unite con quelle del Papa et Venetiani," f. 2;- Giustificatione del Sigr. G. A. Doria all' imputationi predette," ff. 10b., 22 -" Errori commessi nel difendere il regno di Cipro dal Turco, et raguaglio di tutto quel succe...
Scope & Content:
Cosmo de' Medici; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Parere sopra la Corte di Roma. Alessandro Sforza, Cardinale: Lettere: 1570. Sforza Palavicino: Papers relating to the war with the Turks: 1570. Giovanni Andrea Doria, of Genoa; General of the Spanish fleet: Imputationi a lui, quando governó le galere d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

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