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1. Add MS 4125

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ANTHONY BACON PAPERS Collection of letters and papers on state affairs, chiefly originals, from the papers of Anthony Bacon and addressed to him, used by Birch in his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, 2 vols., 1754, and his Historical View of the Negotiations between England, France and B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1657
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8263

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MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS on European and Italian history; circa 1577-1677. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Relates mostly to the rights of the Church to Italian states such as Ferrara, Modena, Comacchio, the investiture and the rights of the Boschetti family to the lands of S. Cesario on Panaro (Modena), their dispute with the Monastery of S. Pietro in Modena, and claims of France to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Including 17th-cent. transcripts (arts. 7-13) of charters and papal ...
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Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Miscellany, mostly rel. to the rights of the Holy See to Italian territories: circa 1577-1677: Ital., Lat., and Span: Partly printed. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 31, 277v, 475v, 560v Bookplates and Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1577-1677
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8305

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Switzerland, Rome, Florence, the Valtelline, Spain, France, the Council of Trent, Venice, Padua, and some moral and religious issues; circa 1562-1621. Italian. Copies. Including (art. 7, ff. 75-85) an anonymous commentary on the first book of the Historiae by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. LI' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '495.' in ink in ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political Tracts: Political and historical tracts: circa 1563-1621: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-5 Switzerland: Relazione of: circa 1562-1564: Ital: Copy. ff. 6-10 Pius V; Pope: Discourse rel. to papal authority: circa 1569: Ital: Copy. ff. 11-2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1562-1621
Extent:
1 item

4. 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

5. Add MS 8354

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RELAZIONI AND HISTORICAL TREATISES relating to France, Savoy, Tuscany, Venice, Milan, Spain, Valtelline, Naples, Parma and Piacenza; circa 1546-1670. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (ff. i and i verso), added later. Old shelfmark in ink '14[2]' in fifth spine compartment: possibly identifiable with Mattei MS. 142 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 31. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pasted...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-86v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at Constantinople: Francis I of France: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of France by Marino Cavalli: [1546]: Ital: Copy. ff. 87-131 Giovanni Correr, Venetian ambassad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1546-1670
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8682

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CHRONICLE OF SPAIN; circa 1741. Italian. Copy, imperfect. An abridged history of Spain from antiquity to 1741 (f. 65v). Inc. (f. 1) 'Capo I / Di qualche antica Monarchia, e particolarmente dell'Imperio de Romani, del suo smembramento e quali nuovi stati sian si quindi formati / Egli è agevole a concepire, che le Monarchie', expl. (f. 70) 'la Francia, che ha forze sufficienti per farle gran male'. With marginal notabilia throughout. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/B): bef. 1828. Spain, General: Chronicles: Chronicle of Spain to 1741: circa 1741: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1741
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8686

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RELAZIONI TO THE VENETIAN SENATE; 16th cent. Italian. Copies. Three relazioni to the Venetian Senate from Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Oratore or Extraordinary Ambassador to Philip of Burgundy, Andrea Querini, possibly one of the Stimadori or appraisers of the Venetian Arsenal, and Nicolò Soranzo, Provveditore generale d'armata or commissioner of the fleet. Table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased fr...
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Venice: Relazioni to the Venetian Senate: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-32v Portugal General: Spain, General: Venice: Vincenzo Querini, Venetian Ambassador: Philip, Archduke of Austria; son of Maximilian I: Relazione of Spain and Portugal by Vincenzo Querini: [1506]: Ital: Copy. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8687

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RELAZIONE OF SPAIN; Ragionamento fatto da Filippo II a Filippo III; La monarchia di Spagna crescente e calante; late 16th-mid 17th cent. Italian. Copies. A collection of texts relating to the reign of Philip II of Spain (1556-1598). Table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '254' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8685, 8689, 8691, 8700, 8703, 8705, and 8708, from R...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Spain, General: Venice: Relazione and two Tracts rel. to Spain: late 16th-mid 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-23 Philip II of Spain: Venice: Relazione of Spain: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 24-65 Philip II of Spain: Philip III of Spa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 15717

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A COLLECTION 0F MAPS and plans of places chiefly in the dominions of Spain in Europe and America, viz. Cartagena (in Spain);-Bay of Cadiz;-S. W. coast of Spain and Portugal;-Lisbon;-Corcubion; -Ferrol and Coruña;--Camarinas;-Santander;-Cadiz;-Malaga; -Barcelona;-Genoa;-Oran;-Palma;-Yviça;-San Juana de Puerto Ryco;-Headlands on the W. I. islands;-Santiago de Cuba; -the Havannah;-Bay of Campeche;-Mouths of the Mississippi; -Bay of Owa, in Hispaniola;-Vera Cruz;-Cartagena;-Santa Cathalina, in B...
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Corcubion, Spain: Map of. Algiers, Africa: Charts of. City of Lisbon: Map. West Inches: Headlands on W. I. Islands. Havana, Cuba: Map of. Republic of Genoa: Map. Malaga, Spain: Maps of. Corunna, Spain: Map of. Maps: Maps and plans of places in the dominions of Spain in Europe and America...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 16176

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A VOLUME, containing copies of letters, in Spanish, many of which were written by members of the Royal family and nobility of Spain, during the xvith century ; with extracts from printed works, memoranda, etc., in Spanish ; collected, apparently, as precedents of form, by Francisco de Herinosilla, " Presbytero beneficiado en la iglesia de St. Cosmeo y St. Damian de la ciudad de Burgos, y secretario de Don Pedro de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Abbad de St. Isidro de Leon." The contents are :- " Tabl...
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Francisco de Hermosilla: Collection of letters, etc. as precedents of form. includes: f. 4 Calendars: Tabla de las fiestas movibles: 1591 -1698. f. 7 Francisco de Zuñiga y Avellaneda, Conde de Miranda: Arms. f. 8 Cyphers: Key to a cypher. f. 14 Castile, Spain: Tables of weights and measures. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

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