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1. Add MS 8254

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; late 17th cent. French and Latin. Universal history from Creation to the late 17th cent., inc. ‘L’histoire est une narration veritable et iuditieuse’, expl. (f. 123v) ‘3o Eleonore Marie de Neubourg née [date cancelled and illegible]’. The text covers biblical history (ff. 1-7v), ancient history from the Chaldaeans, Assyrians and Babylonians to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (ff. 8-83), the Eastern Empire, 5th cent. to 1453 (ff. 83v-105v), the Ottoman Empire, 1453-166...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Brown calf with gold tooling and blind-tooling: 18th cent. Chronicles: Universal history: late 17th cent: Fr. and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8325

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, Sweden, Tunisia, Alsace, Venice, Spain, and Monaco; circa 1641-1671. Italian, French and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 7) the account of the trial of the Milanese doctor and alchemist Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695) written by the Italian historian Gregorio Leti (1630-1701), published as Sommario del Processo di Gioseppe Francesco Borri Milanese condannato e sentetiato dal Tribunale del S. Officio per Eretico... pub...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-19v Christina of Sweden: Giovanni Rinaldo Monaldeschi, Esquire of Queen Christina of Sweden: Relazione and treatise rel. to the murder of G. R. Monaldeschi by order of Qu. Christina of Sweden: circa 1657: Ital: Copies. ff. 20-34 Ah...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1641-1671
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8336

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political and satirical papers relating to Germany, Turkey, the Papal Court, Poland, France, Spain, and Venice; 1654-1675. Italian and French. Copies. The MS. includes: - (a) satirical dialogues and tracts (arts. 1-2, 4, 6-7, and 34) relating to Germany and the Ottoman Empire, the papal court, and Poland; - (b) relazione (art. 3) of Rome by the French Ambassador Henri d'Estampes, Bailli de Valençay, and letter in reply (art. 5) from Cardinal Pier Donato Cesi to th...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Political and satirical papers relating to: 1654-1675: Ital. and French: Copies. includes: ff. 1-35v, 49-66, 79-93, 282-313v, 317-325 Political and satirical tracts: Treatises rel. to Germany, the O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1654-1675
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8746-8750

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Title:
MAZARIN LETTER-BOOKS: Letters of Cardinal Giulio Mazarin and his secretary Giuseppe Zongo Ondedei; 1647-1651. Italian, Spanish, Latin and French. Copies, partly 18th cent. The letters are mainly addressed to Italian cardinals, princes and captains. Recipients include Cardinals Girolamo Grimaldi, Antonio Barberini, Rinaldo d'Este, Virginio Orsini, Giulio Sacchetti, Alderano Cibo, Ascanio Filomarino, Archbishop of Naples, and Mazarin's own brother Michele Mazzarino, Archbishop of Aix and Cardi...
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Giuseppe Zongo Ondedei, Secretary to Card. Mazarin: Letters: 1647-1651: Ital: Copies. Giulio Mazarin, Cardinal 1641: Letter-Books of: 1647-1651: Ital., Span., Lat., and Fr: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1647-1651
Extent:
5 items