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Language Italian Name Charles Emmanuel II, of Savoy Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 8812

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COLLECTION OF ITALIAN VERSE AND PROSE; circa 1656. Italian. Copy. The collection includes two idylls in praise of Queen Christina of Sweden (arts. 1-2, ff. 1-27v) and two poems in octava rima in praise of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (art. 3, ff. 28-45). From the Mattei Library, MS. 27: old shelfmark '27' in ink in forth spine compartment; cf. Mattei catalogue in Add. 8220, f. 13. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in top...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Poetical collection: circa 1656: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-27v Christina of Sweden: Two idylls by G. Alberici in praise of: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 1-27v Gianantonio Alberici, Prince of Vetrana; Marquis of Salice: Two idylls in pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1656
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 20032

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1. APPOINTMENT of Thomas Killigrew (the dramatic author) as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Duke of York; Paris, 1 May, 1649; with the Duke's signature and seal, f. 1. 2. Grant of safe conduct from Charles Prince of Wales to the same on his mission to Italy and elsewhere, Paris, 23 April, 1647. Signed. f. 2. 3. Papers of the same, connected with his appointment as Resident at Venice for Charles II., 26 Aug. 1649-June, 1652; and with his mission to Savoy and Italian cities, in 1649. Pa...
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Killigrew family: Papers relating to: 1647-1708. includes: ff. 1-31 Thomas Killigrew, Dramatist, English Ambassador to Venice, Savoy and Florence: Official and private papers: 1647-1652. f. 3 Charles II of England: Instructions to T. Killigrew, agent in Italy, with papers: 1649-1652. ff. 3-15 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 38889

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PRECEDENT-BOOK of Royal letters' and instruments, chiefly tempp. Anne-George I, viz.: A. Correspondence with foreign princes, largely on domestic occasions : 1. George I to various princes and states, announcing the death of Eleonore, Duchess-Dowager of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 17 Feb. 1721/22 with their replies. Fr. and Lat. ff. 1-31 b passim. 2. Louis XV and Philip, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to George 1, on the proposed marriages of Louis with the Infanta of Spain and of the Prince of...
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includes: ff. 2-,31 b passism Brunswick - Lüneburg, Eleanor, widow of George William, Duke Of: Correspondence of George I rel. to her death: 1722.: Fr. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 2 b, 6 Louis XV of France: Letters to George I: 1721, 1722.: Fr.: Copies. ff. 3, 7 Philippe II Orléans, Duc d'; Regent of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[between 1714-1727]
Extent:
1 item