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1291. Add MS 41153

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ORIGINAL Commission and Instructions from [Pietro Lando, Doge of Venice] to Girolamo da Mosto as Podestà, of Caput Aggeris, i.e. Cavarzere on the Venetian mainland; 17 Sept. 1541. Lat. and Ital. The illuminated first leaf is missing. Vellum; ff. ii + 58. Quarto. A.D. 1541. Original gilt-tooled panel binding of reddish brown leather, with the name "Hieronymi de Mvsto " on the upper cover and the date "M.D. xxxxi" on the lower. Edges gilt. Bookplate of arms of Major Bryan Palmes (sale-cat., So...
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Venice: Doges of. Pietro Lando. Commission to G. da Mosto as Governor of Cavarzere: 1541.: Lat. and Ital. Major Bryan Palmes: Bookplate of arms: 1924. Girolamo da Mosto: Commission to, as Podestà of Cavarzere: 1541.: Lat. and Ital. Cavarzere, the territory of Venice: Commission and instructio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17 Sep 1541
Extent:
1 item

1292. Add MS 41154

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ORIGINAL Commission and Instructions from [Pietro Loredano, Doge of Venice] to Sebastiano Marcello as Podestà and Captain of Capo d'Istria ; 21 Oct. 1568. Ital. The illuminated first leaf is missing. Similar commissions for the same governorship are in Add. MSS. 18623, 27933, 33734, and Harley MS. 3395. Vellum; ff. i + 153. Quarto. A.D. 1568. Original gilt-tooled binding of light brown leather, the large centre panel of each cover filled in with a geometrical design in arabesques, the corner...
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Venice: Pietro Loredano. Commission to S. Marcello as Governor of Capo d'Istria: 1568.: Ital. Major Bryan Palmes: Bookplate of arms: 1924. Sebastiano Marcello: Commission to, as Podestà of Capo d'Istria: 1568.: Ital. Capo d'Istria: Commission to Sebastiano Marcello as Venetian Governor of: 15...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
21 Oct 1568
Extent:
1 item

1293. Add MS 41170-41173

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ORIGINAL LETTERS, signed documents and typed transcripts relating to the French Revolution. Composed of papers purchased at the sale of a portion of the collection of Sir James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres (Sotheby's sale-cat., 1-4 Dec. 1924).
Scope & Content:
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford; 9th Earl of Balcarres: Papers collected by.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1783-1795]
Extent:
4 items

1294. Add MS 41188-41191

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Title:
LETTERS of "George Sand" (i.e. Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant), 1836-1876, in four volumes, viz.:-
Scope & Content:
Samuel Rochcblave: Annotations on George Sand's letters: 20th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1836-1876
Extent:
4 items

1295. Add MS 41192

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Nos. 41192-41194 were purchased at the sale of a further portion of the collection of the 26th Earl of Crawford (cf. 41170-41173). 41192. LETTERS AND PAPERS largely relating to the campaigns of the First French Republic, 14 Pluviose, an 4 [3 Feb. 1796]-16 Apr. 1804; mainly in French. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among the contents are:- 1. Papers of British naval commanders in the Mediterranean, viz.:- (a) Autograph letters of, and commissions signed by, Admiral Sir ...
Scope & Content:
France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Papers rel. chiefly to the campaigns in Italy and Egypt: 1796-1804.: Fr. James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford; 9th Earl of Balcarres: Papers collected by. includes: f. 1 John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1796-1804
Extent:
1 item

1296. Add MS 41195

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ITALIAN TRANSLATION of the plays of Terence, in versi sdruccioli, by Gio[vanni] Giustiniano [of Candia]; with a dedicatory preface addressed to Margaret of France, sister of Henry II [Duchess of Savoy 1559], dated 25 Oct. 1549. In the preface to a translation of Cicero, Philippico secondo tradotto in volgare, 1538, addressed to Georges d'Armagnac, Bishop of Rodez and French Ambassador at Venice, Giustiniano mentions having sent him a translation of the comedies of Terence, which the Bishop h...
Scope & Content:
Publius Terentius Afer: Comedies: 16th cent.: Ital. transl. Poetry ITALIAN: Verse translation of the Comedies of Terence, by G. Giustiniano: 16th cent. Giovanni Giustiniano, of Candia: Comedies of Terence translated into verse by: 16th cent.: Ital. Henry II of France: Italian translation of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
25 Oct 1549
Extent:
1 item

1297. Add MS 41197-41200

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Title:
LETTERS to Sir William Hamilton, K.B., chiefly while Envoy at Naples, from Secretaries of State, British diplomatists serving abroad, and private individuals, with some holograph drafts of Hamilton's despatches and letters; 1761-1803. The Secretaries of State include [George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of] Halifax; [Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of] Richmond; [Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount] Weymouth [1st Marquess of Bath 1789]; [William Henry Zuylestein, 4th Earl of] Rochford; [Wills Hill, 1st Earl of] ...
Scope & Content:
Kingdom of Naples and Sicily: Correspondence of Sir W. Hamilton as Envoy to: 1764-1800. Sir William Hamilton, KB; Envoy at Naples: Envoy to Naples. Correspondence and papers: 1761-1803.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1761-1803
Extent:
4 items

1298. Add MS 41288

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LIVES, etc., of the Medici, in Italian, extracted from the "Storia della nobile e reale casà de' Medici" attributed to Luca Ombrosi, viz.:-(1) "Memorie e Successioni di Casa Medici": a summary chronicle of the family. f. 2;-(2) "Vite de' Sereiiissimi Granduchi e Principi della Real Casa de' Medici," from Ferdinand I, 3rd Grand Duke, to John Gaston, 7th and last of the line (d. 1737). f. 31. The Lives of the first two Grand Dukes were contained in a previous volume, according to the preface o...
Scope & Content:
Tuscany, Italy: Chronicle and lives of the Medici, Grand Dukes of: 18th cent.: Ital. Luca Ombrosi: Lives, etc., of the Medici, extracted from work attrib. to: 18th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 item

1299. Add MS 41304

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'IL PELOPONESSO, ò vero le sette Provincie di quel Regno descritte da Pausania, illustrate, e ridotte al moderno dal Signor Dottore Alessandro Pini Fiorentino', A.D. 1703. A description, with two maps, of the Morea during its brief reoccupation by Venice (1684-1718), in which Pini took part, dying a Turkish prisoner in 1718. The provinces, reduced to four by the Venetians, are described in the order observed by Pausanias, who is quoted on occasion along with other ancient authors. Paper; ff....
Scope & Content:
Dr Alessandro Pini: Description of the Peloponnese: 1703.: Ital. Greece: Description of the Peloponnese, by Dr A. Pini, with two maps: 1703.: Ital. Bookplates and Book-stamps: North (Frederick), 5th Earl of Guilford, d.1827. includes: ff. v-xvii Poetry ITALIAN: Devotional stanzas: 18th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1703
Extent:
1 item

1300. Add MS 41312-41319

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Title:
ELLIS PAPERS: correspondence and collections of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1827-1856, and of his grandson, Henry John Ellis, of the Dept. of MSS., British Museum
Scope & Content:
Eight volumes. For further Ellis Papers, see Add. MSS. 42137, 42506.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1765-1999]
Extent:
8 items

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