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151. 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

152. Add MS 8355

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RELAZIONI and other historical paper relating to Venice, the Holy See, Germany, Spain and France; circa 1558-1646. Italian. Copies. Armorial bookplate (front pastedown) of 'Marius Marefuschus': for Marefoschi's bookplate see Bragaglia, vol. ii, no. 587: circa 1740. Shelfmark in roman numerals 'CCLXIV' in fourth spine compartment. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '332' in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8401,...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: `Marius Marefuschus': 1558-1627. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-41 Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome: circa 1611: Ital: Copy. ff. 69-89 Giovanni Dolfin, Venetian ambassador to Rome: Relazione of Rome: 1598: It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1558-1646
Extent:
1 item

153. Add MS 8356

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RELAZIONI AND POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS relating to Venice, the Papacy, and Spain; circa 1607-1643. Italian. Copies. Ownership note (front pastedown) 'Ex Libris / Marii Marefusci', partly cancelled; old shelfmark in black ink 'Cod. 192' in lower left corner of front pastedown; old shelfmark in faint roman numerals 'CXCII' in lower spine: identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 192 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 32v. Also shelfmark '14' in brown ink in left margin of front pastedown. Owned by Fr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-4v Paul V; Pope: Berlingerio Gessi, Bishop of Rimini; Cardinal 1626: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: Instructions to Card. B. Gessi, rel. to Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 5-8 Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1607-1643
Extent:
1 item

154. Add MS 8357

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LIVES of Italian heretics; early 18th cent. Italian. This anonymous text provides detailed accounts of the lives of Francesco Canonici (1609-1652), Marc Antonio Dominis (1566-1624) and Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695), together with an account of the deaths of Bernadino and Niccola Missori, all of whom were declared heretics by the Italian Inquisition. The present MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, p. 128 and P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68. Owned by Frederick North, 5t...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Binding of quarter vellum with brown marbled paper covers: early 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-30v Francesco Canonici, called 'Mascambruno'; Auditor of the Contraddette: Life of: early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. ff. 31-66v Marco Antonio de Dominis, Archbishop of Spalato: Life of: ea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

155. Add MS 8358

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, France, and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza; circa 1675-1752. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The MS. includes: - (a) relazione and letter (arts. 1, 3) relating to the clergy in Italy and France, 1751-1754; - (b) protest (art. 2) addressed to Pope Clement XII and relating to the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, followed by the papal reply, 1732; - (c) drafts (arts. 4-5) of Italian translations of the memoirs of Maria and Horte...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-33 Orders Religious. Franciscans: Guidone, Franciscan Friar: Zaccaria, Jesuit: Tract to Frate Zaccaria Gesuita from Frate Guidone Zoccolante: 1751: Ital: Copy. ff. 35-36 Clement XII; Pope: Monsignor Jacopo Fiscale, of Rome: Protest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1675-1752
Extent:
1 item

156. Add MS 8359

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POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS to secretaries; after 1661. Italian and Latin. Instructions to secretaries of reigning princes, followed by models for letters, mainly relating to the Jesuits and their readmission into the territories of the Venetian Republic in 1661. Title (f. 2) 'Avvertimenti Politici e utilissimi per Signori che intraprendono affari de' Prencipi per tirare ad ottime fine ogni trattato, tanto in materia di Guerra, come ogn'altro affare domestico', inc. (f. 3) 'Se il potere e sapere ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Formularies: Political Tracts: Political instructions to secretaries, with model letters: aft. 1661: Ital. and Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 50-63 Orders Religious. Jesuits: Model letters, rel. to: aft. 1661: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 55-63 Venice...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1661
Extent:
1 item

157. Add MS 8360

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COLLECTION OF POEMS. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. Mostly verse, often with topical or satirical reference to political events and personalities in Rome and Tuscany in the last three decades of the 18th century. Title (f. iii) 'Poesie diverse'. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8337 and 8812, from R.H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 107 (part). Paper...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: end 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Poetry ITALIAN: Giulio Cesare Cordara: Clement XIII; Pope: Two sonnets on Clement XIII by Giulio Cesare Cordara: 1765: Ital: Copy. ff. 4-11v, 16-18 Frederick II of Prussia: Count Leopold Joseph Maria von Daun: Sonnets on Frederick II...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

158. Add MS 8362

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LIFE OF POPE ALEXANDER VI: biography of Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia (1431-1503), and his son, Cesare Borgia, Duc de Valentinois (1475-1507); 18th cent. Italian. This biography has the title, 'Vita di Don Rodrigo Borgia poi Pontefice Allesandro VI e del Duca Valentino suo Figlio Cavata da un manoscritto antico della Biblioteca Vaticana' (f. 1); inc. 'Avendo Goffredo Borgia Padre Don Rodrigo fatte molte caravane', ends 'con sodisfazione d'ambe le Parti'. It is apparently one of many copi...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Half red leather with marbled covers: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Lord North (L/19/A): early 19th cent. Alexander VI; Pope: Biography: Cesare Borgia, Duc de Valentinois: Biographies of Pope Alexander VI and Cesare Borgia: 18th cent.: Ital. Alexander VI; Pope...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

159. Add MS 8363

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TOMASO PLACIDO TOMASI: La Vita di Cesare Borgia; circa 1643-1651. Italian and Latin. Copy. Imperfect. Life of Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois (1475-1507), son of Pope Alexander VI. Inc. (f. 7) 'Per rendere mai sempre detestabili al Mondo quegli eccessi d'una libidine sregolata', expl. (f. 111v) 'ricovrarsi in Germania ad implorare la protezzione e i soccorsi dell' Imperatore Massimiliano'. The main text is preceded by: (a) f. 1, dedication, inc. 'Vita del Duca Valentino / descritta / de T...
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Cesare Borgia, Duc de Valentinois: Tomaso Placido Tomasi, Italian historian: Biography of Cesare Borgia by Tomaso Placido Tomasi: circa 1643-1651: Ital and Lat: Copy, 17th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-3 Louis XIV of France: Tomaso Placido...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1643-1651
Extent:
1 item

160. Add MS 8364

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DIARIO OF MARCELLO ALBERINI (1521-1535); 18th cent. Italian. Marcello Alberini, the son of a Roman citizen, began writing his account of the events surrounding the sack of Rome of 1527 on 1 January 1547, for the benefit of his children. Alberini combines his private memoirs with an account of public events in Italy, and particularly in Rome, during the reign of Pope Clement VII. See D. Orano, Il Sacco di Roma del m.d.xxvij. Studi e Documenti, vol. 1, I Ricordi di Marcello Alberini (Rome, 190...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum over pasteboards: 18th cent. Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Marcello Alberini, alderman of 'Monti' ward, Rome: Diaries and Memoranda: Diario, partly rel. to the sack of Rome: 18th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

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