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Language Italian Name Henry IV, of France Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1584-1657
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4159

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State papers of John Thurloe, Secretary of State, 1652-1660, with other state papers, c. 1578-1629 and 1661-1692.
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Many of the documents here formed part of the original collection of John Thurloe (d. 1668), Secretary to the Council of State and subsequently to the two Cromwells, Lord Protectors. They illuminate both the domestic and international politics of the period, as also the scope of Thurloe's intell...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1700
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 4299

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of letters and papers, of a commercial and diplomatic character, mostly referring to foreign affairs. Included are some original letters, imperfect or unsigned drafts, etc. The names of the writers, etc. are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8301

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papal instructions, relazioni, and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the German Empire, Persia and Turkey; circa 1507-1619. Italian. Copies, 17th cent. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. XLIX' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '493' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 493 (vol. 49 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-17v Alexander de' Medici, Cardinal of Florence: Clement VIII; Pope: Henry IV of France: Instructions to Alexander de' Medici from Clement VIII , rel. to France: 1596: Ital: Copy. ff. 18-21 Netherlands, General: Venice: Heads of agr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8303

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of tracts, relazioni, discourses, and letters relating to Rome and its relationships with Venice, France, the German Empire, Naples, and Ferrara, with particular attention to the protection of the papal state and the city of Rome from military attacks and natural disasters; circa 1598-1644. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (ff. 1-1v), added later. Old signatures 'Tom. L' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '494.' in ink in fifth spine compartment...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 11-21v Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de Joyeuse, Cardinal 1583: Negotiations for the annulment of the interdict on Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 22-36 Henry IV of France: James Davy Du Perron, Cardinal: Letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1598-1644
Extent:
1 item

6. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1562-1621
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8312

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers and tracts relating to North Africa, France, Scotland, Mirandola, and Rome; circa 1568-1602. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature 'Tom. LV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. i, and '499' in ink in fifth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 499 (vol. 55 of 'Memorie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 23v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-52 Barbary: Relazione of Barbary: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 53-84 Charles de Gontaut, Duc de Biron: Charles de Valois, Comte d'Auvergne; Duc d'Angoulême; son of Charles IX of France: Tracts rel. to his imprisonment: circa 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1568-1602
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8328

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical treatises, relazioni and letters relating to Rome, France, Venice, Spain, England, and Savoy; circa 1593-1672. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signatures in pencil 'Tom. XCIV' in upper right corner of f. i, and '538' in ink in fourth spine compartment: identifiable with Mattei MS. 538 (vol. 94 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armori...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-26v Clement VIII; Pope: Ludovico Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers: Treatise rel. to the absolution of Henry IV of France: circa 1593-1594: Ital: Copy. ff. 2-26v Henry IV of France: Treatise rel. to his absolution from the Pope: circa 1593-1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1593-1672
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8552

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PIETRO ALDOBRANDINI: Relazione of his embassy to France and of the Treaty of Lyons; 1620. Italian. Copy. The relazione was written in 1620 by Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, nephew and Camerlengo of Pope Clement VIII. It comprises the Cardinal's account of the negotiations (1600-1601) between Henry IV of France, Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy and the Cardinal himself as Papal legate relating to the Marquisat of Saluzzo, that concluded with the Treaty of Lyons on 17 Jan. 1601. The relazione circul...
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Treaties: Relazione of France (1600-1601) by Card. P. Aldobrandini rel. to Saluzzo and Treaty of Lyons: 1620: Ital: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: end 17th-early 18th cent. Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy: Relazione of France (1600-1601) by Card. P. Aldobrandini rel. to Saluzzo and Treaty of Ly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1620
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8588

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Papers and tracts relating to the League between Venice, Pius V, and Philip II of Spain against the Turks in 1571; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian and Latin. Copies. Another collection relating to the league in Add. 8314. Table of contents by a later hand on f. 1v. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xci, pp. 181-182. Old shelfmark 'XI' in pencil and stamp 'biblioth / h.f. / J77...
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includes: f. 1 Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1700. ff. 2-122 Treaties: Philip II of Spain: Pius V; Pope: Venice: Papers and tracts rel. to the League between Venice, Pope Pius V, Philip II of Spain against the Turks: 1570-1573: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-5v Gabriele Salvago: Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item