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1. Add MS 8253

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UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 1st half of 15th cent. Italian and Latin. Universal history from the Creation to Octavian, principally biblical and classical history, inc. (f. 3) 'Siendo deo prima cosa perfettissima', expl. (f. 184) 'dalla veritade chatolicha Amen allo onore de Christo'. Followed by: (a) ff. 184v-185, a concordance of the prophets and apostles concerning the articles of the faith; - (b) f. 186, a copy of a bull of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to the Benedictine abbey of San Mercuriale in...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Half brown leather with marbled covers and end-papers: 18th cent. Watermarks: Greek cross: 1st half of 15th cent. includes: ff. 1-184 History: Universal history from Creation to Octavian: 1st half of 15th cent: Ital. f. 186 Forlì, Italy: Bull, 1159, from Frederick Barbarossa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8290

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of political tracts, letters, relazioni, and conclave accounts relating to Portugal, Turkey, the Papacy, France, the German Empire, Venice, Persia, Poland, and Tunisia; circa 1544-1576. Italian. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 10, ff. 334v-375v) a letter-book of Cardinal Angelo Niccolini, Archbishop of Pisa, relating to his promotion to cardinal in 1563. Table of contents (ff. 477-477v), added later. Old shelfmarks '285' in ink on outer margin of front pastedown, abov...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-63 Sebastian of Portugal: Relazione, letter, and tracts rel. to: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 10-63 Political Tracts: On Portugal: circa 1574: Ital: Copies. ff. 63-67v Gregory XIII; Pope: Account of conclave: 1572: Ital: Copy. ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1544-1576
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8544

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COLLECTION RELATING TO GENOA; 12th cent.-1634. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies put together around 1634 by Giulio di Agostino Pallavicino (circa 1558-1635), Genoese historian and man of letters, co-founder, secretary and later Principal (1590) of the Accademia degli Addormentati in 1587, with the name 'Il timido'. The present composite collection concerns relations between the Republic of Genoa and Savoy, France, Spain, the Emperor, the Pope, Florence and other Italian principalities, th...
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Republic of Genoa: Collection of letters and papers rel. to: 12th cent.-1634: Ital., Lat., and Span: Copies. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Giulio di Agostino Pallavicino, of Genoa; historian: Collection rel. to Genoa: 12th cent.-1634: Ital., Lat., and Span: Copies. includes: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1634?
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8645

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RELAZIONE OF COSTANTINOPLE; 17th cent. Italian. A description of the city of Constantinople with detailed accounts of the Serraglio, the life of the Sultan, the costumes of Turkish people and the laws of Muslim religion. The MS. in entitled (f. 1) 'Relatione / Della Gran Città di Costantinopoli Con la Vita del Gran Turco, e sua Legge'. Inc. (f. 2) 'La Città di Costantinopoli è fabricata sopra una punta di terra ferma', expl. (f. 97v) 'e si credono esser Martiri morendo nell obbedienza del lo...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 17th cent. Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Geography: Relazione of Constantinople: early 17th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8646

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RELAZIONI OF CONSTANTINOPLE; 1572-1595. Italian. Copies, late 17th cent. A collection of relazioni from Venetian Ambassadors and other Venetian citizens at Costantinople. Detailed table of contents (f. 1) by a later hand. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, possibly as part of lot 358, together with Add. 8645, 8649, 8651, 8652, and 8653. 1. ff. 2-14v. 'Relatione del Clarissimo Messer Marino de' Cavalli ...
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: Relazioni of Constantinople: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copies, late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-12v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at Constantinople: Relazione of Constantinople: 1560: Ital: Copy. ff. 13-40 Marc'Antonio Barbaro, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 8647

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COSTANTINO GARZONI: Relazione of Constantinople; 1574. Italian. Copy, 1592. Costantino Garzoni was a member of the Venetian Senate, who accompanied the ambassador Andrea Badoer and the new bailo Antonio Tiepolo to Constantinople. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Commentari delle cose di Costantinopoli, et descrittione delle entrate, forze, et Corte del Imperatore de Turchi del Serenissimo Signor Costantino Garzoni dell'anno 1573'. The date 1573 more veneto corresponds to the year 1574. The relazi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: 1574. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. City of Constantinople: Venice: Geography: Costantino Garzoni, of Venice; senator 1573: Selim II; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 8648

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RELAZIONI RELATING TO CONSTANTINOPLE, ITALY AND THE PAPAL COURT; Account of the Conclave for the Election of Gregory XIV; 18th cent. Italian and Latin. With table of contents (f. 1), a note (f. 43) 'Oh che Cojoneria se credete, che questa Bugiarata risia' in a calligraphic hand, and an ink drawing (f. 44) representing a tree. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xii (1906), pt. i, no. cxvi, pp. 199-200. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/17/D' (front pastedow...
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Bindings: Quarter vellum with marbled paper covers: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/D): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 2-24v City of Constantinople: Murad III; Sultan of Turkey: Maffeo Venier, of Venice: Venice: Geography: Relazione of Constantinople by Maffeo Veni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 8649

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RELAZIONI OF CONSTANTINOPLE, ETC.; 1637-1745. Italian and French. Mostly copies. Partly imperfect. Each item numbered later with a roman numeral at beginning. Two tables of contents (ff. 1, 141). The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. civ, pp. 191-192. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased, together with Add. 8645, 8651, 8652, 8653, and possibly 8646, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 358 (part). Paper; ff....
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: Relazioni of Constantinople: 1637-1745: Ital. includes: ff. 2-8, 203-205v Ahmad III; Sultan of Turkey: Mustafa II; Sultan of Turkey: Two relazioni of the Janissaries revolt: 1703: Ital. ff. 10-56v Murad IV; Sultan of Turkey: Relazione of Constan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1637-1745
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 8650

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RELAZIONE OF CONSTANTINOPLE; 17th cent. Italian. Imperfect. Description of the Sultan's Palace and life in the Seraglio followed by a brief account of religious customs of Turkish people. Inc. (f. 2) '...ancora. Questa è posta nel piano d'un Cortile in Isola', expl. (f. 115) 'si come tutto ho detto ancora di sopra in altro luogo / Il Fine'. A brief note follows (f. 115v) in which the author asks for two quiet months after such a long journey, inc. 'Haverei altre cose a dirvi ... augurandovi ...
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Turkey; General: City of Constantinople: Venice: G. F. B: Relazione of Constantinople by G. F. B.: 17th cent.: Ital: Imperfect. includes: f. 1 Art. Engravings, etc: Architectural frontispiece: 17th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 8651

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PIERO CIVRAN: Account-book of expenses at Constantinople; 1679-1681. Italian. Copy. The accounts cover the period 30 July 1679 - 13 Nov. 1681, when Piero Civran was bailo at Constantinople. Inc. 'Spese diverse aconto di Serenissima tenendo conti in Reali effettivi in Virtù della parte del Eccellentissimo Senato in marzi 1639 facte di me Piero Civran Bailo à Costantinopoli'. The accounts were signed by Giuseppe Zorzi, the ragionato or treasurer of the Venetian Embassy in Constantinople. Piero...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. City of Constantinople: Accounts: Venice: Pietro Civran, Venetian Provveditore Generale and Ambassador: Account-book of expenses at Constantinople by Pietro Civran: 1679-1681: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1679-1681
Extent:
1 item