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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23721
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Scope & Content:: ORIGINAL letters of members of the family of Medici of Florence; 19 Sept. 1483-22 July, 1741. 1. Laure[n]tius de Medicis Mag[istr]is P[at]ribus hon[oratis] Officialibus Balie Rei P[ublic]e; Pisa, 19 Sept. 1483. Ital. f. 5. 2. Petrus [II.] d[e] Medicis [son and successor of the above] Petro d...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 19 Sep 1483-22 Jul 1741
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23729
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Scope & Content:: VOL. I.: Il Padre Teofilo; Volterra, 12 Aug. 1758, f. 6. D. [Giovanni] Claudio Fromond; Pisa, 24 Mar. 1759-4 July, 1764, ff. 7, ll- 15, 19, 105, 150 b, 157. With an essay, "De Ascensu et Descensu Thermometrorum" in Lat. and Ital. at f. 17. Pietro Nati Pottri; Bibbi[en]a, 31 July, 1759, f. 9. Ner...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1758-1785
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23729-23730
Title:: ORIGINAL correspondence of John Strange, British Consul at Venice, with Italian literati and men of science; 1758- 1785. Two volumes. Paper. Folio and Quarto. See also Add. MSS. 19,309-19,315.
Scope & Content:: Giuseppe Torelli: Correspondence with J. Strange: 1771-1780.: Ital.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1758-1785
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23730
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Scope & Content:: VOL. II.: Girolamo Vandelli; Padova, 6 Feb. 1773-26 Oct. 1775, ff. 1, 10, 192, 193. Melchior Cesarotti; Padova, 6 Feb. 1773-19 Dec. 1774, ff. 2, 4, 95, 130, 134, 173. Giuseppe Comino [publisher]; Pad[ova], 27 Feb. 1773, 28 Nov. 1775, ff. 6, 197. Giuseppe Torelli; Verona, 3 Mar. 1773- 16 Dec. 178...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1758-1785
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23744
Title:: HOLOGRAPH letters of celebrated painters, viz.: 1. [Frà] Sebastiano [del Piombo], pictore in Roma, addressed "D[omi]no Michel Angelo, sculptori in Firenza;" 29 Dec. 1519. Ital. f. 1. 2. Nicolo Poussin to "Il Signor Caualier del Pollo;" Paris, 24 Jan. 1642. Ital. f. 2. 3. [Paul] Rembrandt [Van Ryn] to [Constantin Huygens] "Heer van Suÿlÿhum," etc. ; n.d. Dutch. f. 3. 4. Lodovico Carracci to "I1 S[ign]or Feranti Carlo," enclosing a plan of his garden; Bologna, 4 Sept. 1619. Ital. f. 4. P...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Sebastiano del Piombo, Painter: Letter to Michel Agniolo: 1519.: Ital. f. 1 Michel Agniolo Buonarroti: Letter to, from S. del Piombo: 1519.: Ital. f. 2 Nicholas Poussin, Painter, of Andelys: Letter to Cav. del Polio: 1642.: Ital. f. 3 Paul Rembrandt van Ryn, Painter: Letters to C...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch and Italian
Date Range:: 29 Dec 1519
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23769
Title:: ORIGINAL commission from Marino Grimano, Doge of Venice, to Giustiniano Badoero as Proveditore of Asola [near Mantua]; 28 Feb. 1604. Ital. Vellum; with the arms of Badoero on f. 1. In the original binding, of oriental pattern. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Venice; Ducali: Commissions by Marino Grimani: A.D. 1601, 1603. Bindings ITALIAN: Venice. Oriental style; inlaid, gilt and coloured: 1603-1604. Giustiniano Badoero, Proveditore of Asola: Commission to: 1604.: Ital. Asola, Mantua: Commission to the Proveditore: 1604.: Ital.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 28 Feb 1604
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23772
Title:: "STATO della Religione Cattolica in tutto il Mondo per la Santità di N. S. Innocentio XI." per "Urbano Cerri Seg[retar]io della Cong[regazio]ne di Prop[agan]da Fide;" with index of places, etc. See Add. MS. 17,990. Paper; XVIIth cent. In the original richly-tooled binding, stamped with the arms of Pope Innocent XI. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Innocent XI; Pope: State of the Catholic religion under him, by U. Cerri: 17th cent.: Ital. Urbano Cerri, Secretary of the Propaganda Fide: State of the Catholic religion under Innocent XI.: 17th cent.: Ital. Bindings ITALIAN: Richly gilt morocco; arms of Innocent XI.: 1676-89.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23778
Title:: TORISMONDO, Tragedia del Signor Torquato Tasso. Autograph. Paper; XVIth cent. On f. 1 is the note, " . . . . donata a me Camillo Abbioso dal S. Gio[vanni] Battista Licino. 1588;" together with a second note stating that the MS. subsequently came into possession of the Minorite Ottaviano Camerani, of Ravenna, and was presented by him to "Principe Alderano Cybo, Cardinale di Sta Chiesa" in 1650. In vellum binding, with the arms of Cardinal Cybo painted on the cover. Quarto.
Scope & Content:: Torquato Tasso, poet: Torismondo, Tragedia: 16th cent.: Ital.: Autogr. Bindings ITALIAN: Painted vellum: 1650.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1588
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23780-23830
Title:: ORIGINAL despatches and letters addressed to Thomas Robinson, subsequently K.B. and Baron Grantham, Ambassador at Vienna, and Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, chiefly by successive Secretaries and Under Secretaries of State and Ministers at foreign courts, with copies of letters, treaties, political memoirs and other papers enclosed; 1730-1750. Fiftyone volumes. Paper. Folio. The separate letters and papers will be referred to in the Index to the Catalogue. Presented by An...
Scope & Content:: Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham: Despatches and letters to, from Secretaries of State and others: 1730-1750. Charles VI; Emperor of Germany: Correspondence and papers of T. Robinson, English ambassador: 1730-1750. George II of England: Correspondence and papers of T. Robinson, Ambassador t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1730-1750
Extent:: 51 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 23782
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Scope & Content:: Vol. iii. June-Aug. 1731. James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave: Letters to T. Robinson: 1730-1739. George Tilson, under-secretary of state: Letters to T. Robinson: 1730-1736. Colonel William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington: Letters to Sir T. Robinson: 1730-1746.: Orig. and Copies. Edward W...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:: Jun 1731-Aug 1731
Extent:: 1 item

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