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251. 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

252. 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

253. 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

254. 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

255. 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

256. Add MS 8365

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Letters relating to the Court of Rome, Spain and France; 1443-1561. Italian and Latin. Copies. Collection of letters written by papal nuncios and envoys concerning peace negotiations conducted by Popes Paul III, Julius III, and Emperor Charles V, and Francis I and Henry II of France. Authors of the letters are Niccolò Ardinghelli, Bishop of Fossombrone, Sebastiano Pighini, Archbishop of Siponto, Prospero Santacroce Pubbicola, Bishop of Chissamos, Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and Anto...
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includes: ff. 1-19v Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1541: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 20-47v Henry II of France: Julius III; Pope: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1550-1551: Lat. and Ital.: Copies. ff. 49-114v Philip II of Spain: Char...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1561
Extent:
1 item

257. Add MS 8366

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POPE JULIUS III: register of letters of Pope Julius III (1551-1555); 2nd half of 18th cent. Copy. Italian. The register of letters from Pope Julius III and his Secretary of State is divided into two sections. The first (ff. 2-226v) contains approximately 100 letters, dated 10 April 1551 to 23 Jan. 1554, copied in one hand, and relating to European wars and diplomacy and to ecclesiastical business. The second section (ff. 228-483), in another hand, contains approximately 300 letters, dated 7 ...
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Julius III; Pope: Register of letters, 1551-1555: 2nd half of 18th cent: Ital: Copy. Bindings ENGLISH: Vellum spine and leading-edges with marbled paper covers: 1st half of 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

258. Add MS 8368

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GIAMPIETRO MAFFEI: Annals of Gregory XIII; 1572-1585. Italian. Copies. Annals of the papacy of Gregory XIII (1572-1585), written by the Jesuit historian Giampietro Maffei of Bergamo (1535-1603), and completed, revised and corrected after his death by Paolo Teggia (d. 1620). In the present MS. the text is divided into fourteen books. The text was originally bound in two separate volumes, the first volume (now ff. 1-305) containing books 1-8 (1572-1579), the second (now ff. 306-565) books 9-14...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1817. Gregory XIII; Pope: Giampietro Maffei, Jesuit: Paolo Teggia, Jesuit: Annals of Gregory XIII by Giampietro Maffei, revised by Paolo Teggia: 1572-1585: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1572-1585
Extent:
1 item

259. Add MS 8369

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LIFE OF POPE SIXTUS V: biography of Pope Sixtus V, Felice Peretti (1525-1590); 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Title (f. 40) 'Vita e morte di Sisto V'. Inc. ' Nacque Sisto V nella Marcha cio ì nel Castello delle Grotte luogho che mille e cinquecento Anime in circa nel Territorio di Montalto', expl. (f. 357) 'e di Loro non servirsene se non nelli più urgenti bisogne'. The main text is preceded by anonymous instructions to Cardinal Alessandro Damasconi Perreti de Montalto (1570-1623) on how to condu...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef.1828. includes: ff. 2-39v Alessandro Damasconi Peretti de Montalto, Cardinal: Instructions to him as nephew of Pope Sixtus V: circa 1587: Ital: Copy. ff. 40-357 Sixtus V; Pope: Life of Pope Sixtus V: circa 1590: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

260. Add MS 8370

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BAGLIONI LETTER-BOOK: Registers of dispatches to and from Malatesta Baglioni, Bishop of Pesaro, as papal nuncio to the Emperor Ferdinand II (8 Sept. 1634 - 8 Aug. 1639); 1634-1637. Italian. Copies. The register contains mostly copies of dispatches that were originally sent in cipher to Baglioni by other papal nuncios. The dispatches are divided chronologically into six books; the last seventh book (ff. 125v-129) contains a few dispatches from Baglioni to other nuncios, dated 27 Dec. 1634 - 1...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Letter-book of M. Baglioni as papal nuncio: 1634-1637: Ital: Copies. Malatesta Baglioni, Bishop of Pesaro; Bishop of Assisi: Letter-book: 1634-1637: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1634-1637
Extent:
1 item

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