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421. Add MS 8562

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MARCO FOSCARINI: RELAZIONE OF SAVOY; 1743. Italian. Copy. Transcript of the relazione compiled by Marco Foscarini, Venetian Ambassador to Savoy and later Doge of Venice (1762-1763). Dedicated to Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy, the text contains a report on the condition and government of the Duke's dominions as well as memorials of the House of Savoy, focusing particularly on the achievements of Emanuele Filiberto (1559-80), Vittorio Amedeo II (1675-1730) and Carlo Emanuele III (1730-1773). Tit...
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Marco Foscarini; Doge of Venice: Kingdom of Sardinia: Relazione of the Court of Sardinia, 1743 by Marco Foscarini as Venetian Ambassador to Savoy: late 18th cent.: Ital.: Copy.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1743
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1 item

422. Add MS 8563

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GIOVANNI CIBO RECCO: History of Genoa; 1550-1556. Italian. Copy, mid-18th cent. The present text is an incomplete transcript of Giovanni Cibo Recco's History of Genoa, 1550-1570. Cibo Recco wrote the account circa 1570 at the request of the jurisprudent Nicolò Gentile Senarega that he complete Jacopo Bonfadio's Annalium Genuensium, which was left unfinished when Bonfadio died in 1550. In the present MS. the main text, which is preceded by (f. 1) a dedication to Alberico Cibo, Principe di Mas...
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Republic of Genoa: Giovanni Cibo Recco, Genoese historian: History of Genoa, with account of noble families, 1550-1556 by Giovanni Cibo Recco: mid 18th cent.: Ital.: Copy. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter vellum with red and black ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
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1 item

423. Add MS 8564

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FRANCESCO MARIA ACCINELLI: History of Genoa, vol. iii; 1776. Italian. Copy. The MS. contains the third volume, covering the years 1751-1776, of the annals of the history of Genoa from its foundation to 1776 written by the Genoese priest, historian and cartographer Francesco Maria Accinelli (1700-1777). Because of the revolutionary opinions that Accinelli expressed in his work, the first two volumes of the annals were published anonymously in Massa as Compendio delle Storie di Genova dalla su...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter binding of mottled brown leather with marbled paper covers over pasteboards: late 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Republic of Genoa: Chronicles: Francesco Maria Accinelli, of Genoa; priest, historian and cartographer: History of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1776
Extent:
1 item

424. Add MS 8566

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BERNARDO REBUFFO GIUSTINIANI: Dialogue between Philip II and the Duke of Alba concerning Genoa, with other papers relating to Genoa; circa 1575. Italian. Copy, 17th cent. Sacked by Spanish troops in 1522 and captured by the French in 1527, Genoa was retaken in 1528, with Spanish support, by the Genoese Admiral Andrea Doria. A new constitution was established which stated that only old noble families (patrizie) serving before 1506 should hold senior offices. These noble houses subsequently re...
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Republic of Genoa: Bernardo Rebuffo Giustiniano, Genoese historian: History of Genoa, with account of noble families, 1528-1575 by Bernardo Rebuffo Giustiniano: circa 1575. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/B): bef.1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Quarter vellum with brown paper co...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

425. Add MS 8567

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GIAMBATTISTA DI GIULIO CICALA: Commentaries on the war between the Republic of Genoa, the Duke of Savoy and the King of France in 1625; 1629. Italian. Copy. Giambattista Cicala di Giulio, Senator of the Genoese Republic in 1637 and Governor of Corsica in 1651, was also an accomplished historian. His major work was the Memorie della città di Genova e di tutto il suo dominio from the foundation of the town to 1528, in 6 autograph MSS. volumes, unpublished, now in Genoa, Archivio storico del Co...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Frederick North binding: bef. 1817. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1817. Republic of Genoa: Philip IV of Spain: Charles Emmanuel I; Duke of Savoy: Louis XIII of France: Chronicles: Commentaries on the war between Genoa, ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

426. Add MS 8568

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LUIGI SERRA: Lanterna magica patriottica; after 1797. Italian. Copy. Possibly imperfect (see note f. 31v). A satirical poem on the participants in the Genoese Revolution of 1797 by abbot Luigi Serra (1757-1813), Olivetan friar until 1799, Professor of mathematics in Genoa, publisher and poet. He actively partecipated to the Genoese Revolution and was jailed several times for liberal and democratic ideas expressed in satirical works and articles. The Lanterna magica patriottica was published ...
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Bindings: Quarter binding of blu leather with marbled paper covers: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Political and Satirical Poems: Republic of Genoa: Poetry ITALIAN: Luigi Serra, of Genoa; Olivetan friar and abbot; Professor of mathematics: Satiric...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1797
Extent:
1 item

427. Add MS 8569

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GIAN ANDREA DORIA LANDI: Criminal and civil law statutes and regulations for the administration of the Doria Landis' territories of Torriglia, Garbagna, Ottone, Carrega, S. Stefano, Loano, Stellanello, e Gremiasco; 2nd half of 17th - early 18th cent. Italian. Copies, partly printed. The MS is entitled (f. i) 'Statuti di Sua Eccellenza il Principe Doria per il buono governo de luoghi ad esso sottoposti'. A revised edition of the constitutions was published as Ordini e costituzioni civili e cr...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. LAW CIVIL: Law CRIMINAL: Statutes of territories of the Duke of Melfi: 17th-18th cent: Ital: Copies, partly printed. Giovanni Andrea Doria Landi, Prince of Melfi; the IIIrd: Statutes of his territories of Giovanni Andrea Doria Landi: 1655-1713: It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

428. Add MS 8570

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COLLECTION RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF MONACO AND VALTELLINE; circa 1641, 1621 and 1513. Italian and Latin. Copies. Arts. 1-4 (ff. 2-122) relate to the decision of Honoré II Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, to abandon the protection of Spain and pass under French protection in Sept. 1641. As indicated in a later note 'Merc. tomo primo, libro 3o' in the lower left corner of f. 1, arts. 1 and 2 were published in Il Mercurio, overo historia de' correnti tempi di D. Vittorio Siri consigliere, elemosin...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum over limp pasteboards: 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-122 Principality of Monaco: Papers rel. to: circa 1641: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-122 Philip IV of Spain: Louis XIII of France: Papers rel. to the Principality of Monaco: circa 1641: Ital: Copies. ff. 2-19, 107-122 Honor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1513-c 1641
Extent:
1 item

429. Add MS 8571

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LUDOVICO LUDOVISI: Instructions to Orazio Ludovisi and Matteo Baglioni relating to Valtelline, and to Father Tobia Corona relating to Geneva; 1623, 1621. Italian. Copies. Four instructions drawn up by Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1595-1632), Cardinal Nephew and vice-chancellor of Pope Gregory XV. The first three instructions (arts. 1-3) relate to the replacement of Spanish troops in Valtelline by a papal garrison until a resolution on the ruling of the region was reached between Spain, suppor...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum over pasteboards: late 17th cent. Ludovico Ludovisi, Cardinal: Gregory XV; Pope: Instructions rel. to Valtelline and Geneva by Ludovico Ludovisi: 1623, 1621: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-57v Ludovisi, (Orazio), Duke of Fiano: Instructions rel. to Valtelline from...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1621-1623
Extent:
1 item

430. Add MS 8572

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HISTORY OF GENEVA AND ITS CHURCH; 1744. Italian. Copy. A summary history of Geneva composed by an anonymous, possibly a Venetian citizen, identified by the initials 'D. G. M. V. Ven.o' (f. 1). The history is composed of excerpts from the work of the Italian Calvinist historian Gregorio Leti (1630-1701), Historia Genevrina osia Historia della citta e republica di Geneva, pts. i-iii (Amsterdam: Pietro & Abramo van Someren, 1686; B.L. copy 157.b.18). The summary focuses on the religious his...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full mottled brown leather over pasteboards with gilt-tooled spine: circa 1744. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/21/C): bef. 1817. Gregorio Leti, Italian Calvinist and historian: History of Geneva by D. G. M. V. Ven.o based on his His...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1744
Extent:
1 item

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