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521. Add MS 8664

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CHRONICLES RELATING TO NAPLES; 16th cent. Italian. Copies, mid 17th cent. Armorial bookplate of th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/16/E' (front pastedown). '242' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8662, 8665, 8667, 8668, 8669, 8673, 8677, 8678, 8679, and 8680-8681, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 242 (part). 1. ff. 1-3v. 'Nomi di tutti i Vicerrè di Napoli quali Cominciarono lanno 1505', list of Viceroys in Naples 1505-1630; n.d. Inc. '1505 ...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/E): bef. 1828. Chronicles: Chronicles rel. to Naples: 16th cent.: Ital: Copies. Naples and Sicily General: Chronicles rel. to: 16th cent.: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 4-26 Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Giovanni Paolo Coraggio, of Naples...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

522. Add MS 8665

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CAMILLO PORZIO: Chronicle of the Neapolitan revolt in 1547; 3rd quarter of 16th cent. Italian. Copy, 18th cent. A chronicle of the riots caused by the attempt of the Spanish Viceroy Don Pedro Alvarez de Toledo, Marqués de Villafranca, of introducing the Tribunal of Inquisition in Naples in 1547. At the time the author of the present chronicle, Camillo Porzio (1526-1580), was chancellor in Naples. His account of the events is the first book of a work entitled Istoria d'Italia, which Porzio ab...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/E): bef. 1828. Chronicles: Naples and Sicily General: Camillo Porzio, of Naples; historian: Riots of Naples 1547 by Camillo Porzio: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

523. Add MS 8667

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COLLECTION OF RELAZIONI AND PAPERS RELATING TO NAPLES; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Title (f. 1) 'Relationi diverse del Regno di Napoli'. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Table of MSS contained in 'Cassa no 17' (ff. 137-138). '242' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8662, 8664, 8665, 8668, 8669, 8673, 8677, 8678, 8679, and 8680-8681, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 242 (part). 1...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns: late 17th cent. Naples and Sicily General: Relazioni and Papers rel. to: late 16th-early 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-20v Giulio Cesare Caracciolo, of Naples: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Ascanio Caracciolo, of Napl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

524. Add MS 8668

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FRANCESCO ZAZZERA: Diary of events in Naples 1616-1623; early 17th cent. Italian, Spanish and Latin. Copy. The diary is divided into two sections. The first section (art. 1) describes the events relating to the viceroyship of Pedro Téllez y Girón, Duke of Osuna (1616-March 1620) and his subsequent imprisonment, with only a brief note at the end relating his death in prison in Sept. 1624. The second section (art. 2) describes the events under the governments of Cardinal Gaspare Borgia (1620) ...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/E): bef. 1828. Philip II of Naples and Sicily: Chronicles: Francesco Zazzera, of Naples: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Diary of events in Naples 1616-1623 by Francesco Zazzera: early 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 2-163 Pedro Té...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

525. Add MS 8669

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ACCOUNTS OF THE REVOLT OF NAPLES IN 1647; late 17th cent. Italian. Copies. A collection of papers relating to the revolt of Naples between 9 and 30 July 1647. The addressee is most probably the Spanish government. Title (f. 1) 'Lettere de Avvisi, et altre scritture continente la solevatione de Napoli, che seguì li 7 Luglio 1647'. Inc. (f. 2) 'Napoli 9 Luglio 1647 / La perniciosa revolutione di poveri gabella sopra i frutti di questa Città', expl. (f. 10) 'Napoli 30 Luglio 1647 ... del debito...
Scope & Content:
Chronicles: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Accounts of the revolt of Naples 1647: 17th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

526. Add MS 8670

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RELAZIONI OF NAPLES AND TENEDOS, a Letter by Francis I of Modena, and the Will of the town of Valenza; 1656. Italian. Copies. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Relatione della Peste di Napoli fatta li 10 Giugno 1656'. This title is followed by three titles added by a later hand relating to arts. 2-4. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '59' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8663, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Limp vellum: aft. 1656. includes: ff. 1-27v Plague, The, and Pestilences: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Relazione of Naples conc. the plague: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 28-35 Venice: Island of Bozca Ada, Turkey: Relazione of Tenedos: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 36-39 Valenza, Lombard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1656
Extent:
1 item

527. Add MS 8671

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NICOLÒ CARAVITA: Defence of Alessandro Riccardi; 1695. Italian and Greek. Copy, 18th cent. Nicolò Caravita (1647-1717) was a Neapolitan jurist and man of letters. With this defence he obtained the acquittal of Alessandro Riccardi accused of assaulting the treasurer of the Cathedral in Naples. Inc. (f. 5) 'O non mai, o molto di rado avviene che nel Mondo succeda cosa', expl. (f. 50v) 'acciocche l'unico mio fratello sia dannato a morte. Il dì primo di Giugno 1695 = Don Niccolò Caravita'. The t...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-4v Biography: Life of N. Caravita: aft. 1717: Ital. ff. 1-4v Nicolò Caravita, of Naples; jurist and scholar: Life: aft. 1717: Ital. ff. 5-50v Legal material: Nicolò Caravita, of Naples; jurist and scholar: Al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

528. Add MS 8672

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Title:
PAPERS RELATED TO THE CONSPIRACY OF MACCHIA; 1701-1702. Italian, Spanish and Latin. A collection of legal papers relating to the proceedings against the Neapolitan nobles who in 1701 conspired against the Spanish monarchy in favour of Archduke Charles of Austria. The conspiracy was named after its leader, Tiberio Carafa di Chiusano, Prince of Macchia. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Fatti occorsi nel procedimento Contro li Rei della Congiura di Macchia / Qual fu, ed esser debba il modo di proced...
Scope & Content:
Legal material: Karl, Archduke of Austria; son of Leopold I: Tiberio Carafa di Chiusano, Prince of Macchia: Papers rel. to the Conspiracy of Macchia in Naples: 1701-1702: Ital: Copies. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828. Philip IV of Naples and Sicily: Papers ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1701-1702
Extent:
1 item

529. Add MS 8673

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GIUSEPPE BORGIA: Relazione of Naples; 1734. Italian. Copy. Relazione of the state of affairs of Naples in 1734. Naples had just been declared an independent kingdom with the election of Charles VII of Bourbon, son of Philip V of Spain. Title (f. 1) 'Relazione dello Stato del Regno di Napoli e suo Governo / Scritta da Giuseppe Borgia de' Duchi di Valmezzana Avvocato Napoletano nell'Anno MDCCXXXIV'. Inc. (f. 2) 'Dello Stato del Regno di Napoli sebbene molto si sia scritto', expl. (f. 112v) 'ch...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828. Giuseppe Borgia, of the Dukes of Valmezzana: Charles VII of Bourbon of Naples and Sicily: Relazione of Naples by Giuseppe Borgia: 1734: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 item

530. Add MS 8675

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GIUSEPPE VELLA: Esposto di Verità; circa 1798. Italian. Copy. A plea sent to Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, by Abbot Giuseppe Vella. The Abbot had been imprisoned after he had been accused of forgery by Alfonso Ajroldi, archbishop of Eraclea. Ajroldi had in fact realised that Vella was the author rather than merely the translator of the Arabic codex that he and Ajroldi had published together both in Latin and in Italian (see Codice diplomatico di Sicilia sotto il governo degli Arabi (Palermo,...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828. Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily; afterwards Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies: Naples and Sicily General: Giuseppe Vella, of Malta; Abbot and forger: Maria Carolina, Archduchess of Austria; daughter of Maria Theresa; wife of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1798
Extent:
1 item

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