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551. Add MS 8701

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IPPOLITO CAMILLO GUIDI: Relazione of Spain and Account of the Fall of the Count-Duke of Olivares; circa 1643. Italian, and Spanish. Copy. Two relazioni of Spain by the Dominican Friar Ippolito Camillo Guidi concerning Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares. Guidi was the envoy at Madrid of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, between 1639-1643. The first relazione (ff. 1-156v) concerns Spain in the 1620s and the life and political role played by Olivares (see Add. 8700). It includes letters...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled brown morocco: late 17th-early 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-156v Philip IV of Spain: Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de Olivares: Relazione of Spain by I. C. Guidi rel. to: circa 1643: Ital. and Span: Copy. ff. 1-156v Francesco I d'Este; Duke of Modena: Ippolito Camillo Gui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1643
Extent:
1 item

552. Add MS 8702

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COLLECTION OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR IN ROME; mid 17th cent. Italian and Spanish. Copies. The MS. is described in Gayangos, I, p. 840. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '392' in pencil in upper right corner of front pastedown and '10' in brown ink in lower left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8675, 8732, 8763 and 8777, from R.H. Evans, 10 Dec. 1830, lot 392 (part). 1. ff. 2-19v. 'Instruttione all Amba...
Scope & Content:
Philip IV of Spain: Court of Rome: Instructions for Spanish ambassadors in Rome: 1640-1653: Ital and Span: Copy. Bindings SPANISH: Full vellum on pasteboards: mid 17th cent. includes: ff. 22-40v Gaspar de Guzman, Conde de Olivares: Pedro Fajardo Zúñiga y Requesens, 5th Marqués de Los Vélez; S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

553. Add MS 8703

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COLLECTION OF RELACIONES AND PAPERS RELATING TO PHILIP IV AND CHARLES II; late 17th cent. Spanish and Italian. Copies. Tracts and letters relating to the death of Philip IV, the minority of Charles II and the contest between Don Juan José of Austria, son of Philip IV, and Father Juan Everardo Nitardo, Grand Inquisitor of Spain and Confessor to the Queen Regent Mariana of Austria, widow of Philip and mother of Charles II. Title (f. 1) 'Breve Relaçion De la Muerte del Rey Catholico Phelipe Qua...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. Philip IV of Spain: Charles II of Spain: Netherlands, Governors of. Don John of Austria: Mariana, 2nd wife of Philip IV of Spain: Johann Eberhard von Neidhart, Jesuit; General of the Spanish Inquisition; Cardinal 1672: Tracts and let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

554. Add MS 8704

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SAVO MELLINI: Dispatches to Cardinals Altieri and Cibo, together with accounts of expenses; 1675-1678, 1685. Italian. Partly copies. A collection of dispatches and accounts of Savo Mellini, the papal nuncio to Spain from 30 Sept. 1675 to 8 Oct. 1685. The dispatches date 2 Oct. 1675 - 3 Feb. 1678. The are addressed to Cardinal Paluzzo Altieri, nephew of Pope Clement X (d. 22 July 1676) and acting as his prime minister, and to Cardinal Alderano Cibo, Secretary of State and Prime Minister of Po...
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Accounts: Clement X; Pope: Charles II of Spain: Innocent XI; Pope: Savio Millini, Nuncio to Spain; Cardinal 1681; Archbishop of Orvieto: Dispatches and expenses accounts of Savio Millini: 1675-1685: Ital: Partly copies. includes: ff. 1-302 Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni, Cardinal 1664...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1675-1685
Extent:
1 item

555. Add MS 8705

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TRACT CONCERNING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN; circa 1700. Italian. Copy. A treatise in Italian concerning the succession of King Charles II of Spain. The anonymous author strongly objects to the so-called Second Partition Treaty (3-25 March 1700) between Louis XIV of France and William III of Orange, king of England and statolder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. With this treaty Louis XIV and William III agreed on the partition of the Spanish Empire between the Archduke C...
Scope & Content:
Treaties: Louis XIV of France: Political Tracts: Charles II of Spain: William III of England: Tract rel. to the succession of Charles II of Spain: circa 1700: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 item

556. Add MS 8706

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS mostly relating to the Spanish War of Succession; 1697-1710, 1576-1577. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Copies, partly printed. Letters and papers of the Emperors Leopold I and Joseph I, Louis XIV of France, Charles III of Spain, Peter II of Portugal, Pope Clement XI, the Ambassadors at Rome Jean Baptiste René de Froulai, Count of Tessé (France), Count Leopold Joseph of Lamberg, and Ercole Turinetti, Marquis of Prié (the Emperor), and the Count of Melgar (Spain),...
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Jean Baptiste René de Froulai, Count of Tessé; Marshall of France: Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Auditor of the Rota; Archbishop Elector of Mainz: Luis Francisco de la Cerda y Aragona, Duke of Medina Celi; Viceroy of Naples: Franz Karl von Kaunitz, Auditor of the Rota: Letters amd papers rel. to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1576-1710
Extent:
1 item

557. Add MS 8707

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GIOVANNI ANTONIO RUZZINI: Despatches from Spain; 1750-1754. Italian. Copies. 214 dispatches from Giovanni Antonio Ruzzini to Doges Pietro Grimani (d. 7 March 1752) and Francesco Loredan (el. 18 March 1752) and the Venetian Senate, dated 1 May 1750 - 13 Aug. 1754. Ruzzini was the Venetian Ambassador to Spain between 27 Aug. 1750 (presentation of credentials) - 29 Oct. 1754. He was the son of Carlo Ruzzini, Doge of Venice (1732-1735), of whom a collection of dispatches from Constantinople is n...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/C): bef. 1828. Ferdinand VI of Spain: Dispatches of G. A. Ruzzini rel. to: 1750-1754: Ital: Copies. Giovanni Antonio Ruzzini, Venetian Ambassador to Spain: Pietro Grimani; Doge of Venice: Francesco Loredan; Doge of Venice: Dispatches rel. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1750-1754
Extent:
1 item

558. Add MS 8710

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Title:
GEROLAMO CONESTAGIO DE FRANCHI: Dell'unione del regno di Portogallo alla corona di Castiglia; circa 1585. Italian. Copy. An historical account of the unification of the kingdoms of Portugal and Spain under Philip II of Spain in 1580, following the death without descent of the Portuguese kings Sebastian of Aviz (d. 1578) and Henry of Aviz (d. 1580). The account was written by Gerolamo Conestagio de Franchi (circa 1530-1618), a Genoese merchant, politician, historian and poet, who lived and wo...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated pastedowns and contiguous flyleaves: late 16th-early 17th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/B): bef. 1828. Philip II of Spain: Portugal General: Political Tracts: Gerolamo Conestagio de Franchi, Genoese historian and poet:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1585
Extent:
1 item

559. Add MS 8711

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PANTALEÃO RODRIGUES PACHECO: Address to Urban VIII and other papers; circa 1642. Italian and Latin. Copies. An address to Pope Urban VIII by Pantaleão Rodrigues Pacheco, Professor of Canon Law and member of the Conselho General do Santo Officio (d. 1667). The address (art. 2, ff. 5-29v) and the other papers in the present MS. concern the legitimate right of John Duke of Braganza to the Crown of Portugal as King John IV, and the issue of granting papal audience to the Portuguese Ambassador Do...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: John IV of Portugal: Pantaleao Rodrigues Pacheco, Portoguese Professor of Canon Law; Bishop of Elvas 1658: Papers rel. to the Crown of Portugal to Urban VIII from Pantaleao Rodrigues Pacheco: circa 1642: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1642
Extent:
1 item

560. Add MS 8712

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO PORTUGAL AND THE PAPACY; 1577-1767. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly certified. Arts. 2-10, 12-14, 16-18 concern the papal refusal to recognise the legitimacy of the Portuguese Kings between 1640-1669 and the consequent denial by the Pope to receive their ambassadors and approve their nomination of bishops after the secession of the country from Spain. Arts. 19-22 relate to the negotiations for the concordat of 1737 between Pope Clement XII and Ki...
Scope & Content:
Portugal General: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Miscellaneous tracts and papers rel. to Portugal and the papacy: 1577-1767: Ital. and Lat: Copies, partly signed. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-16 Geography: Geographical ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1577-1767
Extent:
1 item

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