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651. Add MS 8809

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COMMONPLACE BOOK from Paolo Giovio's Historiae; late 16th cent. Italian. A collection of 540 political recommendations taken from the Historiarum sui temporis libri or Historiae by Paolo Giovio, relating to European events from the invasion of Italy by Charles VIII (1494) to the treaty of peace of Crépy (1544). Giovio's work was published in Florence in 1550 and 1552. It was immediately translated into Italian by Ludovico Domenichi and published in Florence in 1551, 1553, and other 11 editio...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/B): bef. 1828. Commonplace Books: History: Commonplace Book from L. Domenichi's Italian translation of P. Giovio's Historiae: late 16th cent.: Ital. Ludovico Domenichi, Italian man of letters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

652. Add MS 8810

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SUMMARY TABLE OF WORLD RULERS; 1590-1603. Italian. Autograph. A summary table of kings and rulers of all Western, Oriental, African and American countries, from Spain, France, Lorraine to Malacca, Philippines, China, Japan, Congo, Egypt, and America, compiled for and dedicated to the young prince Cosimo de' Medici (1590-1621), son of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany (1587-1609) and Cristina of Lorraine. For each country the table provides summary information concerning its geographical loca...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 16th-early 17th cent. Chronology: Education: Summary table of world rulers offered to prince Cosimo de' Medici: 1590-1603: Ital. Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Summary table of world rulers offered to: 1590-1603: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1590-1603
Extent:
1 item

653. Add MS 8811

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JACOPO SALVIATI, DUKE OF GIULIANO: Poems; mid 17th cent. Italian. Autograph. Collection of sonnets, poems and poetic dialogues written by Jacopo di Lorenzo Salviati (1607-1672), the Duke of Giuliano unhappily married to Veronica Cibo, and dedicated to Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), Queen Christina of Sweden, and Prince Leopoldo de' Medici, later Cardinal de' Medici (1667). The present MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 488, p. 38, and in Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 86a. For Salviati se...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: second half 17th cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Jacopo Salviati, Duke of Giuliano: Poems by Jacopo Salviati: mid 17th cent.: Ital: Autogr. includes: ff. 2-20, 56-64 Alexander VII; Pope: Collection of sonnets by J. Salviati dedicated to: circa 1667: Ital. ff. 24-27 Christ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Mid 17th century
Extent:
1 item

654. Add MS 8812

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COLLECTION OF ITALIAN VERSE AND PROSE; circa 1656. Italian. Copy. The collection includes two idylls in praise of Queen Christina of Sweden (arts. 1-2, ff. 1-27v) and two poems in octava rima in praise of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (art. 3, ff. 28-45). From the Mattei Library, MS. 27: old shelfmark '27' in ink in forth spine compartment; cf. Mattei catalogue in Add. 8220, f. 13. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in top...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th-cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Poetical collection: circa 1656: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-27v Christina of Sweden: Two idylls by G. Alberici in praise of: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 1-27v Gianantonio Alberici, Prince of Vetrana; Marquis of Salice: Two idylls in pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1656
Extent:
1 item

655. Add MS 8813

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GIULIO ROSPIGLIOSI, later Pope Clement IX: Melodramas and poems for music, and a short tract; circa 1638-1646. Italian and Latin. Partly autograph. Collection of melodrammi and other poems for music by Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi, Prince of Cervetero (1660-1669, elected Pope Clement IX in 1667). The present MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 489, p. 38, and it is described in M. Murata, Operas for the Papal Court 1631-1668 (Ann Arbor, 1981), pp. 439-440, with reproduction of f. 78v on fi...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Full vellum with marble paper pastedowns and flyleaves: bef. 1828. Drama: Giulio Rospigliosi, Cardinal 1657; Pope Clement IX 1667: Dramas for music by Giulio Rospigliosi: circa 1638-1646: Ital: Partly autograph. includes: ff. 156-166v Giulio Rospigliosi, Cardinal 1657; Pope ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1638-1646
Extent:
1 item

656. Add MS 8814

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BENEDETTO MENZINI: Satires; circa 1682-1685. Italian. Copy. Collection of twelve satires by the Florentine priest and poet Benedetto Menzini (1646-1704), member of the Accademia Reale founded in Rome by Queen Christina of Sweden in 1674 and later of the Accademia dell'Arcadia with the name Euganio Libade. Menzini's satires are a vitriolic analysis of the vices of his town, Florence, and of his contemporaries. A later copy (1720) Add. 8815, art. 7 (ff. 90-143v), orders the texts as the posthu...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. - early 18th cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Satires ITALIAN: Benedetto Menzini, of Florence: Satires by Benedetto Menzini: circa 1682-1685: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1682-1685
Extent:
1 item

657. Add MS 8815

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COLLECTION OF ITALIAN PROSE, SATIRICAL VERSE AND SONNETS; 1720. Italian, and Latin. Copy. The collection is entitled (f. 1) 'Distica nostra legant pueri, casteque puelle / Continet obscenos Fabula nulla locos. / Raccolta di varie Poesie fatta da D.P.A.L. / Tomo II / 1720'. Table of contents (ff. 155-156) added by a later hand. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford (front pastedown). '5' in pencil in top left corner of armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 5 (p...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Poetry ITALIAN: Satires ITALIAN: D.P.A.L: Collection of prose, satirical verse and sonnets , compiled by D.P.A.L.: 1720: Ital. and Lat.: Copy. includes: ff. 81v-84v Luis Francisco de l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

658. Add MS 8816

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA FAGIUOLI: Capitoli and sonnets; circa 1680-1742. Italian. Copy. Collection of capitoli and other verses by the Florentine poet and playwright Giovanni Battista Fagiuoli (1660-1742), secretary in the Medici court and member of the Accademia degli Apatisti and of the Accademia dell'Arcadia with the name Sargonte Neatide. Annoyed by the publication of some of his Capitoli without his authorisation in La Fagiuolaja ovvero Rime facete del signor dottor Gioambatista Fagiuoli avvo...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: early 18th cent. Poetry ITALIAN: Giovanni Battista Fagiuoli, of Florence; poet and playwright: Poems by Giovanni Battista Fagiuoli: bef. 1742: Ital: Copy. includes: ff. 1-5v Gian Gastone; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Capitolo by G. B. Fagiuoli, dedicated to: circa 172...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1680-1742
Extent:
1 item

659. Add MS 8817

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA RICCHIERI: Sonnets; 1746. Italian. Copy by Antonio Francesco Pizzorni. Collection of sonnets by the Genoese poet Giovanni Battista Ricchieri (d. after 1759) in the hand of Abbot Antonio Francesco Pizzorni. Ricchieri was a member of the Accademia degli Addormentati of Genoa, which gathered in the gardens of Agostino Lomellini. Thanks to the close connections with the Parisian circle of philosophers the Genoese intellectuals of the time developed a great interest in the new t...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Astronomy: Poetry ITALIAN: Natural Philosophy: Giovanni Battista Ricchieri, of Genoa; poet: Antonio Francesco Pizzorni, of Genoa; abbot: Sonnets by Giovanni Battista Ricchieri, copied by Antonio Francesco Pizzorni: 1746: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1746
Extent:
1 item

660. Add MS 8818

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LUIGI PARDINI: Poems dedicated to Giuseppe Stefano Zambelli de Turribus; 1791. Italian and Latin. Probably autograph. Collection of poems in various metres dedicated to Giuseppe Stefano Zambelli de Turribus, papal protonotary and referendary in Narni. The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, no. 493, p. 38. Title (f. 1) 'Accademico Trattenimento sopra l'illustri Prerogative di M. Zambelli Patrizio di Trento, ... Protonotario Apostolico ... Referendario Apostolico della Città di Narni e luoghi ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Roman binding of quarter leather with decorated xilographic paper covers: late 18th cent. Giuseppe Stefano Zambelli de Turribus, of Trento; papal protonotary and referendary: Poems by L. Pardini dedicated to: 1791: Ital. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Ink drawings p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1791
Extent:
1 item

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