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121. Add MS 8255-8256

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Add MS 8255-8256
Title:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY; 2nd half of 18th cent.
Scope & Content:
Italian. Volumes 3 and 4 of Book 1 of a compendium of universal history, covering the history of the Roman Empire. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. ‘578’ in pencil in upper right corner of f. 1 in both volumes. Purchased, together with Add. 8249...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
2 items

122. Add MS 8256

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Add MS 8256
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Scope & Content:
UNIVERSAL HISTORY, book 1, volume 4. From the death of Emperor Theodosius I in 395 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Inc. ‘In vista delle disposizioni di Teodosio’, expl. ‘piccoli Governi di si vasta Monarchia’. ff. 405. Old pagination in ink '1-804', beginning on f. 2. 243 x 170mm. Runnin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

123. Add MS 8257

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Add MS 8257
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Scope & Content:
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 1740-1744, first part, books 1-4. Inc. ‘Se ben vicino all’Ettà Ottuagenario’, expl. ‘censura gli sensi da vero Cristiano’. ‘COD. No. CCCVII. MM. I.’ is inscribed in ink at the foot of the da Ponte bookplate and the roman numeral is also inscribed in ink, in another hand, in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

124. Add MS 8257-8258

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Add MS 8257-8258
Title:
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1740-1748; 2nd half of 18th cent.
Scope & Content:
Italian. A historical account of events in Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession which followed the death of Emperor Charles VI in 1740 and culminated in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. On the front pastedown of both volumes is the armorial bookplate of Lorenzo Antonio da Ponte...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
2 items

125. Add MS 8258

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Add MS 8258
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HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF 1745-1748, second part, books 1-4. Inc. ‘L’Anima Razionale perfeziona la nostra humanità’, expl. ‘nobis obsequis gloria relicta est. Tacito.’ ‘COD. No. CCCVIII. MM. I.’ is inscribed in ink at the foot of the da Ponte bookplate and the roman numeral is also inscribed in ink,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

126. Add MS 8259

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Add MS 8259
Title:
DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE, 1648-1675; late 17th cent. Italian. The MS. gives a historical account of the intense period of diplomatic and military activity in western Europe which followed the conclusion of the Thirty Years’ War with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. The text focuses primarily on the period from the formation of the Triple League between England, Holland and Sweden in 1668 up to the Battle of Fehrbellin in which the Elector of Brandenburg defeated the...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/D): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated end-leaves: late 17th or early 18th cent. Treaties: Europe: Diplomatic and military history of western Europe, 1648-1675: late 17th cent.: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

127. Add MS 8260

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Add MS 8260
Title:
HISTORICAL COMPENDIUM OF THE LIVES OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS AND POPES; 1585. Italian. The MS., which is dated (f. 135) 28 Oct. 1585, contains a chronological, historical summary of the lives of the Roman emperors, popes and other prominent men from Julius Caesar to Emperor Rudolf II, inc. ‘In questo trattato scriveremo la vita delli Imperadori Romani’ (f. 5), expl. ‘a cui successe Ridolfo pure secondo di tal nome’. The text, which is preceded by chronological (ff. 2-3) and alphabetical (ff. 3v-...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: 18th cent. red leather quarter binding with decorated paper covers: 18th cent. Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Rome; Emperors: Holy Roman Empire: Historical compendium of the lives of the Roman emper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
28 Oct 1585
Extent:
1 item

128. Add MS 8261

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Add MS 8261
Title:
RELAZIONE OF ITALY; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics. Inc. (f. 1) 'L'Italia dominatrice una volta del mondo e poi preda del mondo istesso', expl. (f. 147) 'Isola del Gozzo con la piccola Comino hanno anch' esse i suoi forti'. The relazione is divided into eleven chapters: (i) Italia Proemio (ff. 1-8); (ii) Stati del Duca di Savoia (ff. 8-26v); (iii) Duca di Monferrato (ff. 26v-29v); (iv) La Republica di Genova (ff. 29v-33v); (v) Duc...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. Italy General: Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics: circa 1650: Ital: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 8-26v Duchy of Savoy: History of: circa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

129. Add MS 8262

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Add MS 8262
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, tracts and orations relating to the Papacy, Spain, France, Venice, the German Empire, Austria, Dalmatia, Turkey, Savoy, Florence, Naples, Genoa, and Ethiopia; circa 1494-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes relazioni of: - (a) Spain by Federico Badoer, 1557 (ff. 1-81v): other copies in Add. 29444 (ff. 440-507: dated 1558), Lansdowne 840 A (ff. 31-91: dated 1558), Royal 14.A.XIII (art. 6, ff. 225-384: dated 1558...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-81v Philip II of Spain: Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Lorenzo Priuli; Doge of Venice: Federico Badoer, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Spain by Federico Badoer: 1557: Ital: Copy. ff. 82-102v Francis I of France: Andrea ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

130. Add MS 8263

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Add MS 8263
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS on European and Italian history; circa 1577-1677. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Relates mostly to the rights of the Church to Italian states such as Ferrara, Modena, Comacchio, the investiture and the rights of the Boschetti family to the lands of S. Cesario on Panaro (Modena), their dispute with the Monastery of S. Pietro in Modena, and claims of France to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Including 17th-cent. transcripts (arts. 7-13) of charters and papal ...
Scope & Content:
Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Miscellany, mostly rel. to the rights of the Holy See to Italian territories: circa 1577-1677: Ital., Lat., and Span: Partly printed. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 31, 277v, 475v, 560v Bookplates and Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1577-1677
Extent:
1 item

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