351. Add MS 8521
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8521
- Title:
- BASSETTI LETTER-BOOK; circa 1688-1689. Italian. Copies, 1716? (the date of a letter on f. 91v, possibly a slip of the scribe disclosing the year of the copy). Register of letters of Abbot Apollonio Bassetti, Secretary of State to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici (1670-1723). The register is divided into two section. The first section (ff. 1-63v) contains undated letters of Bassetti to Count Ranuzzi of Bologna, who is probably identifiable with Vincenzo Ferdinando Antonio Ranuz...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Mottled brown leather over pasteboards with gilt-tooled spine: mid 18th cent. Cosimo III; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Apollonio Bassetti, Abbot; secretary to Cosimo III of Tuscany: Letter-Book of Apollonio Bassetti: circa 1688-1689: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-63v Vincenzo Ferd...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 1716?
- Extent:
- 1 item