1. Add MS 44984
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 44984
- Title:
- HANDWRITING AND COMPOSITION BOOK; early 18th cent. Italian. Contains miscellaneous pieces of verse and prose written out mainly, it would appear, as schoolroom exercises. One piece copied (f. 16) takes the form of a letter from Maria Maddalena Mellini Casale to an unnamed sister, dated Rome, 26 Jan. 1707. Paper; ff. i + 73. 260 mm. x 180 mm. XVIII cent. Ff. 1-9, with nine blank unnumbered leaves, and 56-73, are added leaves wrapped round the original book by way of a continuation. Armorial b...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: f. i Heraldry: Armorial bookplates of the 5th Lord Guilford, d.1827.f. 16 Maria Maddalena Mellini Casale, of Rome: Letter to her sister: 1707.: Ital.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item