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51. Add MS 8350

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POLITICAL TRACTS, partly relating to France and Germany; 2nd half of 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old shelfmark '5[52]' almost cancelled in fourth spine compartment; signature in pencil 'Tom. CVIII' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 552 (vol. 108 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Political Tracts: Two political tracts: 2nd half 17th cent.: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 2-53 France General: Germany, General: Political tract rel. to French claims to German territories: 2nd half 17th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 54-116 Political Tra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 item

52. Add MS 8351

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RELAZIONE AND LETTER relating to Spain, Milan, Naples and Sicily; circa 1555-1653. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. ii), added later. Old signature in pencil 'Tom. CIX' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 553 (vol. 109 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8333, 8334,...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-38 Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba; Viceroy of Naples; Governor of the Netherlands: Milan: Relazione of Milan offered to Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo: circa 1555: Ital: Copy. ff. 39-88v Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Iñi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1555-1653
Extent:
1 item

53. Add MS 8352

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other historical papers relating to Persia, Spain, France, Rome and Florence; circa 1537-1666. Italian and Latin. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1). Old signature in pencil 'Tom. CXI' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 555 (vol. 111 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pa...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-113 Pietro Della Valle, of Rome; traveller: Persia, Shahs of. Abbas I, The Great: Relazione of Persia by Pietro Della Valle: circa 1628: Ital: Copy. ff. 114-183 Philip III of Spain: Alessandro Tassoni, of Modena; author: 'Philippich...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1537-1666
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 8354

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RELAZIONI AND HISTORICAL TREATISES relating to France, Savoy, Tuscany, Venice, Milan, Spain, Valtelline, Naples, Parma and Piacenza; circa 1546-1670. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (ff. i and i verso), added later. Old shelfmark in ink '14[2]' in fifth spine compartment: possibly identifiable with Mattei MS. 142 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 31. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '336' in pencil in upper left corner of front pasted...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-86v Marino Cavalli, Venetian ambassador to Germany and at Constantinople: Francis I of France: Francesco Donà; Doge of Venice: Relazione of France by Marino Cavalli: [1546]: Ital: Copy. ff. 87-131 Giovanni Correr, Venetian ambassad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1546-1670
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 8368

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GIAMPIETRO MAFFEI: Annals of Gregory XIII; 1572-1585. Italian. Copies. Annals of the papacy of Gregory XIII (1572-1585), written by the Jesuit historian Giampietro Maffei of Bergamo (1535-1603), and completed, revised and corrected after his death by Paolo Teggia (d. 1620). In the present MS. the text is divided into fourteen books. The text was originally bound in two separate volumes, the first volume (now ff. 1-305) containing books 1-8 (1572-1579), the second (now ff. 306-565) books 9-14...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1817. Gregory XIII; Pope: Giampietro Maffei, Jesuit: Paolo Teggia, Jesuit: Annals of Gregory XIII by Giampietro Maffei, revised by Paolo Teggia: 1572-1585: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1572-1585
Extent:
1 item

56. Add MS 8374

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ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT of the uprising of students in the Jesuit college at Rome in 1647 at the time of Innocent X (1644-1655); circa 1647. Italian. Copy. The student revolt was prompted by the introduction of stricter rules of discipline by Francesco Palazzi, the new dean of the seminary, and encouraged by an heretical student. This student may have been Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695), later renowned as an heretical doctor and alchemist. Borri was in fact expelled from the college in 1647 ...
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Bindings: Full vellum: early 19th cent. Innocent X; Pope: Rome; Jesuit College: Account of the uprising of students in the Jesuit College at Rome: 1647: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1647
Extent:
1 item

57. Add MS 8400

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NAVAGERO LETTER-BOOK; 1555-1556. Italian. Copy. Register of dispatches to the Doges of Venice Francesco Venier (1554- 2 June 1556) and Lorenzo Priuli (14 June 1556-1559) from Monsignor Bernardo Navagero (Cardinal in 1561). The dispatches were sent by Navagero in his first year as Venetian Ambassador to the newly elected Pope Paul IV (1555-1559), and date 7 Sept. 1555 - 4 Sept. 1556. The first two dispatches are also signed by Girolamo Grimani and Matteo Dandolo, who had been sent together wi...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Bernardo Navagero, Venetian Ambassador at Venice, Rome and Constantinople; afterwards Cardinal: Francesco Venier; Doge of Venice: Lorenzo Priuli; Doge of Venice: Register of dispatches to Doges Venier and Priuli from Bernardo Navagero: 1555-1556: Ital: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1555-1556
Extent:
1 item

58. Add MS 8402

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RANIERI ZEN: Relazione of Rome; [1623]. Italian. Copy. Ranieri Zen was the Venetian ambassador at Rome from 1621 to 1623 during the papacy of Popes Gregory XV (1621-1623) and Urban VIII (1623-1643). Other copies in Add. 8398 (art. 4, ff. 135-246), 10155 and 10155*, 16519 (ff. 199-255), 17359 (ff. 95-197), 30670 (art. 2, ff. 132-200), 48121 (Yelverton MS. 136; art. 11, ff. 251-356v). Published by Barozzi - Berchet, s. iii, v. i (Venice, 1877), pp. 137-193. Title (f. 1) 'Relatione di Roma fatt...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Gregory XV; Pope: Renier Zeno, Venetian ambassador to Rome: Francesco Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Renier Zeno: 1623: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1623]
Extent:
1 item

59. Add MS 8404

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GIOVANNI PESARO: Relazione of Rome; [1656]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome written by Giovanni Pesaro together with Bertuccio Valier, Alvise Contarini and Nicolò Sagredo upon their return from the extraordinary embassy to the Papal Court in 1655 to congratulate Alexander VII on his election to the Papacy. Other copies in Add. 8330 (art. 1, ff. 2-96v), 8341 (art. 5, ff. 122-185), and 8398 (art. 7, ff. 324-393v). Text differs at the end from the relazione published by Barozzi - Berchet, ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Alexander VII; Pope: Giovanni Pesaro, Venetian Ambassador: Carlo Contarini; Doge of Venice: Relazione of Rome by Giovanni Pesaro: 1656: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1656]
Extent:
1 item

60. Add MS 8405

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ANTONIO GRIMANI: Relazione of Rome; [1671]. Italian. Copy. The relazione of Rome by Antonio Grimani, Venetian Ambassador at Rome from 1667 to 1671 during the papacies of Clement IX (1667-1669) and Clement X (1670-1676). Other copies in Add. 8399 (art. 4, ff. 212-326), 10157, 16518 (ff. 364-410v). Published as Relatione della Corte di Roma del Grimani in Li tesori della Corte Romana in varie relazioni fatte in Pregadi d'alcuni Ambasciatori Veneti, Residenti in Roma, sotto differenti Pontefici...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Clement X; Pope: Domenico Contarini; Doge of Venice: Clement IX; Pope: Antonio Grimani, Venetian Ambassador: Relazione of Rome by Antonio Grimani: 1671: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1671]
Extent:
1 item