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Language Italian Place Valenza, Lombardy

1. Add MS 8549

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Add MS 8549
Title:
ATLAS OF FORTIFICATION PLANS of Milan and other towns, castles and ports in Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, and Elba; late 17th cent. Italian. The volume includes 56 plans of the towns of Milan (with two plans showing its water system and castle), Pavia, Valenza Po, Alessandria, Castel Gavone, Castelfranco di Finale, Caprazoppa, the ports of Varegotti and Porto Longone (now Porto Azzurro), Genoa, Serravalle (with dotted lines indicating future developments), Tortona (with dotted lines indicatin...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/C): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum; restored: late 17th cent. Maps and Plans: Italy General: Piedmont: Liguria, Italy: Lombardy, Italy: Plans of fortified towns, castles and ports in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria: late 17th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8670

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Add MS 8670
Title:
RELAZIONI OF NAPLES AND TENEDOS, a Letter by Francis I of Modena, and the Will of the town of Valenza; 1656. Italian. Copies. The MS. is entitled (f. 1) 'Relatione della Peste di Napoli fatta li 10 Giugno 1656'. This title is followed by three titles added by a later hand relating to arts. 2-4. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '59' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8663, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Limp vellum: aft. 1656. includes: ff. 1-27v Plague, The, and Pestilences: Philip III of Naples and Sicily: Relazione of Naples conc. the plague: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 28-35 Venice: Island of Bozca Ada, Turkey: Relazione of Tenedos: 1656: Ital: Copy. ff. 36-39 Valenza, Lombard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1656
Extent:
1 item