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241. 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

242. 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

243. 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

244. Add MS 8353

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COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating to military and political events during the Thirty Years War, especially in Italy as a theatre of conflict between France and Spain, France during the Fronde, and the island of Corsica under Genoese rule in the early 17th century; 1622-1649. Italian and Latin. Copies, largely printed. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '65' in ink on spine; in top left hand corner of f. 1 the numbers '13', '290', '10...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1v-39v Agriculture: Island of Corsica: Luigi Sesino, priest, from Corsica: Essay on agriculture on Corsica: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 41-122v Island of Corsica: Description of the island: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 137-138v P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1622-1649
Extent:
1 item

245. 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

246. Add MS 8355

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RELAZIONI and other historical paper relating to Venice, the Holy See, Germany, Spain and France; circa 1558-1646. Italian. Copies. Armorial bookplate (front pastedown) of 'Marius Marefuschus': for Marefoschi's bookplate see Bragaglia, vol. ii, no. 587: circa 1740. Shelfmark in roman numerals 'CCLXIV' in fourth spine compartment. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '332' in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8401,...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: `Marius Marefuschus': 1558-1627. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-41 Girolamo Lunadoro, of Siena; Cavaliere: Relazione of Rome: circa 1611: Ital: Copy. ff. 69-89 Giovanni Dolfin, Venetian ambassador to Rome: Relazione of Rome: 1598: It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1558-1646
Extent:
1 item

247. Add MS 8356

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RELAZIONI AND POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS relating to Venice, the Papacy, and Spain; circa 1607-1643. Italian. Copies. Ownership note (front pastedown) 'Ex Libris / Marii Marefusci', partly cancelled; old shelfmark in black ink 'Cod. 192' in lower left corner of front pastedown; old shelfmark in faint roman numerals 'CXCII' in lower spine: identifiable with Marefoschi MS. 192 in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 32v. Also shelfmark '14' in brown ink in left margin of front pastedown. Owned by Fr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 1-4v Paul V; Pope: Berlingerio Gessi, Bishop of Rimini; Cardinal 1626: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: Instructions to Card. B. Gessi, rel. to Venice: 1607: Ital: Copy. ff. 5-8 Paul V; Pope: Leonardo Donà; Doge of Venice: François de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1607-1643
Extent:
1 item

248. Add MS 8357

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LIVES of Italian heretics; early 18th cent. Italian. This anonymous text provides detailed accounts of the lives of Francesco Canonici (1609-1652), Marc Antonio Dominis (1566-1624) and Francesco Giuseppe Borri (1627-1695), together with an account of the deaths of Bernadino and Niccola Missori, all of whom were declared heretics by the Italian Inquisition. The present MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, p. 128 and P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, IV (1989), p. 68. Owned by Frederick North, 5t...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Binding of quarter vellum with brown marbled paper covers: early 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-30v Francesco Canonici, called 'Mascambruno'; Auditor of the Contraddette: Life of: early 18th cent: Ital: Copy. ff. 31-66v Marco Antonio de Dominis, Archbishop of Spalato: Life of: ea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

249. Add MS 8358

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers relating to Rome, France, and the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza; circa 1675-1752. Italian and Latin. Copies and drafts. The MS. includes: - (a) relazione and letter (arts. 1, 3) relating to the clergy in Italy and France, 1751-1754; - (b) protest (art. 2) addressed to Pope Clement XII and relating to the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza, followed by the papal reply, 1732; - (c) drafts (arts. 4-5) of Italian translations of the memoirs of Maria and Horte...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 18th cent. includes: ff. 2-33 Orders Religious. Franciscans: Guidone, Franciscan Friar: Zaccaria, Jesuit: Tract to Frate Zaccaria Gesuita from Frate Guidone Zoccolante: 1751: Ital: Copy. ff. 35-36 Clement XII; Pope: Monsignor Jacopo Fiscale, of Rome: Protest...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1675-1752
Extent:
1 item

250. Add MS 8359

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Title:
POLITICAL INSTRUCTIONS to secretaries; after 1661. Italian and Latin. Instructions to secretaries of reigning princes, followed by models for letters, mainly relating to the Jesuits and their readmission into the territories of the Venetian Republic in 1661. Title (f. 2) 'Avvertimenti Politici e utilissimi per Signori che intraprendono affari de' Prencipi per tirare ad ottime fine ogni trattato, tanto in materia di Guerra, come ogn'altro affare domestico', inc. (f. 3) 'Se il potere e sapere ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Formularies: Political Tracts: Political instructions to secretaries, with model letters: aft. 1661: Ital. and Lat: Copies. includes: ff. 50-63 Orders Religious. Jesuits: Model letters, rel. to: aft. 1661: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 55-63 Venice...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1661
Extent:
1 item

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