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241. Add MS 8347

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POLITICAL TREATISES relating to Rome, France and Tuscany; circa 1662-1664. Italian. Copies. Most of the present treatises (arts. 1-4) relate to the dispute between France and the Papacy that arose after the attack on the French Ambassador at Rome, Charles de Blanchefort, Duc de Créqui, by the papal Corsican Guards on 20 Aug. 1662. The quarrel almost led to war between France and the Papacy and ended only with the acceptance by Alexander VII of the Treaty of Pisa, signed on 12 Feb. 1664. Art....
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. Louis XIV of France: Political Tracts: Alexander VII; Pope: Political tracts rel. to France and the Papacy: circa 1662-1664: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-144v Charles III de Blanchefort, Duc de Créqui; French Ambassador at Rome: Political treati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1662-1664
Extent:
1 item

242. Add MS 8348

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POLITICAL TRACTS relating to Rome, France, the Valtelline, and Venice during the papacy of Urban VIII; circa 1623-1644. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. ii), added later. Old signature in pencil 'Tom. CI' in upper right corner of f. i: identifiable with Mattei MS. 545 (vol. 101 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purcha...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Urban VIII; Pope: Political Tracts: Political treatises and instructions rel. to France, the Valtelline, and Venice during his papacy: 1623-1644: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 1-38v Nicolò Zambeccari, Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Reg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1623-1644
Extent:
1 item

243. Add MS 8349

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni and other historical papers relating to the Patriarchate of Aquileia; circa 1445-1629. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The collection relates to the dispute between the Emperor Ferdinand II, the Republic of Venice and Pope Urban VIII over the appointment of the Patriarch of Aquileia after the death of Patriarch Agostino Gradenigo in 1629. In the end another Venetian prelate, Marco Gradenigo, was elected, against the wishes of Ferdinand II who wante...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: mid 17th cent. Venice: Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Holy Roman Empire: Aquileia, Italy: Papers rel. to the Patriarchate of Aquileia: 1445-1629: Lat. and Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

244. 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

245. 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

246. 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

247. 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

248. 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

249. 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

250. Add MS 8356

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Title:
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

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