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481. Add MS 8624

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DESCRIPTION OF IONIAN AND AEGEAN ISLANDS, THE LEVANT AND FAR EAST, OTTOMAN TERRITORIES AND POLAND; bef. 1773 [see f. 11v]. Italian. Fair copy, possibly autograph. Imperfect. The text is divided into three parts. Prominence is given to the history and practice of major religions, including Islam, Hinduism, the Armenian and Greek Orthodox Churches, together with brief accounts of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and the Teutonic Order. The Portuguese Emmanuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-1773) is ...
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Geography: Geographical descriptions of Ionian and Aegean Islands, Ottoman territories, the Levant, Far East, and Poland: bef. 1773: Ital. includes: ff. 7v-11v Orders Military. St. John of Jerusalem: Brief account of the Order: bef. 1773: Ital. ff. 115v-117 Orders Military. Teutonic Order: Bri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
before 1773
Extent:
1 item

482. Add MS 8625

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DESPATCHES TO FRANCESCO MOROSINI FROM THE MOREA; 1690-1693. Italian. Copies, 18th-cent. Despatches sent to Doge Francesco Morosini (1688-1694) relating to the war in the Morea between 18 Dec. 1690 (date of second despatch from Corfu, f. 5) and 9 June 1693. The author was possibly Domenico Mocenigo, the Venetian Capitano General da Mar before the Republic obliged him to resign and gave the appointment to the Doge himself in May 1693 (see the proposal of the siege of Canea on ff. 160-165, and ...
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Military Tactics: Francesco Morosini, Venetian naval commander; doge of Venice 1688: Domenico Mocenigo, Venetian Provveditore and Capitano Generale dell'Armi: Peloponnese: Greece: Despatches from Morea to Francesco Morosini by (?) Domenico Mocenigo: 1690-1693: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

483. Add MS 8626

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DENIS VOUZZANESSY: Discours sur les mœurs des habitans des Isles Ioniennes; 1810. French. Autograph. A philosophical tract on human nature and contemporary politics in Greece. Inc. (f. 3) 'Discours sur le mœurs des habitans des Isles Ioniennes / Précedé de quelque remarques critiques et philosophiques / Il y a dans la nature humaine un fond de grandeur', expl. (f. 15v) 'frapper d'admiration la postérité la plus reculée'. Presented by the author to the Hon. Frederick North in 1810, with a not...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/C): bef. 1828. Ionian Islands: Political Tracts: Denis Vouzzanessy: Greece: Discours sur les moeurs des habitans des Isles Ioniennes, by Denis Vouzzanessy: 1810: Fr: Autogr. includes: f. 2 Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Letter of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 item

484. Add MS 8627

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A COLLECTION OF ORDINANCES AND MUNICIPAL LAWS OF CORFU; 1773-1774. Italian. Copies. The collection covers the years 1480-1774, but is not in chronological order. The MS. is entitled (f. 22) 'Libro d'ordini, e Leggi Municipali', and is dated 1773. Inc. (f. 23) 'Noi Reggimento di Corfù, Isola e suo distretto, per la Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia / Per debito del Reggimento Nostro: volendo meglio regolar alcuni azioni nel proceder civile ... adi 27 Giugno 1582', expl. (ff. 179-179v) 'traspo...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Paper on pasteboards: circa 1773. Law: Collection of ordinances and municipal laws of Corfu: 1773-1774: Ital: Copies. Corfu, the Ionian Islands: E. S., fl. 1773-1774: Collection of ordinances and municipal laws of Corfu by E. S.: 1773-1774: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1773-1774
Extent:
1 item

485. Add MS 8628

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RELAZIONI, LETTERS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP RELATING TO CORFU; 1716-1717. Italian, partly transl. The collection relates to the siege of Corfu in Aug. 1716 and is partly translated from French. The MS. is entitled (ff. 2, 72) 'Assedio e Liberazione di Corfù'; it is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xii (1906), pt. ii, no. cxxxix, p. 338. Decorative engraved frames pasted onto titlepages (ff. 2, 72). Bookplate of Pietro Gradenigo di S. Giustina (f. 1), and MS. ownership note 'Ex libris N.V. Petr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Mottled brown leather on pastedowns with gilt-tooled spine: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Pietro Gradenigo di S. Giustina: bef. 1776. Corfu, the Ionian Islands: Venice: Relazioni, letters and map relating to siege of Corfu: 1716-1717: Ital: Copies. includes: ff. 3-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1716-1717
Extent:
1 item

486. Add MS 8629

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PAOLO MERCATI: The Isle of Zante (Zakynthos); circa 1811. Italian. Geographical and historical description of the island in 18 short chapters. Title (f. 1) 'Notizie / riguardanti l'Isola del Zante / Compilate / dal Signor Conte Paolo Mercati', inc. (f. 2) 'Capo. I. / Latitudine, longitudine, lunghezza, larghezza, circonferenza dell'Isola di Zante e sua descrizione / L'Isola del Zante, che a detta di Plinio', expl. (f. 15v) 'sino all'estinzione della Veneta Repubblica'. The main text is follo...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bindings: Quarter leather with marble paper covers on pasteboards: bef. 1817. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, (L/18/B): bef. 1817. Geography: Zante, the Ionian Islands: Count Paolo Mercati: G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1811
Extent:
1 item

487. Add MS 8630

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FLORIO BUSTRON: Historia overo Commentarii de Cipro; 16th cent. Italian. Copy, late 18th cent. A chronicle of the island of Cyprus composed in the 16th cent. by Florio Bustron, a Cypriot counsellor to the Venetian governors of the island, who died in 1570 during the siege of Nicosia by the Turks. The chronicle gives a detailed account of the history of the Kingdom of Cyprus from its origins to 1489, when the island was peacefully consigned to the Republic of Venice by Caterina Corner, the Ve...
Scope & Content:
Bindings: Quarter vellum with brown paper covers over pasteboards: early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Cyprus: Chronicles: Florio Bustron, of Cyprus; chronicler: Chronicle of Cyprus to 1489 by Florio Bustron: 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, late 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

488. Add MS 8631

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ANTONIO COLBERTALDI: Life of Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus; 1st half 16th cent. Italian and Latin. Copy, after 1733 (see art. e, ff. 126-128). Caterina Corner (1454-1510), daughter of the Venetian nobleman Marco Corner, was formally adopted by the Republic and married to James II the Bastard, King of Cyprus. Following King James's death she was forced by the Venetians to abdicate in favor of the Republic in 1489. This account of her life was written by Antonio Colbertaldi (1476-1553), a l...
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Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus: Life by A. Colbertaldi: mid 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, aft. 1733. Bindings ITALIAN: Vellum on pasteboards: aft. 1733. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Bernardo di Antonio Nani: circa 1733-1761. Venice: Cyp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1733
Extent:
1 item

489. Add MS 8632

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ASCANIO SAVORGNAN, Relazione of Cyprus; 1572. Italian. Copy, probably the presentation copy of the relazione sent to Baron Sfondrati by Francesco Marcaldi on 30 July 1572. The text is a full report of the military situation and the state of affairs of the island, inc. (f. 5) 'In altre è stato esposto in quai termini', expl. (f. 57v) 'si potria entrar'à imprese di gran' merito, et gloriose'. The report is preceded by a long title (f. 2) 'Discrittione delle cose di Cipro con le ragioni in favo...
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Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Baron Sfondrati: Relazione of Cyprus by A. Savorgnan: circa 1570: Ital: Copy sent to Baron Sfondrati by F. Marcaldi in 1572. Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled red morocco on pasteboards: 1572: Ital. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 item

490. Add MS 8633

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Title:
RELAZIONI AND PAPERS RELATING TO CYPRUS, VENICE, AND SPAIN; late 16th-early 17th cent. Italian. Copies. Imperfect. The MS. is described by Foligno, anno 6, t. xi (1906), pt. ii, no. xcviii, p. 186. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/19/B' (front pastedown). '361' in ink in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8629, 8630, 8331, and 8635, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 361 (part). 1. ff. 1-32v. 'Relatione della copiosa discretione d...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 1-32v Francis I; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Francesco Marcaldi, of Venice: Relazione of Cyprus by A. Savorgnan: circa 1570: Ital: Copy sent to Francis I of Tuscany by F. Marcaldi. ff. 1-32v Military Tactics: Venice...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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