651. Add MS 8807
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8807
- Title:
- LELIO MARRETTI: Ricordi Politici, vol. ii; circa 1610-1611. Italian. Copy, 18th cent. Lelio Marretti (1530-1617), a nobleman of Siena and a member (from 1557) of the Accademia degli Intronati in Siena (with the name of Attonito), was Prior of Santa Maria in Via Lata in Rome and 'familiare' of Cardinals Alessandro (d. 1581) and Francesco Sforza (d. 1624). For Cardinal Francesco he wrote the relazioni of the conclaves for the elections of Gregory XIV (1590), Innocent IX (1591), and Clement VII...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full reversed skin over limp pasteboards: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Colonna Library: 2nd half 18th cent. Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: L. Maretti, Ricordi politici, part II, [dedicated to]: circa 1610-1611: Ital: Copy, 18th cent. Lelio Marretti, Secretary to...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item