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721. 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

722. Add MS 8358

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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

723. Add MS 8359

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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

724. Add MS 8360

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COLLECTION OF POEMS. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed. Mostly verse, often with topical or satirical reference to political events and personalities in Rome and Tuscany in the last three decades of the 18th century. Title (f. iii) 'Poesie diverse'. 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. 8337 and 8812, from R.H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 107 (part). Paper...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: end 18th cent. includes: f. 1 Poetry ITALIAN: Giulio Cesare Cordara: Clement XIII; Pope: Two sonnets on Clement XIII by Giulio Cesare Cordara: 1765: Ital: Copy. ff. 4-11v, 16-18 Frederick II of Prussia: Count Leopold Joseph Maria von Daun: Sonnets on Frederick II...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

725. Add MS 8361

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MARCO BATTAGLI: 'Marcha' from the creation to 1354; 1439. Latin. A universal history in five books, from the creation to 1354, by Marco Battagli of Rimini (d. circa 1370), dedicated to the Emperor Charles IV. The first book (ff. 1-28v) covers Adam to Nimrod, the second (ff. 28v-35v) continues to Romulus and Remus, and the third (ff. 35v-71v) to the death of Julius Caesar. The fourth book (ff. 71v-173v) covers European history from Octavian to the year 1354 in the reign of the Emperor Charles...
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History: Manuscripts, Dated: Chronicles: Marco Battagli, of Rimini: Bartholomeus de Rubeis, of Verona: Enzersdorf, Vienna: 'Marcha', universal history to 1354 , copied by Bartholomeus de Rubeis at Enzersdorf: 1439: Lat. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/17/D): early 19th cent....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1354-1439
Extent:
1 item

726. Add MS 8363

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TOMASO PLACIDO TOMASI: La Vita di Cesare Borgia; circa 1643-1651. Italian and Latin. Copy. Imperfect. Life of Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois (1475-1507), son of Pope Alexander VI. Inc. (f. 7) 'Per rendere mai sempre detestabili al Mondo quegli eccessi d'una libidine sregolata', expl. (f. 111v) 'ricovrarsi in Germania ad implorare la protezzione e i soccorsi dell' Imperatore Massimiliano'. The main text is preceded by: (a) f. 1, dedication, inc. 'Vita del Duca Valentino / descritta / de T...
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Cesare Borgia, Duc de Valentinois: Tomaso Placido Tomasi, Italian historian: Biography of Cesare Borgia by Tomaso Placido Tomasi: circa 1643-1651: Ital and Lat: Copy, 17th cent. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-3 Louis XIV of France: Tomaso Placido...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1643-1651
Extent:
1 item

727. Add MS 8365

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Letters relating to the Court of Rome, Spain and France; 1443-1561. Italian and Latin. Copies. Collection of letters written by papal nuncios and envoys concerning peace negotiations conducted by Popes Paul III, Julius III, and Emperor Charles V, and Francis I and Henry II of France. Authors of the letters are Niccolò Ardinghelli, Bishop of Fossombrone, Sebastiano Pighini, Archbishop of Siponto, Prospero Santacroce Pubbicola, Bishop of Chissamos, Carlo Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, and Anto...
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includes: ff. 1-19v Paul III; Pope: Francis I of France: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1541: Ital. and Lat.: Copies. ff. 20-47v Henry II of France: Julius III; Pope: Charles I of Spain: Papal nuncios' letters: 1550-1551: Lat. and Ital.: Copies. ff. 49-114v Philip II of Spain: Char...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1443-1561
Extent:
1 item

728. Add MS 8367

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GIULIO ANTONIO SANTORI: 'Diari concistoriali'; 1570-1576. Latin. Copy. Imperfect. Descriptions of the consistories of Pius V (1566-1572) and Gregory XIII (1572-1585), compiled by Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori di Santa Severina (1532-1602), Archbishop of San Severino and Roman Grand Inquisitor. Sartori's accounts begin on 17 May 1570, the day on which he was created cardinal, and continue to 17 Dec. 1576. However, the text in the present MS. is incomplete and breaks off in the middle of the...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, restored: late 16th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 'BIBLIOTH / H.F. / J770': 1770. Pius V; Pope: Gregory XIII; Pope: Giulio Antonio Santori, Cardinal di Santa Severina 1570: 'Diari Concistoriali' by Giulio Antonio Santori: 1570-1575: Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1570-1576
Extent:
1 item

729. Add MS 8371

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LIVES OF THE CARDINALS during the Pontificate of Innocent X together with Bulls of Urban VIII; 1634-1642, n.d. Italian and Latin. Partly printed. Printed material with Barberini’s coat of arms. Table of contents (f. 1v). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. ‘556’ in pencil in upper left corner of pastedown. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 556. Paper; ff. 142+i, plus one unfoliated blank after f. 116. Modern foliation in pencil 1-1...
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Bindings: Vellum: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: early 19th cent. includes: ff. 2-116 Innocent X; Pope: La Statera de Purpurati under Innocent X: circa 1644-1655: Ital. ff. 117-120 Urban VIII; Pope: Printed Matter: Constitutio super residencia Episcoporum, Archep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

730. Add MS 8372

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PAPERS relating to the dispute between Urban VIII and Odoardo Farnese; 1641-1645. Italian and Latin. Papers relating to the dispute between Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644) and the Duke Odoardo Farnese (1622-1646) over territories in the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. The dispute was the cause of the so-called War of Castro between the Papacy and the League formed by Odoardo Farnese, Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany, Duke Francis I of Modena, and the Republic of Venice. Many of the collected papers rel...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum, gilt-tooled, restored: mid 17th cent. Genoa; Doges of: Papers rel. to the dispute between Urban VIII and the Duke of Parma and Piacenza: 1641-1643: Ital. and Lat: Copies. Urban VIII; Pope: Papers rel. to the dispute with the Duke of Parma and Piacenza: 1641-1645:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1641-1645
Extent:
1 item

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