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1. Add MS 8261

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Add MS 8261
Title:
RELAZIONE OF ITALY; 17th cent. Italian. Copy. Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics. Inc. (f. 1) 'L'Italia dominatrice una volta del mondo e poi preda del mondo istesso', expl. (f. 147) 'Isola del Gozzo con la piccola Comino hanno anch' esse i suoi forti'. The relazione is divided into eleven chapters: (i) Italia Proemio (ff. 1-8); (ii) Stati del Duca di Savoia (ff. 8-26v); (iii) Duca di Monferrato (ff. 26v-29v); (iv) La Republica di Genova (ff. 29v-33v); (v) Duc...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828. Italy General: Historical description of the Italian principalities and republics: circa 1650: Ital: Copy. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 8-26v Duchy of Savoy: History of: circa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8371

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Add MS 8371
Title:
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

3. Add MS 14008

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Add MS 14008
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A COLLECTION of copies of State Papers, with some Originals, in Spanish, Italian, and Latin, of the xvith and xviith centuries, relating to the affairs of different states of Italy, in the following order : Various memoranda, 1529-1583, f. 2 ;-" Papeles tocantes al casamiento de la Sra. Infanta D. Cathalina con el Smo. Carlos Emanuel, Duque de Saboya," 1584-5, f. 3;-Instructions to Spanish Ambassadors sent to the Duke of Savoy, viz., D. Jusepe de Acuñia, 1588, f. 19; D. Godolfe de Mendoça, C...
Scope & Content:
Duchy of Savoy: Papers relating to: of the 16th and 17th cent. History of Genoa: Papers relating to, of the 16th and 17th centuries. Italy: Papers relating to the affairs of different states of: of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries: Span., Ital., and Lat. Philibert, Prince; son of the Duke of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 64082 A-N

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Add MS 64082 A-N
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 72. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of Richard Westmacott, sculptor, (b.1799, d.1872) to William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint; 1 Aug. 1838. With three ink sketches presumably by Wyon derived from Benedetto Pistrucci's laudatory medal for George IV ('Naval Aid to Greece') of 1824. See Laurence Brown, A Catalogue of British Historical Medals 1760-1960, i (1980), no. 1221. Purchased from Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd., Cat. ...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Richard Westmacott, the younger; sculptor: Numismatics: William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint: Letter to William Wyon from Richard Westmacott: 1838.f. 2 Benedetto Pistrucci, gem-engraver and medallist: Numismatics: William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint: Art....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1630-1977
Extent:
1 item