1. Add MS 8415
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8415
- Title:
- ACCOUNTS OF CONCLAVES FROM PIUS IV TO CLEMENT VIII AND OF THE REIGNS OF PIUS IV AND GREGORY XIII; 1559-1592. Italian. Copies. 'CXLVII' on spine. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '88' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8367, 8410, 8411, 8414, 8426, 8427, and 8428, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 88 (part). Paper; ff. 354+vi (f. 204 blank). Modern foliation in pencil '1-354' (followed here). Comp...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum on pasteboards: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1-45 Pius IV; Pope: Account of conclave: 1559: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 46-54 Pius IV; Pope: Account of his papacy: 1559-1565: Ital: Copy, 17th cent. ff. 55-102v Pius V; Pope: Account of conclave: 1566: Ital: Copy, 17th c...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 item