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1. Add MS 8549

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Add MS 8549
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ATLAS OF FORTIFICATION PLANS of Milan and other towns, castles and ports in Lombardy, Piedmont, Liguria, and Elba; late 17th cent. Italian. The volume includes 56 plans of the towns of Milan (with two plans showing its water system and castle), Pavia, Valenza Po, Alessandria, Castel Gavone, Castelfranco di Finale, Caprazoppa, the ports of Varegotti and Porto Longone (now Porto Azzurro), Genoa, Serravalle (with dotted lines indicating future developments), Tortona (with dotted lines indicatin...
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Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/C): bef. 1828. Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum; restored: late 17th cent. Maps and Plans: Italy General: Piedmont: Liguria, Italy: Lombardy, Italy: Plans of fortified towns, castles and ports in Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria: late 17th cent...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8559

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Add MS 8559
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PAPERS RELATING TO ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS IN PIEDMONT; 1393-1732. Italian and Latin. Copies, partly printed (f. 293 and following blank). Papers relating to the controversies between the Papacy and the House of Savoy over ecclesiastical benefits in the fiefs of Piedmont. Old numbering of arts. in ink '1-42' at lower margin of first leaf. Old shelfmark 'iil / n. 42' at top left corner of f. ii. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/18/B' (front pastedown). '517' in pen...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guiford binding: bef. 1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/18/B): bef. 1828. Piedmont: Clement XII; Pope: Sardinia, King of. Victor Amadeus I: Sardinia, King of. Charles Emmanuel I: Collection rel. to ecclesiastical affairs in Piedmont: 1393-1732: Ital. a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1393-1732
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 28402

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Add MS 28402
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LETTERS, etc., relating to Italy, chiefly addressed to Philip II., with copies of instructions, appointments, despatches, and other. papers, in Spanish, Italian, and Latin; 1565-1621. The writers of the letters are:- [Emmanuel] Filibert, Duke of Savoy; Turin, 19 Aug. 1565. Ital.; with seal of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1565-1621
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 48102 A

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Add MS 48102 A
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Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-35. Discourses entitled 'The severall opinions of sundrie antiquaries touching the antiquitie . . . of the highe court of Parliament in England', apparently presented at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries; 1614? See Harley MS. 305, f. 231 and Stowe MS. 331, f. 123. The authors, all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1596-1670
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 135

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Stowe MS 135
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Vol. IV. (ff. 318). ITALICA: treaties and negotiations illustrating the history of the Italian Republics, and especially of the Duchy of Savoy, many of them referring to the quarrels of Savoy with Spain, arising from the latter's occupation of Milan, and to the intervention of France in the war ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1610-1652
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 175

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Stowe MS 175
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EDMONDES PAPERS. Vol. X. (ff. 389). 16 July, 1614-24 Mar. 1615 [6]. The volume opens with the instructions of James I. to Edmondes on his return to France. The latter continues to give full details of the dissensions in the French Court, which lasted through 1614 and 1615 and resulted in the Con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Jul 1614-24 Mar 1616
Extent:
1 item