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1. Add MS 8261

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8299

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, papal instructions, and discourse relating to Rome, Siena, France, the German Empire, Spain, Mantua and Monferrato; circa 1554-1636. Latin and Italian. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes (art. 1, ff. 4v-81v) the account of the conclave for the election of Pope Pius IV by Antonio Guidi, in Latin, preceded (ff. 3-4v) by a letter of dedication to Cardinal Carlo Borromeo. Table of contents (f. 1), added later. Old signature '490' in ink in fourth spine com...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 2-81v Antonio Guidi, Bishop of Traú 1574: Paul IV; Pope: Saint Carlo Borromeo,; Archbishop of Milan; Cardinal 1560: Account of conclave of 1559 , addressed to Carlo Borromeo by Antonio Guidi: [1560]: Lat: Copy. ff. 82-89v Siena, Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 8310

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of papers and tracts relating to Rome, France, Spain, Piedmont, Florence, the German Empire, England, Venice, Naples and Sicily, Malta, Bohemia, and Urbino; circa 1542-1653. Italian, Spanish, and Latin. Copies. The MS. includes (art. 9, ff. 73-77) a letter of King James I of England to King Philip IV of Spain and a relazione relating to the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, to Madrid in 1623 in the attempt to conclude the negotiations for his marriage to the Infanta...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-37 Treaties: Relazione of the Treaty of Vervins: [1598]: Ital: Copy. ff. 38-41 Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Contract of marriage: 1608: Ital: Copy. ff. 43-44 Poetry ITALIAN: Monferrato, Italy: Sonnet rel. to the war in Monferr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1542-1653
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8338

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HISTORICAL PAPERS RELATING TO ROME, ETC.; 1784-1804. Italian, Latin, French and German. Mostly printed. The papers relate largely to the Papacy's responses to the French Revolution and the French invasion of Italy and more particularly to the events accompanying the short-lived Roman Republic of 1799. Table of contents (ff. 1-8v). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R.H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, [lot no. unknown]. Paper; ff. 714+i, p...
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Pius VI; Pope: Pius VII; Pope: Printed Matter: Papers rel. to Rome, etc.,: 1784-1804: Ital., Lat., Fr., and Germ. includes: ff. 9-10 Hugon de Basseville, French consul: Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae; printers: Printed Matter: Pro-memoria per il Console di Francia in Roma: 1793: It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1784-1804
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 8544

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COLLECTION RELATING TO GENOA; 12th cent.-1634. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies put together around 1634 by Giulio di Agostino Pallavicino (circa 1558-1635), Genoese historian and man of letters, co-founder, secretary and later Principal (1590) of the Accademia degli Addormentati in 1587, with the name 'Il timido'. The present composite collection concerns relations between the Republic of Genoa and Savoy, France, Spain, the Emperor, the Pope, Florence and other Italian principalities, th...
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Republic of Genoa: Collection of letters and papers rel. to: 12th cent.-1634: Ital., Lat., and Span: Copies. Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Giulio di Agostino Pallavicino, of Genoa; historian: Collection rel. to Genoa: 12th cent.-1634: Ital., Lat., and Span: Copies. includes: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1634?
Extent:
1 item

6. 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

7. Add MS 8728

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FRANÇOIS ANNIBAL D'ESTRÉES: Memoires sur la régence de la reine Marie de Médicis; 18th cent. Italian translation. Possibly imperfect. Italian translation of the memoirs of François Annibal Duc d'Estrées, Marquis de Cœuvres and Maréchal de France, relating to the regency of France by Marie de' Medici until the death in 1617 of her Prime Minister, the Florentine adventurer Concino Concini, Count Della Penna and Marquis d'Ancre. D'Estrées apparently wrote his account between 1617-1642, during t...
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includes: ff. 1-64 Louis XIII of France: Biography: François Annibal II d' Estrées, Duc; Maréchal; Ambassador at Rome: Pierre le Moyne, Jesuit: D. P. G, translator: Memoirs of the regency of Marie de' Medici by François Annibal II d' Estrées, revised by P. le Moyne: 18th cent.: Ital. transl. ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 16452

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TOM. II.-" Confirmazione d' Investitura dello Stato di Milano, fatta da Rodolfo, Imperatore, à Filippo II., Rè di Spagna ;" 28 Feb. 1579, Lat. [Cf. 16,469, f. 207], f. 11 b. ;-" Conferma dell' Investiture del Ducato di Milano, et altri sue attenenze, fatta li 9 Agosto, 1659, da Leopoldo I., Impe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1579-1701
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 16485

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"SCRITTURE Misselanei concernenti Savoia, Ginevra, e Mantova ;" arranged under those three divisions; viz.:- " Lettera di Monsig. Bernardino del Bene, Vescovo di Nimes, à Giuliano del Bene, suo nipote, nella quale dà contezza delle strage et afflizione date da i popoli di suo paese à quelli perseveranti nella santa fede ; " dat. Tarascone, 15 Ott. 1567, f. 4 ;-" Instrutione [di Maurizio, Cardinal di Savoia] all' Abbate Soldati, di quello dovera negotiare con Madama Reale di Savoia [Christin...
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Savoy: Scritture concernenti. City of Mantua: Scritture concernenti Mantova, etc. City of Geneva: Scritture concernenti. Casale: Papers relating to its siege etc. includes: f. 4 Bernardino del Bene, Bishop of Nimes: Lettera al G. del Bene: 1567. f. 55 Nicolas Cattinat, Marshal: Proclamation...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1567-1695
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 33206

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CORRESPONDENCE of the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe on the subject of Church Bells; 1824-1882. The names of the writers will be found in the Index. Paper; ff. 358. Small Folio. includes: f. 3 Richard Cole, Church-bell-hanger: Letter to Rev. H. T. Ellacombe: 1850. f. 4 John Holland: Letter to Rev. H. T....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1824-1882
Extent:
1 item

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