Add MS 8262

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of relazioni, letters, tracts and orations relating to the Papacy, Spain, France, Venice, the German Empire, Austria, Dalmatia, Turkey, Savoy, Florence, Naples, Genoa, and Ethiopia; circa 1494-1585. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The MS. includes relazioni of: - (a) Spain by Federico Badoer, 1557 (ff. 1-81v): other copies in Add. 29444 (ff. 440-507: dated 1558), Lansdowne 840 A (ff. 31-91: dated 1558), Royal 14.A.XIII (art. 6, ff. 225-384: dated 1558), published in Albèri, s. i, vol. iii (Florence, 1853), pp. 177-330, dated 1557; - (b) France by Marino Giustinian, [1535] (ff. 82-102v): another copy in Add. 8273 (art. a, ff. 2-59v), published by Albèri, s. i, vol. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 145-196; - (c) of various European countries and their hydrography, n.d. (ff. 247-258); - (d) Austria and the court of Ferdinand I by Lorenzo Contarini, [1548] (ff. 272-330v): another copy in Add. 8277 (art. e, ff. 211-355), published in Albèri, s. i, vol. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 369-469; - (e) France by Marino Cavalli, 1546 (ff. 331-376), followed by a table of contents (f. 376v): another copy in Add. 8354 (art. 1, ff. ii, 1-86v), published by Albèri, s. i, vol. i (Florence, 1839), pp. 217-288; - (f) Dalmatia by Pietro Erizzo, [1534?] (ff. 377-401v); - (g) England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, n.d. (ff. 402-410v) entitled 'Ritratti del Regno d'Inghilterra', inc. 'La Regina d'Inghilterra è successivamente hereditaria', another copy of which in Add. 8281 (ff. 202-224); - (h) England between the death of Henry VIII and the arrival of Philip II of Spain, circa 1554 (ff. 411-442v); - (i) Naples by Giulio Cesare Caracciolo for his brother Ascanio, [1554] (ff. 490v-505v): other copies in Add. 8276 (art. o, ff. 140-170), 8591 (art. 5, ff. 129v-146), 8633 (art. 4, ff. 61v-81v), 8667 (art. 1, ff. 2-20v), and 48133 (Yelverton MS. 148), art. 14 (ff. 317-353v), Venice, Bibl. Marciana, MS. Ital. VI 310 (6150), ff. 3-35, and Vat. MS. Urb.Lat. 824; - (j) Venice, addressed to King Philip II of Spain, circa 1551 (ff. 506-514v); - (k) Florence, relating to the coronation of Cosimo I de' Medici as Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1570 (ff. 577-579). Also included papal instructions to apostolic nuncios relating to: - (l) Germany by Paul III, 1539 (ff. 226-232); - (m) Austria by Paul III, 1536 (ff. 236-241); - (n) Germany: papal instructions to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the future Pope Paul III) sent as nuncio to the Emperor after the sack of Rome, circa 1527 (ff. 515-529v): another copy in Eg. 1090 (ff. 319-351, previous pagination 661-728). It also includes: - (aa) Avvertimenti by Francesco Guicciardini (1482-1540), n.d. (ff. 103-123v): another copy in Add. 8281 (art. e, ff. 107-156v), first edition published in Paris in 1576 as Più Consigli et Avvertimenti in materia di republica e privata; - (bb) a summary of treaties between the Papacy and various European states, 1516-1559, in Latin and Italian (ff. 124-139): another copy in Add. 48122 (Yelverton MS. 137; art. 15, ff. 449-487); - (cc) oration by the French ambassador at Venice, Bartolomeo Cavalcanti (1503-1562), Florentine diplomat and exile, relating to the league between France and Venice against the Emperor Charles V, circa 1547-1556 (ff. 140-148v); - (dd) letter-book relating to the papacies of Paul III and Julius III, 1549-1552 (ff. 149-202); - (ee) discourses, letters, relazioni, and papal instructions relating to the so-called Carafa war, 1556-1557, in Italian and Latin (ff. 203-221v): similar collections in Add. 8270 (ff. 3-128), 8271, 8295, 8296, 16397, and 16445; - (ff) correspondence between Cosimo I Grand Duke of Florence and Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy, 1569 (ff. 222-223v), another copy of which in Add. 8266 (art. d, ff. 78-79v); - (gg) instructions to Cardinals Pompeo Colonna, Franciotto Orsini, Alessandro Cesarini sent to Castiglia to inform Adrian VI of his election to the papacy, 1522, in Latin (ff. 242-246), followed by his profession of faith (ff. 246-246v): other copies in Add. 8265 (respectively ff. 11-23, 23v-25); - (hh) reply of Pope Sixtus IV to Venice relating to the war of Ferrara, circa 1483, in Latin (ff. 259-267v); - (ii) conditions of peace between Naples and Rome during the papacies of Julius II and Leo X, circa 1503-1521 (ff. 268-271v); - (jj) negotiations of the league between Pope Pius V, Philip II of Spain and Venice against the Turks, by the Venetian Ambassador Michele Soriano, 1571 (ff. 443-466): other copies in Add. 8314 (art. 11, ff. 180v-223: dated 1570), 8588 (art. 3, ff. 7-75v, 81-82v: dated 1571), 10220 (second part, ff. 1-24), 10708 (ff. 165-214v), 18173, and 20052 (ff. 201-235); for details of printed editions see Add. 8314; - (kk) relazione by the papal nuncio Niccolò Ardinghelli relating to the peace negotiations between the Emperor Charles V, King Francis I of France and Pope Paul III, followed by related diplomatic correspondence, 1536 (ff. 467-482): another copy in Add. 8271 (art. a, ff. 141-192), and 48122 (Yelverton MS. 137; art. 16, ff. 489-544v: see description for details of the diplomatic correspondence); - (ll) political advice to Philip II of Spain and accounts of Spanish revenues, circa 1560 (ff. 482-490v); - (mm) two text of political advice to Pope Gregory XIII and his son Giacomo Boncompagni, possibly by Scipio di Castro, secretary of Boncompagni, relating to the papal army and the fortification of Ancona, n.d. (ff. 530-543v, ff. 580-581): another copy of the first text in Add. 8280, ff. 215-242v; - (nn) political tract relating to the dependence of the German Empire on the Holy See, n.d., in Italian (ff. 544-547), other copies of which in Add. 8266 (art. b, ff. 60-64v), 14099 (ff. 276v-281), and Royal 14.A.XXI (ff. 253-258v), printed in Thesoro Politico (Cologne, 1589, sig. L iii-L iv, B.L. copy 521.d.14; Cologne, 1598, pp. 142-146, B.L. copy 521.c.19; Milan, 1600, pp. 421-424, B.L. copy 29.b.13); a longer tract, n.d., in Latin, in Add. 8265 (art. e, ff. 206-229v); - (oo) letters from Henri II of France to Pope Julius III and to the German states, 1551-1552, in Italian (ff. 548-549v, 550-552v); - (pp) letters, military advice and relazioni by Ferdinando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba, Pompeo Colonna, lieutenant general of the papal navy, Sforza Pallavicini, Giacomo Celsi, and Girolamo Zane, relating to the war of Cyprus and the differencies between Marcantonio Colonna and Giovanni Andrea Doria, circa 1570 (ff. 553-553v, 574-576, 582-584): similar collections in Add. 8268 (art. d, ff. 11-35v) and 8279 (art. d, ff. 155-226v); - (qq) letters from representatives of the old nobility and from Giovanni Andrea Doria to the Republic of Genoa relating to civil disturbances (1575-1576), and act of agreement, 1575 (ff. 554-563v); - (rr) letter from Sancho Busto de Villegas, governor of the archbishopric of Toledo, to King Philip II of Spain against the alienation of ecclesiastical properties, 1574 (ff. 564-569v): another copy in Eg. 1089 A (ff. 92-98, previous pagination 197-209); copies of the original in Spanish in Add. 16176 (ff. 242-252), and 20915 (ff. 15-18v); - (ss) correspondence between Pope Alexander VI and the Emperor Maximilian I, relating to a campaign against the Turks, 1494, in Latin (ff. 570-573); - (tt) relazione of Bologna by Fabio Mignanelli, Bishop of Grosseto, Prefect of the papal state, elected Cardinal in 1551, circa 1550 (ff. 585-586): another copy in Add. 8270 (art. d, ff. 347-352v); - (uu) heads of agreement for the league between Pope Pius V, King Philip II of Spain, and Venice, 1571 (ff. 587-590); - (vv) pronouncement of Pope Paul IV against the Emperor Charles V and his son Philip, 1556, in Latin (ff. 591-598); - (ww) defence against his indictment by Cardinal Carlo Carafa, circa 1560-1562 (ff. 599-603v); - (xx) liturgy of the Mass in the Ethiopian Church (ff. 604-609v); - (yy) oration by Ottavio Bandini on death of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1574 (ff. 610-617), published in 1574 as Octavii Bandinii Oratio habita Romae in funere sereniss. Cosmi Medices magni Hetruriae ducis at Rome: Apud Iosephum de Angelis, 1574: B.L. copy 10631.d.29.(2.), and Florence: Ex officina Iuntarum, 1574: B.L. copy G.1633.(5.). Stamp of the Colonna library 'Libraria Colonna' in red on ff. 1, v, and on verso of blanks after ff. 232, 609; for the Colonna library stamp see Bragaglia, vol. iii, T 32: circa 1750. From the library of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, according to a note in Evans sale catalogue at lot 284. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '284' and 'Tomo I / A' in pencil in right margin of f. ii. Purchased, together with Add. 8263-8281, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 284 (part).

Paper; ff. 617+v, plus one unfoliated blank after ff. 207, 232, 235, 246, 410, 505, 514, 529, 576, 584, 603, three after f. 330, two after ff. 482, 543, 557, 598, 609. Two main sets of old foliation in ink: - (a) '1-256' (ff. 1-271), omitting ff. 149, 224-225, not including ff. 247-258; - (b) '1-344' (ff. 272-617), omitting ff. 515, 561. Older foliations in ink '1-21' (ff. 103-123), '1-12' (ff. 247-258). Composite volume, possibly divided into two volumes at the time of the Guilford sale (see note on f. ii). 275 x 205mm. Several Italian hands.