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Add MS 8335

Record Id:
032-002029200
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029200
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8335
Title:

SATIRICAL TRACTS relating to politics in 17th-cent. Europe; circa 1661-1662. Italian. Copies. Table of contents (f. 1v) added later. Old signature 'Tom. CV' in pencil in upper right corner of f. 1: identifiable with Mattei MS. 549 (vol. 105 of 'Materie diverse') in Guilford's catalogue Add. 8220, f. 24v. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '107' in pencil in upper left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8333, 8334, 8336, 8337, 8342, 8345, 8348, 8349, 8350, 8351, 8352, 8360, and 8812, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 107 (part).

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-33v. 'La Verità vagante'; circa 1661. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 3) 'Doppo che venne gittata in un pozzo'. Mentions (f. 9) the substitution of Alvise Molin by Giovanni Sagredo as Venetian ambassador to Wien in 1661.

2. ff. 34-89. 'Corsi di penna'; 1662. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 35) 'Corsi di penna sopra lo stato presente d'Europa su' 'l fine dell'anno 1661 e principio dell'anno 1662 / Parte prima / Interlocutori / Conte di Fuinermonte e Marchese di Sansorlino / Conte. E che ci è di nuovo'. Text divided into four parts: old foliation '1-46' covering the first three parts (ff. 34-79v) and continuing '49-52' in the blanks after f. 89; fourth part (ff. 80-89) copied by a later hand.

3. ff. 90-137v. 'Il bilancio de Prencipi / 1662' [repeated on f. 91]; 1662. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 91) 'Furono infinite le divine minacce'.

4. ff. 138-193v. 'Le Ombre apparenti' [repeated on f. 139]; n.d. Italian. Copy. Inc. (f. 139) 'Le Ombre apparenti / Ombra Prima / Le Ombre sovente apparenti'. Text divided into five parts.

Paper; ff. 193+i, plus two unfoliated blanks after ff. 33, 137, and four after f. 89. Four sets of old foliations in ink '1-32' (ff. 2-33), '1-46' and '49-52' (ff. 34-79, and four blanks following f. 89), '1-50' (ff. 90-137 and following two blanks), '1-56' (ff. 138-193). Arts. marked 'A-D' in black ink in upper right corner of title-page (ff. 2, 34, 90, 138). 281 x 200mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. At least two Italian hands. Late 17th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum; leaf fore-edges trimmed by the binder.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent.

Political and satirical tracts: Satirical tracts rel. to politics in 17th-cent. Europe: circa 1661-1662: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002029200
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1656
End Date:
1662
Date Range:
c 1661-1662
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 107, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

Mattei Library: Owned (MS. 549), late 18th cent.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Mattei Library
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770