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Add MS 8381

Record Id:
032-002029246
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029246
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x000360
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8381
Title:

REGISTER of anonymous letters from Rome; 1718-1727. Italian. Copy. Incomplete. The collection of letters originally consisted of three books. The third book is now missing. The remaining two books respectively contain letters covering the period 17 Dec. 1718 - 18 April 1722 (book i, ff. 1-80v), and 5 May 1722 - 19 Aug. 1724 (book ii, ff. 181-160v). Title (f. 1) 'Raccolta di lettere di Roma, dall'anno 1719 fino al corrente anno 1727'. Inc. 'Libro primo / Roma, li 17 dicembre 1718 / Delle cose di Melazzo per quanto portano le lettere delli 13 da Napoli', expl. (f. 160v) 'che sia mandato a Napoli per farlo castigare come merita del suo delitto. E sono etc. / Segue un terzo libro de detti ragguagli o Lettere'. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/20/D' (front pastedown). '556' in pencil in upper left corner of f. i verso. Purchased, together with Add. 8371, 8375, 8379, 8380, 8429, and 8472, from R. H. Evans, 8 December. 1830, lot 556 (part).

Paper; ff. 160+iv. Two sets of old foliation in ink, one for each book of letters: '1-80' (ff. 1-80), '1-80' (ff. 81-160). 208 x 148mm. One Italian hand. 18th-cent. Italian binding of full vellum, with decorated paper pastedown and contiguous flyleaves.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum with decorated paper pastedowns and flyleaves: 18th cent.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/20/D): bef. 1828.

Clement XI; Pope: Benedict XIII; Pope: Innocent XIII; Pope: Register of anonymous letters from Rome: 1718-1724: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029246
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029246
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1718
End Date:
1727
Date Range:
1718-1727
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 556, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

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

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