Add MS 8383

COLLECTION of papers relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Court; 1767-1769. Italian, Latin and Spanish. Partly printed. Miscellaneous edicts, letters and memoranda mostly relating to disputes between the Holy See and European powers on the abolition of the privileges of the Church in foreign states and the interference of the Church in territorial matters and the suppression of the Order of the Jesuits in Parma and then over Europe to which Pope Clement XIII replied with the publication of the Brief of Parma against the jurisdiction of the Duchy; records of the festivities for Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, travelling through Bologna and Rome. The MS. also includes: - (a) ff. 1-16v, 'Voto presentato nell' anno scorso da Monsignore Arcivescovo Bortolo alla Santità medesima di Clemente XIII sopra l'affare del Breve di Parma delli 31 Gennaro 1768', inc. 'Se ogni Cristiano', Italian, 1768; - (b) ff. 17-34v, 'Voto sopra l'elezione del Sommo Pontefice', inc. 'Il Papa, Capo visibile', Italian and Latin, 18th cent; - (c) ff. 35-42v, 'Ristretto' relating to the answer to the Breve of Parma, Italian, circa 1768; - (d) ff. 43-82v, Lettera pastorale dell' Illustrissimo e Reverendissimo Monsignor D. Francesco Fabian e Fuero. [Los Angeles]. [s.n.]. [1767]. 4°. pp. [1-2]-79. [40] leaves. 220 x 160mm. Italian and Spanish. Printed; - (e) ff. 83-97v, 'Decreti pubblicati da Fr. Pietro Giovanni da Molina Lettore di Sagra Teologia, e Teologo di S.M. Cattolica d' ordine della medesima a tutto l'ordine de Minori di San Francesco, Prelati, e Sudditi', Italian and Latin, 1767; - (f) ff. 98-171v, miscellaneous letters and memoranda relating to the Bull 'Coena Domini' and the suppression of the Order of the Jesuits, Italian, circa 1768, including (ff. 154v-159v) a letter by Bernardo Tanucci addressed to Ferdinand IV, King of the Two Sicilies, against the Brief of Pope Clement XIII and the Bull 'Coena Domini with the draft of an edict by Ferdinand IV, inc. 'S.R.M. Signore. Ha dato la spinta a questa', printed in Naples in 1768, with B.L. copy at 1485.d.16.(4); - (g) ff. 172-177, Extrait des registres du Parlement, du 26 Février 1768. Paris. P.G. Simon. 1768. 4°. pp. [1]-11. [6] leaves. 270 x 190mm. French. Printed; - (h) ff. 178-180v, memoranda presented to the Pope Clement XIII by the Ambassador of France Joseph Henri Bouchard d' Esparbès de Lussan, Marquis d'Aubeterre, Italian, 1768; - (i) ff. 181-182v, 'Lettera del Ré Christianissimo [Louis XIV] in Risposta al breve di Sua Santità [Clement XIII] scritto alli 23 Giugno 1768', inc. 'Particolari circostanze', Italian, 1768; - (j) ff. 183-184v, 'Ristretto dell' accaduto nel 1688 all' occasione della presa d' Avignone e suo Contado', Italian, n.d.; - (k) ff. 185-185v, 1769. 27. Aprile. [s.l.]. [s.n.]. 1769. 2°. [1] leaf. 301 x 220mm. Italian. Printed: decree of Maria Theresa of Austria about the suppression of small convents; - (l) ff. 186-199, 'Istruzioni segrete per la Giunta Economale' and letter (ff. 198-199) of Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, to Count Carlo Firmian about the 'giunta', Italian, 1768; - (m) ff. 200-232v, miscellaneous letters, decrees and papers relating to Mantua and Modena and the privileges of the Church and the legal power of the state, Italian and Latin, 1768; - (n) ff. 233-237, Parte presa nell' eccellentissimo Consiglio di Pregadi in materia degli ordini regolari. [Venice]. Eredi di Z. Antonio Pinelli. 1768. 4°. pp. [I-II]- X. [5] leaves. 270 x 190mm. Italian. Printed; - (o) ff. 238-238v, 'Dalla Segreteria de Vescovi e Regolari', inc. 'La Santità di N.S avendo avuta notizia', Italian, 1768; - (p) ff. 239-240, Venerabilibus Fratribus Joanni Patriarchae Venetiarum, Archiepiscopis & Episcopis in Ditione Reipublicae Venetae Clemens PP. XIII. Rome. [s.n.]. 1768. 2°. [2] leaves. 270 x 190. Latin. Printed: brief of Clement XIII to the Patriarch, Archbishops and Bishops in Venice; - (q) ff. 245-258v, miscellaneous papers on the controversy between the Holy See and the Republic of Venice over the Edicts of Parma, Italian and Latin, 1768; - (r) ff. 259-260v, 'Titolo e divisione dell' opera di Don Antonio Pereira di Figueiredo deputato ordinario della Real Mensa Censoria, ed officiale delle Lingue Forastiere nella Segreteria di Stato per gli affari forastieri', Italian; n.d.; - (s) ff. 261-331v, miscellaneous papers on the suppression of the Order of the Jesuits and their expulsion from European states, Italian, circa 1768; - (t) ff. 332-344, description of the arrival of Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies, in Bologna and ceremonies that took place in Bologna and Rome in her honour, Italian, 1768; - (u) ff. 345-352v, 'Istruzione fatta dal Supremo Consiglio del regno di Corsica', followed (ff. 349-352) by news of events in the last war with France, Italian, 1768; - (v) ff. 353-368v, miscellaneous reports on international events, Italian and French, 1767-1768; - (w) ff. 369-375v, letters of the King of Naples to Clement XIV on the occasion of his election to the Pontificate and of the Emperor Joseph II to Cardinal Rezzonico during the Conclave, Italian and Latin, 1769. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot unknown.

Paper; ff. 377, plus unfoliated blanks after ff. 180, 185, 212, 237, 343, 344, 371, 374, 375, 377, vellum tags throughout. Composite volume. 301 x 230mm.