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032-002029288

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Add MS 8422

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COLLECTION OF PROSE AND VERSE SATIRES ON CLEMENT X AND THE SUBSEQUENT CONCLAVE; 1676. Italian and Latin. Copies. Armorial bookplate of the Hon. Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark L/19/E (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8368, 8369, 8382, 8391-8396, 8397, 8398, 8399, 8412, 8413, 8417-8421, 8423-8425, 8462, 8487, 8515, 8525, 8660, 8706, 8721, 8722, 8723-8724, 8753, 8754, 8755, 8772, and possibly 8366, 8589, and 8727, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 87 (part).

Paper; ff. 382 [i.e. 383]+iii. Modern foliation in pencil '1-382' (followed here), omitting leaf between '160' and '161'; other older sequences of foliation and pagination indicated in articles. Composite volume. Circa 270 x 190mm. Several Italian hands. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-28. An account of the political situation in the Sacred College and the potential 'papabili' in anticipation of the death of Clement X and the conclave to elect his successor, to be dated possibly to 1672, as the text refers to the Pope having reached the age of eighty-two, which he did in this year, although he in fact lived on until 1676 (Pastor, History of the Popes, vol. 32, p. 1, n. 2, refers to a Vatican Library MS., Barb. 4673, dating from 1672, possibly to be identified with this text: 'Discorso dell'anno 1672 sopra l'elettione del futuro pontefice'); 1672. Italian, Copy. Inc. 'L'età si può dir cadente del Papa', expl. 'di chi mi ha comandato questa poca fattica in considerare l'evento del felicissimo conclave'. Marked (f. 2) 'Q'.

2. ff. 29-30. Three sonnets on the death of Clement X and on the failure of his doctor, Florido Salvatore, to save him; 1676. Italian. Copies.

3. ff. 31-34. 'L'Anima di Clemente X nell'istessa notte doppo il suo Transito comparve dall'Inferno in visione ad un buon eremita, che lo conobbe in tempo ch'era prelato, et in tal guisa li favellava'; 1676. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Apri di gratia non men gl'occhi alla vista', expl. 'per non arrecarti terrore all'inferno m'infugo'.

4. ff. 35-36v. Epitaphs and epigrams on Clement X; 1676. Latin and Italian. Copies.

5. ff. 37-38. 'Oratione del Sig. Cardinale Nitardi [i.e. Eberhard Nidhard] al sacro Collegio'; 1676. Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Quanto quamque tenero, ac filiali amore'. Marked (f. 37) 'C'.

6. ff. 39-40v. 'Oratione del sig. Duca d'Estree fatta nella sua audienza dopo la morte della santissima memoria di Clemente Decimo il di 25 luglio 1676', a speech given by the French ambassador to the Holy See, François Annibale duc d'Estrées; 1676. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Se li desiderii del Re mio Signore', expl. 'di che un huomo di honesta nascita non si può mai dispensare'. Marked (f. 39) 'D'.

7. ff. 41-52. Account of conclave which elected Benedetto Odescalchi as Innocent XI; 1676. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Morto Papa Clemente X^o ai 22 di luglio'. Marked (f. 41) 'E'; old pagination '1-24'.

8. ff. 53-205, 228v-237, 252-382v. Miscellaneous prose and verse compositions on Clement X, his death and the subsequent conclave which elected Innocent XI; 1676. Italian. Copies. Contents include (titles are given): f. 57 'Lamento del Cardinale Paluzzi', f. 59 'Confessione del Cardinale Altieri', f. 69 'Il salmo Jubilare per il defunto pontefice', f. 71 'Il governo del Cardinale Altieri', f. 75 'Il Naseide' (series of sonnets), f. 83 'Proteste fatte da Pasquino all'eminentissimo Cardinale Altieri', f. 86 'Conversazione fra il Cardinale Altieri e Pasquino', f. 97 'Li spropositi di Mons. Bottini aggiuto di studio e servitore' (a play), f. 105 'Le ricette spropositate del medico Florido' (another play or possibly the 2nd act or part of the previous work 'Li spropositi'), f. 118 'Dialogo con il Bottino ed il medico Florido', f. 122 'Il botteghino', f. 132 'Il Tebro al re de fiumi', f. 136 'Roma piangente', f. 139 'A di 25 luglio 1676 Roma', f. 147 'Il Mercurio o la verità smascherata', f. 153 'All'abbate Piccini [...]. Ode', f. 155 'Roma prega Apollo à discacciare i tristi da Palazzo; e nel conclave ad eleggere un pontefice degno', f. 164 'I dispacci di Pasquino al gobbo del Rialto', f. 170 'Sonetto di Monsignor Mattei', f. 176 'La [...] ò il Saracino', f. 181 'Roma vedova, che cerca sposo, et addolorata per la morte di Clemente X.mo va ramminga per le selve et Eco gli risponde', f. 186 'Lettera di Monsignor Ranizza scritta dall'Inferno alli Sig.ri Cardinali del Conclave', f. 190 'Suppliche di Pasquino al Sacro Collegio per l'elettione del futuro Pontefice', f. 196 'Lettera politica sopra l'elettione del futuro pontefice', f. 201 'Indovino di Pasquino per l'elettione del nuovo Pontefice', f. 205 'Avvertimenti al Cardinale Chigi', f. 228 'Alla pretenzione del Cardinale Delci' and 'Risposta', f. 230 'L'Ospedale de Pazzi composto di 35 letti dove vi stanno li cardinali à coppia, Roma serve per ospedaliere, et il dottor Beffana per medico, quale visita gl'infermi e gli da le ricette per guarirle', f. 234 'Come in sostanza trattino li ss. Cardinali in conclave', f. 236 'Sonetto sopra l'elettione del papa', f. 265 'Correttione alla correttione fraterna', f. 274 'Il conclavista satirico', f. 280 'Il satirico non maledico', f. 295 'Sopra i cardinali papabili', f. 352 'Dialogo burlesco fra Pasquino e Marforio', f. 368 'La Comedia del Conclave', f. 370 'Titoli che desiderano nelle opere li santissimi cicisbei', f. 373 'Il festino del conclave', f. 344 'Vaticinia del successore Clementis Xmi', f. 381 'Comedie da recitarsi in diversi luoghi di Roma nel Carnevale prossimo dell'anno 1677'.

9. ff. 206-222v. 'Discorso sopra al futuro conclave per la morte di Clemente X^o seguita li 22 luglio 1676 Roma', an account of the factional politics and the potential candidates in the conclave to elect Clement X's successor; 1676. Italian. Copy. Inc. 'Siamo in punto di sede vacante', expl. 'l'evento del futuro conclave'.

10. ff. 223-227. 'Petitiones facte ab eminentissimis cardinalibus in Comitiis Vaticanis de anno 1676'; 1676. Latin. Copy.

11. ff. 238-251. 'Risposta alla scrittura publicata contro à Monsignor Balbeshi'; n.d. Italian and Latin. Copy. Inc. 'Et cunque res succedat'. Marked (f. 238) 'I'.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1828.

Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 18th cent.

includes:

ff. 29-30 Clement X; Pope: Poetry ITALIAN: Satires ITALIAN: Florido Salvatore, doctor: Three sonnets on Clement X and Florido Salvatore: 1676: Ital: Copy.
ff. 35-36v Clement X; Pope: Epigrams: Epitaphs: Epitaphs and epigrams on Clement X: 1676: Ital and Lat: Copies.
ff. 37-38 Johann Eberhard von Neidhart, Jesuit; General of the Spanish Inquisition; Cardinal 1672: Speech to the Sacred College by Johann Eberhard von Neidhart: 1676: Lat: Copy.
ff. 39-40v François Annibal II d' Estrées, Duc; Maréchal; Ambassador at Rome: Speech to Sacred College by François Annibal II d' Estrées: 1676: Ital: Copy.
ff. 41-52, 206-222v Innocent XI; Pope: Accounts rel. to conclave: 1676: Ital: Copies.
ff. 53-205, 228v-237, 252-382 Satires ITALIAN: Innocent XI; Pope: Satires on conclave: 1676: Ital: Copies.
ff. 53-205, 228v-237, 252-382v Clement X; Pope: Poetry ITALIAN: Satires ITALIAN: Drama ITALIAN: Satires on Clement X: 1676: Ital: Copies.

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

English
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1660

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

Late 17th century

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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 87, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

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

Material Type:

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Names:

Clement X, Pope
Estrées, François Annibal II d', Duc, Maréchal, Ambassador at Rome
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Innocent XI, Pope
Neidhart, Johann Eberhard von, Jesuit, General of the Spanish Inquisition, Cardinal 1672
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Salvatore, Florido, doctor