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Add MS 8536

Record Id:
032-002029411
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029411
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000035
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8536
Title:

TRACTS relating to the commerce and agriculture of Tuscany; circa 1766-1768. Italian. Copies. The tracts relate to the survey of the economic conditions of Tuscany promoted in Nov. 1766 by Grand Duke Leopold I of Hapsburg Lorraine (1765-1790). The first and third tracts (arts. 1 and 3) are anonymous; the second tract (art. 2) is by Giovanni Battista Bonsi, depositario of Cortona before 1769 (in 1769 the position was occupied by Cavalier Venuti: cf. Pietro Leopoldo d'Asburgo Lorena, Relazioni sul governo della Toscana, ed. by A. Silvestrini, vol. ii (Florence, 1970), p. 208). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '540' [possibly meaning 544] in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, possibly lot 544 (part), together with Add. 8564, 8674, 8719, 8786, and possibly 8507, 8538, 8800.

Paper; ff. 136, plus two unfoliated blanks after f. 101. Composite volume. 312 x 222mm. Four Italian hands: same hand for arts. 1, ff. 27-90, and 2, ff. 102-112. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with decorated paper covers over pasteboards.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 1-26, 27-90. 'Saggio sopra l'avanzamento del Commercio di Toscana / 1768', two copies; 1768. Inc. (f. 2) 'Saggio sopra l'avanzamento del Commercio di Toscana / Allor quando le vigilantissime cure di chi governa ... § I / Si misurano le forze di uno stato'; inc. (f. 27) '§ I: Si misurano le forze di uno stato'. Text divided into three 'articles' and subdivided into 67 paragraphs. Second copy (ff. 27-90) lacking introduction.

2. ff. 91-101, 102-112. 'Piano d'istruzione e dimostrazione della maniera di coltivare in Maremma e sua utilità / di Giovanni Battista Bonsi / Depositario di Cortona', two copies; bef. 1769. Inc. (f. 92) 'Diversità de' terreni di Maremma per rapporto alle coltivazioni e smercio dei grani / Li terreni di Maremma coltivabili a grano'. Text divided into three chapters and followed by a table. Second copy (ff. 102-112) lacking the first two chapters and the beginning of the third.

3. ff. 113-136v. Relazione of Tuscany at the time of Grand Duke Leopold I; circa 1767. Inc. 'Il Governo del Granducato di Toscana è un governo monarchico'. Mentions a law issued on 17 Sept. 1767 (f. 132v).

Scope & Content:

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Trade and Commerce: Agriculture: Leopold I; Grand Duke of Tuscany; Duke of Lorraine, later Emperor Leopold II: Tracts rel. to the commerce and agriculture of Tuscany: circa 1766-1768: Ital: Copies.

includes:

  • ff. 91-101, 102-112 Maremma, Tuscany: Tract of agriculture by G. B. Bonsi rel. to: circa 1766-1768: Ital: Copies.
  • ff. 91-101, 102-112 Giovanni Battista Bonsi, Depositario of Cortona: Tract rel. to agriculture in Maremma (Tuscany): circa 1766-1768: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
032-002029411
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1761
End Date:
1768
Date Range:
c 1766-1768
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (possibly lot 544, 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:
Bonsi, Giovanni Battista, Depositario of Cortona
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
Leopold I, Grand Duke of Tuscany
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Places:
Maremma, Tuscany