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Add MS 8590

Record Id:
032-002029467
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000067
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8590
Title:

Relazioni of Venice and Spain; 1619, 1606. Italian. Copies, early 17th cent. The MS. is described by C. Foligno, ‘Codici di materia veneta nelle biblioteche inglesi’, in Nuovo Archivio Veneto, n.s., 6, t. xii (1906), pt. i, no. cxxvi, p. 205. 'S(.35' in ink in upper left corner of f. 1. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '332' in pencil in upper left corner of f. 1. Purchased, together with Add. 8401, 8404, 8654, 8707, and possibly 8588, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 332 (part).

1. ff. 1-124. 'Relazione fatta dal Marchese di Bedmar Ambasciatore della Maestà del Re Cattolico della Repubblica di Venezia mentre vi è stato Ambasciatore del Re Cattolico presso l'istessa Repubblica', relazione of Venice presented to Philip III of Spain by the former Spanish ambassador Alfonso de la Cueva y Benavides, Marqués de Bedmar, after his expulsion from the Venetian territory in June 1618 under suspicion of involvement in a plot against the Republic; 1618. Inc. 'Laboriosa impresa per certo è questa', expl. 'le quali dal canto mio al sicuro non si stancaranno. Dum Spiritus hos reget artus rej'. Other copies of the same text in Sloane 1834 and Add. 5471 (ff. 140-201), 8329 (art. 11, ff. 172-339v), 8356 (art. 4, ff. 51-99v: imperfect), 10219 (ff. 1-86), 10800 (ff. 1-83v), 10814 (ff. 1-73), 14008 (ff. 912-947v), 17359 (ff. 1-94v), 30670 (ff. 201-269), and 48131 (Yelverton MS. 146; art. 1), Harley 5126, Royal 14 A.XVIII (art. 10). On Bedmar's spying activity see P. Preto, I servizi segreti di Venezia (Milan, 1994), pp. 123-128, 147-154 and passim.

2. ff. 125-191. 'Relatione di Spagna / cioe' ordine della Casa del Re ... Entrate de li Signori Titolati', anonymous relazione on the structure of the Spanish court and aristocracy with details of revenues and allowances; 1606 (see ff. 156, 166v, 187v). Inc. 'Quasi tutti i Principi cosi infideli come christiani', expl. 'del peccato nefando, et di Heresia'.

Paper; ff. 191+i. 266 x 192mm. Horizontal catchwords on each page. Two Italian hands. Quarter binding of vellum with marbled paper covers.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-124 Venice: Philip III of Spain: Alfonso della Cueva, Marquès de Bedmar; Spanish ambassador at Venice: Relazione of Venice for Philip III of Spain by Alfonso della Cueva: 1618: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 125-191 Philip III of Spain: Relazione rel. to Spanish court: 1606: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029467
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029467
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1640
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 332, 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:
Cueva, Alfonso della, Marquès de Bedmar, Spanish ambassador at Venice
Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770
Philip II, of Naples and Sicily
Philip III, King of Spain
Places:
Venice, Italy