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Add MS 8644

Record Id:
032-002029525
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029525
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000096
LARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8644
Title:

TRACTS ON OTTOMAN SULTANS AND EMPIRE; 18th cent. Italian. Account of the Ottoman Empire through the lives of the Sultans from the origins to Sultan Murad IV (1623-1640), followed by a tract on politics and religion in Turkey. With marginal notabilia, a chronological table (f. 66) of the Ottoman Sultans, and an index (ff. 67-74) of names and subjects in alphabetical order. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/19/D' (front pastedown). Purchased, together with Add. 8647, 8648, 8650, and 8655, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 174 (part).

1. ff. 1-45v. 'Compendio dell'Istoria de monarchi Ottomani', a compendium of Memorie istoriche de monarchi ottomani by Giovanni Sagredo, printed in Venice by Combi & LaNoù in 1673; n.d. Inc. 'Libro primo / L'origine di questa formidabil nacione', expl. (f. 90v) 'avaro crudele vindicativo; disoluto; S. / Fine del Sagredi'. The text is divided into twelve books as Sagredo's work.

2. ff. 46-65v. 'Stato Politico dell'Imperio Ottomano'; n.d. Inc. 'Libro primo / L'Impero Ottomano dà Gl'altri differente; con massime diverse si sostiene / Capitolo primo / massime dell'Impero Ottomano. / Essendosi nel passato libro trascorso una delle doti più principali per formare, stabilire e conservare un impero', expl. 'mantenendo Iddio questa potencia indomita per flagello de nostri peccati. / Fine del 3o et ultimo libro'. The text is divided into three books.

Paper; ff. 74+ii. Old pagination in ink 1-130 (ff. 1-65v). 218 x 150mm. One Italian hand. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. Edges mottled in black.

Scope & Content:

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

Turkey; General: Tracts on Ottoman Sultans and Empire: 18th cent.: Ital.

includes:

  • ff. 1-45v Chronicles: Giovanni Sagredo, Venetian diplomat and historian: Compendium of Sagredo's chronicle of Ottoman sultans: 18th cent: Ital.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002029525
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
18th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 174, 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:
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
Sagredo, Giovanni, Venetian diplomat and historian
Places:
Turkey, Middle East, Asia