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Add MS 8671

Record Id:
032-002029554
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029554
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 8671
Title:

NICOLÒ CARAVITA: Defence of Alessandro Riccardi; 1695. Italian and Greek. Copy, 18th cent. Nicolò Caravita (1647-1717) was a Neapolitan jurist and man of letters. With this defence he obtained the acquittal of Alessandro Riccardi accused of assaulting the treasurer of the Cathedral in Naples. Inc. (f. 5) 'O non mai, o molto di rado avviene che nel Mondo succeda cosa', expl. (f. 50v) 'acciocche l'unico mio fratello sia dannato a morte. Il dì primo di Giugno 1695 = Don Niccolò Caravita'. The text is divided into three chapters and includes sentences in Greek. It is preceded by an anonymous Life of Caravita, written after Caravita's death, with many corrections, inc. (f. 1) 'Nacque a di 25 di Maggio dell'anno 1647', expl. (4v) 'per lui sarà bastevole fregio ed elogio'. Caravita founded the Accademia Palatina in Naples in 1698 together with Viceroy Luis de la Cerda, Duke of Medinaceli; see DBI, 19 (1976), pp. 676-679. Armorial bookplate of 5th Earl of Guilford with shelfmark 'L/16/B' (front pastedown). '60' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown. Purchased, together with Add. 8593 and 8596, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 60 (part).

Paper; ff. 52. Modern foliation in ink 1-50 (followed here), omitting one leaf after ff. 40 and 49. Old pagination in ink 1-8 (ff. 1-4v). 300 x 208mm. Two Italian hands.

Scope & Content:

Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/16/B): bef. 1828.

includes:

  • ff. 1-4v Biography: Life of N. Caravita: aft. 1717: Ital.
  • ff. 1-4v Nicolò Caravita, of Naples; jurist and scholar: Life: aft. 1717: Ital.
  • ff. 5-50v Legal material: Nicolò Caravita, of Naples; jurist and scholar: Alessandro Riccardi, of Naples: Defence of A. Riccardi by Nicolò Caravita: 1695: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002029554
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-002029554
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 60, 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:
Caravita, Nicolò, of Naples, jurist and scholar
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
Riccardi, Alessandro, of Naples