Add MS 48136

EXTRACTS FROM THE COMMENTARIES ON TACITUS OF TRAIANO BOCCALINI, the Italian satirist (1556-1613); 17th cent. Latin and Italian. See DBI, xi, pp. 10-19, where the works and the history of their publication are fully discussed, with bibliographies. For other works by Boccalini see Add. MSS. 10639-10657.

1. ff. 1-95b. 'Traiani Buccolini Lauretani In Publij Cornelij Taciti Histor. Observationes Ex Libro Primo'. First published with text varying considerably from the present MS. at 'Cosmopoli' (Geneva) in 1677.

2. ff. 97-225. 'Discorsi di Traiano Buccolini Romano sopra le Historie di Caio Cornelio Tacito. Libro Quarto'. The text of this work, which is extant in a number of manuscripts, has not been published.

3. ff. 227-304b. 'Considerationi di Traiano Boccalini Romano sopra la vita di Giulio Agricola scritta da Caio Cornelio Tacito'. Published in a version with considerable alterations at Geneva, 1667 (see art. 1 above).

Paper; ff. ii + 304. Folio. XVII cent. One Italian hand throughout. Vellum binding, numbered '151' on the spine.

Political Tracts: T. Boccalini, extracts from his commentaries on Tacitus: 17th cent: Lat. and Ital.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus: Commentaries on his works, by T. Boccalini: 17th cent.: Extracts.

Traiano Boccalini, Italian satirist: Extracts from his commentaries on Tacitus: 17th cent.: Lat. and Ital.

Elizabeth I of England: Papers of R. Beale, Clerk of the Council: 16th cent.

Robert Beale, Clerk to the Privy Council: Correspondence and papers.

includes:

• ff. 1-95b Traiano Boccalini, Italian satirist: `In Publij Cornelij Taciti Histor. observationes', Lib. I: 17th cent: Lat. and Ital.
• ff. 97-225 Traiano Boccalini, Italian satirist: `Discorsi . . . sopra le Historie di Caio Cornelio Tacito', Lib. 4: 17th cent: Lat. and Ital.
• ff. 227-304b Traiano Boccalini, Italian satirist: `Considerationi . . . sopra la vita di Giulio Agricola scritta da . . . Tacito': 17th cent: Lat. and Ital.