Add MS 8722

UBALDINI LETTER-BOOKS. VOL. II. Dispatches of Ubaldini to Cardinal Borghese and others, and letter from St. Francis of Sales to Cardinal Borghese; 1607-1612. Italian. Copies. Title by a later hand (f. 1) 'Lettere scritte al Cardinale Scipione Borghese nipote di Paolo V al nunzio di Francia dal 1607 sino al 1611. ed una scritta da S. Francesco di Sales allo stesso Cardinale'. Armorial bookplate of the Hon. Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, with shelfmark 'L/19/E' (front pastedown). '87' in pencil in top left corner of front pastedown.

Contents as follows:

1. ff. 2-425v. Dispatches of Ubaldini to Cardinal Borghese; 25 Dec. 1607 - 17 March 1611. Inc. 'Al Signor Cardinale Borghese; di Parigi de 25 Dicembre 1607 / M'ha richiesto in Nunzio di Fiandra ch'io procurassi', expl. 'hora se n'attendera la Resolutione / Et a Vostra Signoria Illustrissima fo' humilissima riverenza'. Includes letters to Pope Paul V, the papal nuncios to Flanders, Spain, Colonia, Prague, Turin, and Avignone, Marie de' Medici, Cosimo II de' Medici, and others.

2. ff. 426-427v. Letter to Cardinal Borghese from St. Francis de Sales; 1612. Inc. 'Lettera scritta da' S. Francesco di Sales Al Signore Cardinale Scipione Borghese Nel Pontificato di Pavolo V. L'Anno 1612 / Per avvisi particulari riceuti da' Parigi a Digion', expl. 'che quelle tali dispute scandalose siano lasciate. Sero medicina parabo cum mala per longas involvere moras'.

Paper; ff. 427, plus four interleaved blanks after f. 425, wrongly numbered '434-437' by a previous modern foliation. 275 x 197mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand.

Scipione Borghese, Cardinal 1605: Dispatches rel. to France from the Bishop of Montepulciano: 1607-1611: Ital: Copies.

Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/E): bef. 1817: Map scale 1:GU.

Guido Bentivoglio, Bishop of Rhodes; Cardinal 1621: Letters from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1608-1610: Ital: Copies.

Roberto Ubaldini, Bishop of Montepulciano; Cardinal 1615: Dispatches to Card. S. Borghese: 1607-1611: Ital: Copies.

includes:

• ff. 2-425v Louis XIII of France: Henry IV of France: Dispatches and letters from the Bp. of Montepulciano to Card. S. Borghese and others rel. to: 1607-1611: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 52-52v, 181v-182v, 314v-315, 394-394v Decio Carafa, Archbishop of Damascus; Cardinal 1611: Letters from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1608-1611: Ital: Copies.
• f. 103 Paul V; Pope: Dispatch from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1608: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 163-163v, 270v-271v Attilio Amalteo, Bishop of Athens: Letters from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1608-1610: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 163v-164, 181-181v, 269v-270v, 279-280, 294v-299, 300-301 Antonio Caetano, Bishop of Capua; Cardinal 1621: Letters from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1609-1610: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 201-210v Francis II of France: Instruction rel. to Council of Trent: circa 1560: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 302-302v Cosimo II; Grand Duke of Tuscany: Letter from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1610: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 342v-343 Pietro Francesco Costa, Bishop of Savona: Letter from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1610: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 373-374 Louis XIII of France: Letters to the Qu. Mother Marie de' Medici from the Bp. of Montepulciano: 1610: Ital: Copies.
• ff. 387-387v Roberto Bellarmino, Jesuit; Cardinal 1599: Letter from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1611: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 401-402v Antonio Albergati, Bishop of Bisceglie: Letter from the Bp. of Montepulciano to: 1611: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 426-427v Scipione Borghese, Cardinal 1605: Letter from St. Francis of Sales: 1612: Ital: Copy.
• ff. 426-427v Saint Francis,; of Sales: Letter to Card. S. Borghese: 1612: Ital: Copy.