Bibliotheca Phillippica catalogue of the celebrated collection of manuscripts formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872), 1968-06-25
Scope and Contents
New series, 4th part. (Bulls of Innocent II, Celestine II and Alexander III to the Abbot of St. Bertin; a ninth-century document associated with Nonantola; the cartulary of Sta. Croce in Campese; letters of Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (Pope Clement VIII); an unrecorded early text of Basinio's Liber Isottaeus; an interesting Latin poetical miscellany and an important Italian Miscellany including Poliziano's Stanze per la giostra and Orfeo and Marc' Antonio Epicuro's Cecaria; an important series of eight letters from Francesco Vettori to Machiavelli; and the extensive collection of manuscripts formed by Count Vincenzo Ranuzzi of Bologna (c.1650-1726); Greek MSS., including Giorgio Antonio Vespucci's copy of St. Basil's homily on reading pagan literature; a manuscript of Machiavelli's Il Principe preceding the editio princeps.)
Dates
- created: 1968-06-25
Creator
- From the Collection: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (Publisher, Organization)
- From the Collection: Sotheby's (Firm) (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
From the Collection: 621 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository
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