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Bibliotheca Phillippica catalogue of the celebrated collection of manuscripts formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872), 1968-06-25

 Item — Box: Sotheby's, Folder: 175
Identifier: Item 1

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

Extent

From the Collection: 621 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections
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