An account of Italy, specially with relation to its commerce and government; in two books, late 17th century
Tit. book i. "Of the humours of people of each province in particular; of the houses, bancks and publick places where money is put to interest, and particularly of Venice and Genoa; of the places where buisness most offers, of the manner how the gentlemen negotiate without prejudicing nobility, and of marchants, exchanges, marchandize and all sorts of money current in Italy at this time."
Tit. book ii (p. 89). "Of the government politick, criminal and civil,.... of the tribunals .... of the governors of all the states and principalities, to wit, of the Pope," etc.
Apparently a translation, blank spaces for a few words being left here and there, with occasional verbal corrections in another hand.
Dates
- Creation: late 17th century
Extent
112 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 835
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. C. 835.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 12675.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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