Dispacci diplomatici inviati dalla corte granducale di Toscana al Anton Francesco Montauti

Name:

Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723; Montauti, Anton Francesco, Abbe Marquis

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1689

Description:

279 letters to Anton Francesco Montauti, special envoy to the imperial court in Vienna, a few with postscripts in the hand of Cosimo III; some partly in cipher. Most letters concern financial contributions for the support of the imperial troops quartered in Italy.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Renzo Rizzi (Milan), 1961.

Subject:

Ambassadors -- Italy -- Tuscany -- 17th century; Ambassadors; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Letters; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

586 leaves : paper; 206 x 150 to 289 x 208 mm bound to 309 x 240 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- History -- 17th century; Italy; Italy -- Tuscany

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, 586; [1-586]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in several cursive hands, letters signed "Il gran duca di Toscana."; Binding: Contemporary parchment; several letters partly detached; parchment partly missing from spine.; Origin: Written in Florence, 17 September 1689-14 November 1699.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 534