Lettere de Cosimo III [al Marchese Montauti]

Name:

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

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1692/1700

Description:

Thirty-six autograph letters of Cosimo III, son of Ferdinand II, to Anton Francesco Montauti, envoy to the court in Vienna; some partly in cipher.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Antiquaria Hoepli (Milan), 1952.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); letters (correspondence); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

80 leaves : paper; 208 x 152 to 221 x 164 mm bound to 228 x 170 mm

Geographic Subject:

Tuscany (Italy) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources; Italy -- Tuscany

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from upper cover.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 80 + i (contemporary paper); [1-80]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written in Florence, most dated 1692-1693, at least one 1700, some dates indecipherable.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 533