A Relation of the state of the court of Rome made in the year 1661. at the council of Pregadi. By the most excellent, the Lord Angelo Corraro, ambassador from the most serene republique of Venice to Pope Alexander VII. [Bound with]. A new relation of Rome : as to the government of the city, the noble families thereof, the revenue and expences of the pope, the courts of justice, the offices, the congregations of cardinals, and other particulars very curious. First editions.
Corraro, Angelo = Angelo Correr(1605 - 1678 ); Charles de Ferrare du Tot. (died) 1694; Giovanni Torriano ; John Bulteel (1627 - 1692);
Published by London : printed by T. Mabb, and are to be sold by Michael Young at the Blew Bible in Bedford-street in Covent-Garden; and John Playfere, at the White Bear in the Upper Walk of the New-Exchange, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :: Text Creation Partnership.[and] .printed by T. Mabb, for John Starkey at the Miter between the middle Temple-gate and Temple-Bar, in Fleet-street, London, 1664, 1664
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16mo.8 x 14cm. 19th embossed Century and gilt British calf binding. [16], 108; [10], 64pp. Some pages shaved at top without loss. . A translation, by John Bulteel, of "Relazione della corte romana fatta l'anno 1661", previously attributed to Angelo Correr, and now unanimously considered to be by Charles du Tot. (Cf. Diz. biog. degli Italiana, v. 29, p. 483.).17th-century English printing of two seminal Italian political and cultural texts, which were frequently bound together. The combined volume is a famous primary source for understanding the Papal States during the reign of Pope Alexander VII.Originally attributed to the Venetian Ambassador, Angelo Corraro, modern historical scholarship has determined the text was actually written by Charles de Ferrare du Tot.It was presented to the Venetian Senate (the Pregadi) to keep the Republic of Venice informed about the Vatican's diplomatic stance, foreign relations, and financial operationsOCLC Number / Unique Identifier:30452966; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:792776841; and OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1227595536.…
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- A Relation of the state of the court of Rome made in the year 1661. at the council of Pregadi. By the most excellent, the Lord Angelo Corraro, ambassador from the most serene republique of Venice to Pope Alexander VII. [Bound with]. A new relation of Rome : as to the government of the city, the noble families thereof, the revenue and expences of the pope, the courts of justice, the offices, the congregations of cardinals, and other particulars very curious. First editions.
- Author
- Corraro, Angelo = Angelo Correr(1605 - 1678 ); Charles de Ferrare du Tot. (died) 1694; Giovanni Torriano ; John Bulteel (1627 - 1692);
- Publisher
- London : printed by T. Mabb, and are to be sold by Michael Young at the Blew Bible in Bedford-street in Covent-Garden; and John Playfere, at the White Bear in the Upper Walk of the New-Exchange, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :: Text Creation Partnership.[and] .printed by T. Mabb, for John Starkey at the Miter between the middle Temple-gate and Temple-Bar, in Fleet-street, London, 1664
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- 1664
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- Good
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Wittenborn Art Books
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