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A splendid set of handwritten religious/papal documents housed in 9 different folders, all carefully described in English, from a 2006 Christie's auction and prior to that from the celebrated American bookseller HP Kraus.
Specialist Notes
A fine collection including: 3 contemporary transcribed letters from Cardinal Giulio Mazzarino, dated 1661; a list of Cardinals of Florentine origin, from Urban II (1130) to Alessandro de Medici, the future Pope Leo XI (1605); an unpublished oration given at the consecration ceremony of a cardinal, late 17th century; a transcription of the famous letter to the Jesuits by Clement XIII, printed in 1762; three documents concerning papal relations with some European sovereigns; a petition from the city of Fermo to some Cardinals (copy of a printed volume, 1782); a report on religious activities in Foligno; a contemporary manuscript copy of the Papal Bull of Urban VIII entitled Britannia non minus coelestibus ...; a contemporary transcription of the Papal Bull Satis superque vobis... addressed to the Catholics of England; contemporary copy of the will of Clement XII (1652-1740); oration by Ermenegildo Tittone to celebrate the adoption of Ferrara by Pope Clement VIII (1748).
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