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Istoria di Maria Stuarda, Regina di Francia, e di Scotia : manuscript translation of a portion of La cour sainte, [ca. 1750].

BIB_ID
81754
Accession number
MA 19
Creator
Caussin, Nicolas, 1583-1651.
Display Date
[ca. 1750].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (98 p.), bound ; 28 cm
Notes
A translation by Berardi of a portion of La Cour Sainte by Nicholas Caussin related to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, first published in Italian ca. 1645; this manuscript, in the hand of a secretary and probably copied from a printed version, is abridged.
On title page: "Del Padre Carlo Antonio Berardi della Compagnia di Gesù."
Provenance
With the armorial bookplate of a member of the Gradenigo family of Venice; Guilford Collection (no. 135); Phillipps Collection (no. 7353); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1906.
Housed in
Brown morocco pull-off box (29.7 cm).