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Title

Passi istorici e morali che possono servire d'instruzione a principi, a loro ministri, e generali

Authors

• Colla, Saverio de

Call number

Ms. Codex 419
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2486590
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486590

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian, with Latin quotations throughout, plus some French

Origin

Date

17--

Place

Lombardy

Summary

Didactic work of political maxims and exempla from various sources, mostly Latin, some French. The Latin sources (Cicero, Tacitus, Sallust, etc.) are usually noted, are cited in Latin, then translated into Italian. Text is preceded by a detailed index, alphabetized by topic.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i).
   

Extent

304 leaves : 235 x 165 (196 x 140) mm. bound to 240 x 171 mm

Foliation

Paper, 304; [lxxxii], 1-140, 142-524, [i]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment, upper cover cut in 5 places.

Script

Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Accessioned, 1962.
   

Subjects topical

• Political science--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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