Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series : Eighth Part. Catalogue of Greek and Italian Manuscripts and English Charters from the Celebrated Collection formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872). [ Sotheby & Co., auction catalogue, sale date: 4 July, 1972]

Sotheby & Co., London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 4th July, 1972. Printed wrappers, small 4to,. 125 pp, numerous plates, ills.. Lots 1710-1905. Among the highlights noted were the following: Ammonius's Treatise on Words, 15th Century; Four Mss. Copied for Guillaume Pelicier, Bishop of Montpellier, 1539-42; an Unknown Verse Epic on the War of Cyprus, Corfu, 1652-3; and a Group of the Notorious Forgeries by Constantine Simonides; Charters of the 12th and 13th Century Granting Land in Cheshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire; a Bull of Pope Adrian IV; Correspondence of a Fourteenth-Century Venetian Merchant; Letters of Cardinal Georges D'Amboise, Janus Lascaris, Niccolo Capponi and Henry VIII; Despatches from Florence to Francesco Vettori During His German Embassy; the Diplomatic Archive of Pierfrancesco Portinari As Ambassador in England; and Letters from Learned Men to Scipio Gentili, 1588-1615; Unpublished Carmina of Gerolamo Bologni, One Being to Matthias Corvinus's Ambassador; Tito Vespasiano Strozzi's Borsias; Poetry of Serafino Aquilano and Tibaldeo; Luigi Da Porto's Lettere Istoriche; Egloghe by Il Lasca, 1569; Anonymous Verses on the Death of Alessandro De' Medici; and an Autograph Poem of Lucas Holstein; Unpublished Diary of Matteo and Theramo Canevari; Schlichting's Account of Muscovy Under Ivan the Terrible; Philip II's Correspondence with the Viceroys of Naples; Collection of Draft Decrees of Pius IV on the Vatican Archives; Proceedings of the Council of Trent in a Contemporary Parisian Binding, 1548; and a Binding for Pius VI; Letters (and an Autograph Journal) of Ireneo Affo, A. M. Bandini, Giuseppe Baretti and Matteo Luigi Canonici; a Remarkable Series of G. L. Amadesi; and a Series from Apollonio Bassetti to a Florentine Engineer Touring Northern Europe, 1682-6; Also the Important Collection of Chronicles of Venice, Brescia, Padua, Treviso and Vicenza. Spine slightly sunned, Good.