This Register was compiled by the Notary attendant upon the commission, Ignazio Vecellio, and is properly attested by him. The proceedings were of great importance to the Papal States. The MS. is from the Colonna Library.

254 Il Dominio Temporale della Sede Apostolica sopra le Città di Parma e Piacenza difeso e giustificato. MANUSCRIPT, very

neatly written, folio, pp. 224, in Italian vellum,

18s.

Written in defence of Clement xi.'s claim to this Duchy against the Emperor Charles vj. It contains a History in detail from the earliest period to about 1712, when it appears to have been composed. At this time the war was carried on by the pen nearly as briskly as by the sword.

255 Raccolta di Memorie intorno alla Città di Cesena incavate da diversi luoghi di me Andrea Pio. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT folio, pp. 214,

10s. 6d A copious and interesting History of Cesena to the year 1600, apparently prepared for the press.

256 Miscellanee Varie; a Collection of MANUSCRIPT Documents (52 in number,) written in the latter part of the 17th and early part of the 18th century, folio, 18s. Principally relating to Cesena, but also of a miscellaneous nature, including a commentary on one of Metastasio's dramas and some poetry. 257 Descrizione Istorica di Trevi nell' Umbria, 1765. Primo et secondo Quinterno della Misura et Pianta delli beni stabili della Abbatia del Monte di Cesena. Memorie sopra el Riedificamento del Ponte di Cesena sul fiume Savio, &c. &c. MANUSCRIPTS, folio, 12s.

Beside the above are several other MSS. principally relating to Cesena, with several plans and drawings.

258 THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE and Official Papers of MONSIGNORE DESIDERIO SPRETI, Governor General of Narni, Orvieto and Camerino, between the years 1770 and 1781. MANUSCRIPTS, comprised in 5 volumes, folio, 217.

A very large collection, many hundred in number, of original documents or official copies, containing a great mass of information respecting the internal government of the Papal States.

The private correspondence is chiefly from persons of high distinction resident at Rome, and conveys much curious information respecting the movements and intrigues of the Papal Court and Government during that period. It includes letters from the Cardinals Rezzonico, Pallavicini, Casali, Pallona, &c. &c.

The Official Papers consist of Papal Bulls, Rescripts and Proclamations, Municipal and Statistical Documents, Rules for the local Monti di Pietà, or Loan Banks, Surveys and Descriptions of Buildings, &c. &c.

NAPLES.

259 LE GLORIE NAPOLITANE,' Opera che contiene le Vite d'Illustri Napolitani, da Biagio Aldimari. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE AUTHOR, PREPARED FOR THE PRESS, AND STILL UNPUBLISHED, 2 vols. folio, in Italian vellum, 10/. 10s.

This very valuable and useful Manuscript is the work of Biagio Aldimari (or Altomare,) a celebrated Lawyer of Naples, who was born in 1639. He is the author of many esteemed works, and of the Genealogical History of the Caraffa family, a splendid work in three volumes folio. This procured him the patronage of that family, and by its interests he was appointed Royal Counsellor of Capuano (one of the two principal Seggi of Naples,) a post of considerable importance.

In this work he has given an account of every Neapolitan of note, whether from rank and station in history, or from eminence in learning and the fine arts, and their lives are divided into these respective classes. There is prefixed his dedication or petition, All' Illmi. Sigri. Eletti della Fedelissma, Citta di Napoli,' in which he gives the scope of his work, and says, he cannot afford to print it at his own expense, ending quale opera intende dedicarla a questa fedelissima Citta ma perche ci voleno di spesa ducati quatro cento, e piu et il Supplicante no tiene desta summa supplica VV. Illmi. si degnino dar l'ordine, che sijno quelli pagati allo stampatore che stampera detta opera, resultando quella in gloria di questa fedelissima citta e regno, venendo illustrati molti insigni sogeti de' quali per l'antichità e negligenza di scrittori, non se n'ha memoria alcuna.'

The refusal of the City to grant him this sum of 400 ducats is probably the reason of the work remaining unpublished. It was long in the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra, from whose collection it was procured.

260 Discorso sopra li Seggi della Città di Napoli con le Imprese seu Armi de' Seggi,-Discorsetto sopra l'Arme de Seggi, Discorsetto sopra il Seggio del Populo di Napoli,—Origine dell' Armi Gentilizie delle famiglie,-De Phisiognomia seu de predictione morum, naturarumque hominum facili cum ex inspectione vultus aliarumque corporis partium tum aliis modis,Formularium circa quod interrogari solet qui admitti petit ad honorarium officium Procuratoris in Regiis Tribunalibus,Præfatio, Capitula, et Insignia Doctoratus. Manuscript, of the seventeenth century, 4to. neatly written, 21. 2s.

A very curious work on the Divisions or Wards of Naples which separate the Nobility from the People, and which had their origin in the Phratria of the Greek cities. They were anciently called Tocchi, and now Piazzi, or Seggi; and at one time they were very numerous, but their number was reduced, and their privileges in some measure determined by Charles I. of Anjou. Every Neapolitan noble must be a member of one of these Seggi.

Giannone says,

the nobles of these Seggi have many prerogatives; they not only choose the Deputies, who with that of the People govern the City, and meet together in their Tribunal to treat about the public affairs, but likewise exercise many jurisdictions, and among others that of declaring Plebeians to be Noble Neapolitans, and of naturalizing Citizens. They have also the power of creating the Syndic, who in

general parliaments, and in other public functions, in presence of the Viceroy, represents not only the city, but the whole kingdom.'

These Seggi are five in number, viz. Capuano, Nido, Montagna, Porto, Portanoua: there is here added that of Popolo, but it does not confer nobility, and there is a separate treatise upon it in the MS. The arms of all the Seggi are emblazoned, and there is a list of all the noble families of Naples alphabetically arranged. The MS. is from the late Duke di Cassano Serra's collection.

261 Istoria de' sette Rè di Napoli della stirpe de' Normanni. MaNUSCRIPT, 8vo.

With curious pen and ink portraits of the kings.

5s.

262 Storia d'alcuni particolari successi accaduti nella Città e Regno di Napoli per il tempo che D. Pietro Toledo fu Vicerè, e per molti anni dopo, con i tumulti dell' anno 1547. MANUSCRIPT, neatly written, 4to

14s.

Pedro-Alvarez de Toledo, Marquez de Villafranca, second son of the Duke d'Alba, was appointed Viceroy in 1532. His government was so oppressive that many of the Neapolitans wished to throw off the Spanish yoke, and others procured the descent of the Turks in 1552. This MS. does not seem to have been published.

263 LETTERS OF PHILIP II. AND PHILIP III., KINGS OF SPAIN, to the Viceroys of Naples, between the years 1560 and 1612. MANUSCRIPT, very neatly written, about 1700, 2 vols. 4to. in Italian vellum,

61. 6s.

A large and very valuable Collection (several hundred in number,) of documents for the History of Naples and of Spain. The transcript has been made by some Italian, who has added on the margins the heads of the subjects to which the letters relate, and some remarks. The whole are in the Spanish Language.

264 Caso successo in Napoli l'anno 1696 a 4 Maggio nella casa de' Padri Gelormini. MANUSCRIPT, neatly written, in 1733, folio,

10s. 6d.

A most extraordinary Ghost-Story. The apparition appears to have been seen by the whole community, and the narration is as circumstantial as that of De Foe's famed Mrs. Veal,-and no doubt as true. The conversations between Il Diavolo dell' Inferno' (so he styles himself,) and the Prior are given at length. The story excited at Naples as much attention, or more, than even the Cock-lane Ghost, in London. 265 Discorso sopra alcuni Dubbi proposti intorno alle presenti emergenze del Regno di Napoli,-Albero Genealogico de' Rè di Napoli,-Ristretto dell' Investiture del Regno di Napoli, che si conservano negli Archivi Apostolici. MANUSCRIPTS, very neatly written, folio,

16s.

Written after the death of Charles II. when the Crowns of Spain and the two Sicilies were contended for by Philip V. and the Archduke Charles. This work is against the claim of either, and in favour of the erection of Naples into an independent kingdom. From the Colonna Library.

266 MEMORIE DELLA FAMIGLIA DELLA MARRA, raccolte dal Sig.

D. Ferrante della Marra, Duca della Guardia, date in luce da D. Camillo Tutini Napolitano. MANUSCRIPT, of the seventeenth century, folio, very neatly written, and containing upwards of 720 pages, in Italian vellum binding,

21. 12s. 6d.

A valuable and very copious History of the Marra family, one of the noblest in the kingdom of Naples, compiled from Deeds, &c. with the authorities in the margin, and embracing much curious matter connected with the History of that State. Many documents and letters are interspersed; and, at the end is an account of their arms and quarterings, with a list of their possessions in Naples and in Sicily. The volume concludes with this magnificent summary of their greatness; 'Si vede adunque che questa famiglia nello spatio poco meno di 500 anni ha posseduto nel regno di Napoli e di Sicilia, connumerate in 17 Città, 175 luoghi, de quegli passati ora in mano di varij possessorj, se ne sono fatti, infin a quest' anno 1637, che queste cose scriviamo, 62 Titolati, cioè undici Principi, 19 Duchi, 24 Marchesi, et 8 Conti.'

This MS., from an Inscription at the commencement, appears to have belonged to the family, whence it must have passed into the possession of the Duke di Cassano Serra, from whose library it was procured.

SPAIN.

267 Lo que hay de mas y de menos en España, para que sea lo que deve ser, y no lo que es: obra del grande y raro ingenio del Señor Dr. Josef del Campillo y Cossio. MANUSCRIPT, neatly written, folio, vellum,

17. 4s.

A very curious work on the capabilities of Spain and its means of improvement, arranged in classes, written about 1741.

268 España Dispierta, criticas y instructivas reflexiones corre

spondientes a varios y importantissimos assumptos para la
mejor organizacion y regimen de la Monarquia Española,
obra del Señor D". Josef del Campillo y Cossio. MANU-
SCRIPT, neatly written, folio, vellum,
17. 4s.
This work and the preceding afford a good view of the statistics of
Spain.

269 CHRONICA DEL YLLUS. PRINCIPE D". ENRRIQUE IIII. Rey de este nombre en Castilla y Leon. MANUSCRIPT, very neatly written, folio, in vellum, 21. 12s. 6d.

We do not find an account of this Chronicle, which is altogether different from that of Diego Henriquez del Castillo. It does not allude to Castillo's work. An almost ludicrous account of Henry IV.'s deposition in effigy by the nobles of Castile is given in Robertson's introduction to his History of Charles V.

270 Chronica de el Rey Don Henrique 4, compuesta por Henriquez de el Castillo su Capellan. MANUSCRIPT, very neatly written, folio, in vellum, 41. 4s.

This Chronicle of Henry IV. of Castile, 'le liberal et l'impuissant,' (who died 1474) infamous in history as the pander to his own dishonour, is written by one who was at once his Chaplain, Counsellor, and Friend, through all the turbulent events of his reign, and to whom, when Cardinal Roderigo Borgia, afterwards Alexander VI. that 'opprobrium of the human race,' was sent to him by Sixtus IV., he committed the conduct of his negociations. Castillo's Chronicle is very valuable, therefore, from his opportunities of information, though he has been charged with too great partiality in favour of Henry IV.

271 Relatione dell'Entrata, che fece in Madrid il Duca d'Umena, Ambasciadore del Rè Christianissimo, li 17 Luglio 1632. MANUSCRIPT, neatly written, folio,

The Embassy from Louis xiij. to Philip iv.

4s. 6d.

272 ROTULUS REMISSORIA (seu Remissorialium) in huiusmodi causa Vrbis sive Hispaniarum Canonizationis serui Dei IGNATII LOYOLA, Venerabilis Societatis Jesu fundatoris, quæ primo et in prima coram Illmis. et Rmis. Xpo Patribus et D'nis D'nis Cardinalibus sacræ Congregationis Rituum, et deinde in uim spe'alis commissionis coram RR. PP. DD. Alexandro Ludouisio Ildefonso Manzanedo de quinonez et Ioanne Baptista Pamphilio Rotæ Auditoribus, et huiusmodi causæ Judicibus commissariis ab eodem Smo. D. N. Papa specialiter et expresse deputatis, de et super positionibus et articulis in huiusmodi causa pro parte Sacræ Religionis Societatis Jesu p'n'lium (principalium) datis, exhibitis et productis, ac per cosdem RR. PP. DD. Rotæ Auditores, et Judices commissarios præfatos ad probandum extra Romanam Curiam et in partibus admissis, et inferius in præsenti Rotulo descriptis, post interrogatoria per eosdem RR. PP. DD. Auditores suo ex officio data, juxta quæ testes in huiusmodi causa inducendos antequam examinentur super dictis articulis sigillatim interrogari debent decretæ et concessæ sequitur, et est talis: videlicet, &c. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, very neatly written, 4l. 14s. 6d.

This Manuscript is the original record of the proceedings and of the evidence taken under a commission granted by Paul V. to the above two auditors of the Rota, in the matter of the canonization of Ignatius Loyola, the famous founder of the Order of Jesuits. It has at the end the official attestation of Nicolaus Rogetus, the notary associated in the commission with the auditors.

The deed is of considerable length, comprising 88 pages closely written. It contains all the reasons adduced by the Principals of the Order of Jesuits in favour of the canonization of Loyola, classed under heads, viz. of his religion, of his sanctity, of his chastity, of his visions, of his extasies and raptures, of his miracles, of his gift of prophecy, &c. &c. Many of these are very curious.

Loyola died in 1556. At the instance of his society he was beatified by Paul V. in 1609, and his canonization was completed by Gregory