Memorie particulari della città de Firenze e comincia l'anno MDCXIII essendo Sommo Pontefice Paolo V et Imperatore Mattia I e Gran Duca di Toscana Cosimo II [continued to 1635] : manuscript, [after 1635].

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Memorie particulari della città de Firenze e comincia l'anno MDCXIII essendo Sommo Pontefice Paolo V et Imperatore Mattia I e Gran Duca di Toscana Cosimo II [continued to 1635] : manuscript, [after 1635].

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Annals of life in Florence from 1613-1635 with dated entries and some yearly summaries, told from a third-person objective stance. Describes court, civic, and religious ceremonial in some detail; unidentified writer was probably an official or perhaps a noble of the court. Also comments on commerce, grain prices, epidemics, new construction, births and deaths of public figures, natural disasters, etc.

1 v. (209 leaves) : paper ; 23 cm.

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