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Senate House Library, University of London

Treatise by Marc Antonio Cartagna on the economy of the Venetian Republic

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 37

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Treatise by Marc Antonio Cartagna on the economy of the Venetian Republic

Date(s): 1651

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 13 leaves

Name of creator(s): Cartagna | Marc Antonio | fl 1651 | writer on economics

CONTEXT

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a treatise by Marc Antonio Cartagna, 14 May 1651, giving political and economic advice to the Venetian Republic which could result in a large annual income, entitled 'Consiglio politico economico proposito...alla serenissima Reipublica di Venetia per stabilire un'entrata annua perpetua di grossissima somma di ducati, con notabilissimo benefico publico e privato'.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Italian

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript quarto. Bound in quarter-morocco.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

This manuscript contains the bookplate of John Lee (d 1866) and an inscription by him dated 1828. It is also inscribed 'Mr Wilson Jun[ior], no 33'.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.