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Senate House Library, University of London

Regulations for Venetian trade, 1735-1739


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 103

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Regulations for Venetian trade, 1735-1739

Date(s): 1735-1739

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 6 volumes

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Republic of Venice was created around 1140. It was headed by the Doge, and led by the Great Council, who controlled all political and administrative business. Ludovico Manin, the last doge, was deposed by Napoléon Bonaparte on May 12, 1797.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing a collection of copy regulations and decrees relating to Venetian commerce, 1735-1739, some printed, including broadsheets on tarifs, and levies paid by couriers to Italian cities, and tables of duty paid on goods imported into and out of Verona, 1738-1739.

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 folios. Bound in quarter-vellum.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

This manuscript contains the bookplate of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guildford.

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.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

University of London MS 79 also relates to Venetian commerce.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Customs policy | Finance
Trade

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Venice | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Verona | Italy | Western Europe | Europe