Reference files of Albinia de la Mare relating to Vespasiano da Bisticci and to her PhD thesis, 'Vespasiano da Bisticci, Historian and Bookseller', University of London (Warburg Institute), 1965-1966

Title

Reference files of Albinia de la Mare relating to Vespasiano da Bisticci and to her PhD thesis, 'Vespasiano da Bisticci, Historian and Bookseller', University of London (Warburg Institute), 1965-1966

Shelfmark

MS. 18746/137

Summary

Comprises:

Folder 1: 'Appendix, V[espasiano]'s Life and Family', notes on 'Catasto Declarations' at Archivio di Stato di Firenze and related papers, n.d. [c.1960]

Folder 2: 'Appendix, Booktrade', notes, n.d. [c.1960], relating to

accounts with Vespasiano and others in the archives of the Badia of Fiesole and the Badia of Florence

'Agnolo Manetti's importation of parchment from Florence to Naples', from Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, Magl. VIII. 53

'Accounts with Vespasiano' from Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, San Marco 902

'The Inventory of a Cartolaio in 1479', from Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Arch. Not. T. 498

'Contemporaries on Vespasiano and his shop'

Folder 3: 'Vite', notes, 1970 and n.d. [c.1960-1970], relating to

'Codices Cont[aining the] Vite'

'Manuscripts Cont[aining] V[espasiano]'s Works'

'Manuscripts of the Vite and other works by Vespasiano'

Folder 4: papers and notes, 1967-1970 and n.d. [c.1960-1970], including

'Clients'

'Bisticci land'

'Known books reprod[uced] or sold by Vespasiano'

'Vespasiano's family tree'

'V[espasiano]'s itinerary from letters etc., agreements'

Folder 5: drafts of 'The Shop of a Florentine cartolaio in 1426' by de la Mare, [published in B. Maracchi Biagiarelli and D. Rhodes eds., Studi offerti a Roberto Ridolfi (Florence, 1973)] and related papers, 1972 and n.d. [c.1972]

Folder 6: notes relating to 'Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Florentine manuscripts of Robert Flemmyng', n.d. [c.1955-1960]

Folder 7: notes, n.d. [c.1955-1960], including

'Friends and Acquaintances of Vespasiano'

'Notes on Donato and Jacopo Acciaiuoli'

'Subjects of Vite'

notes on Phillips manuscripts

'Valencia manuscripts'

'Scribes in French manuscripts (of Ital[ian] origin)'

notes on owners and prices of manuscripts

Date

1967-1972 and n.d. [c.1955-1972]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (7 folders)