[Collection of pamphlets and engravings relating to Rome and the papacy].
1500
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Details
Title
[Collection of pamphlets and engravings relating to Rome and the papacy].
Variant title
Rome collection
Created/published
[ca. 1500-ca. 1800]
Description
123 items.
Associated name
Material base
paper
Summary
Collection includes 91 pamphlets and 32 engravings. Most items depict or describe rituals (pageants, conclaves, processions) of the papacy. Pamphlets also include descriptions of canonizations of saints.
Note
Collection title devised by cataloger. Referred to as "Rome Collection" in Folger documentation.
Individual engravings cataloged online; individual pamphlets cataloged on cards only.
Majority of pamphlets published in Rome. Majority of engravings published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo Rossi.
Individual engravings cataloged online; individual pamphlets cataloged on cards only.
Majority of pamphlets published in Rome. Majority of engravings published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo Rossi.
Provenance
The collection belonged to Countess Pecci-Blunt, niece of Pope Leo XIII.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from E.P. Goldschmidt; 1972.
Genre/form
Item Details
Call number
ART Box R763 nos.1-32
Folger accession
209762-209793
Call number
DG812.4 C6 Cage
Folger accession
208725-208815