Vita di Francesco Conforti / scritta da Teodoro Monticelli ex Abate Celestino di S[an] Pietro a Majella della città di Napoli.

[Naples, Italy], 1806.

20 leaves : paper ; 295 x 192 (263 x 165) mm bound to 230 x 203 mm

A biography of Francesco Conforti focusing on his involvement in the revolution of Naples of 1799. The author, Teodoro Monticelli, is described as the abbot of Celestino di S. Pietro (he was also a mineralogist).

Ms. codex.
Collation: Paper (watermark: donkey with the initials "GBI"), fol. ii + 20 + ii; collation indiscernible due to tightness of binding.
Layout: Written in long lines of 37; frame-ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a neat cursive script by one hand.
Origins: Written in 1806, most likely in Naples.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 168.

In Italian.

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 6127

Provenance: Manuscript was once in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (his no. 6127) and of Frederick North, Earl of Guilford (his bookplate on front on front pastedown depicting a shield supported by two dragons rampant with spread wings, gorged and chained, with an earl's crown; within the shield is a lion surrounded by three fleurs-de-lis; the motto reads "La vertu est la seule noblesse"). At base of spine is a small, round green sticker (6 mm in diameter). In the bottom left-hand corner of front cover is a beige sticker (12 mm in diameter) containing the number "399."

Half-bound in brown leather and printed brown paper over pasteboard; title on spine reads: "Monticalli Vita di Fr. Conforti--1806--MS."

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.

Italy -- Naples.

Robbins MS 168

Italian