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Paper; mm. 270_220; ff. [I], 73, [2 blank], [I]. Beautiful copy, calligraphic though cursive hand; some additions and corrections. According to the catalogue the ms. is autograph by Del Rosso.

Paper; ff. [I modern], 317, [I modern]; mm. 215_155. Modern binding. Text copied by a single hand, earlier than the other extant copies (Vatican City and Austin). With some corrections. Maybe autograph. A different hand adds some biographical details…

Paper; ff. 212 not numbered; mm. 147_210; f. [1]r: Ranuzzi family's coat of arms; f. [2]r: framed title-page. Binding in vellum, maybe original. Title on spine: 'Etica / del / Cesano'. Old shelfmark: 274. Late 16th or early 17th c. copy; watermark…

Paper; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Ethica di Gabriel Cesano lib. 4 m.s.'; ff. [1], 152, [1]; mm. 260_200. The name of the dedicatee is explicitly mentioned in this ms. The text is the same which appears in ms. Vatican City, BAV,…

Paper; ff. 1 [blank], 240 (modern numeration; ff. 230-240 blank), 4 (blank). Title on spine: 'Cesano / Etica di / Aristot.'; mm. 154_214; beautiful copy by a calligraphic hand of late 16th c.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 289; modern binding; measures variable: 1. ff. 2r-121r, mm. 340_243; 2. ff. 122r-289v, mm. 298_220. Whereas ms. Florence, BNC, Ginori Conti App. 3 is a beautiful copy of the text, ms. Ricc. 2431 is a sketchy version of the…

Parchment; ff. 330; mm. 270_190; illuminated initials with animals and vegetal decorations.

Paper; miscellaneous; mm. 130_190; ff. 2, [4], 574, [4], 2. The manuscript contains extracts from several works, including Caro's Rettorica.

Paper; ff. [II], 95, [III]. mm. 238_340; card binding. Ex libris “P.A. Guadagni”; "Ciaccheri" (f. 1r).

Paper; mm. 192_144; ff. [I], pp. 60, ff. [11 of which 2-11 blank], f. [1], pp. 15, [one double-folio between 14 e 15], f. [1], pp.22. Partly numbered; binding in parchment; old shefmark: 17.O.II.76.

Parchment; ff. 139, [II]; later binding. mm. 253_180. Sketchy at the beginning and at the end.

Parchment; ff. [II], 87; mm. 323_230. Text in two columns; lines per column: 40. Layout: mm. 170_221. Illuminated initials (f. 1r vignette representing Aristotle and vegetal decorations); rubrics in red, signs of paragraphs in red and light blue.

Parchment; ff. [II], 87; mm. 323_230. Text in two columns; lines per column: 40. Layout: mm. 170_221. Illuminated initials (f. 1r vignette representing Aristotle and vegetal decorations); rubrics in red, signs of paragraphs in red and light blue.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 100; mm. 150_200.

Paper; ff. [3], 112, [7]; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Piccolomini / Morale'; mm. 248_180.

Paper; ff. [7: 1-3, 5-7 blank], p. 212 (167-212 blank), f. [1]; mm. 280_210. Beautiful copy (cf. Vatican City, BAV, Chig. E.V.172). Original binding in parchment. Title on cover: 'COMPENDIO DELLA FILOSOFIA MORALE E CIVILE / del Signor Francesco…

Paper; ff. [2] + 140; mm. 210_150. Binding in parchment.

Paper; ff. [7], 78, [2]; mm. 290_210. Original binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Institutione del principe regio del [Piccolomini]'.

Paper; ff. I, [3], 186, [3], I; mm. 206_145. The text appears as in the ms. Siena, BComunale, G.VII.36.

Paper; ff. [1], 191 [171-191 blank]; old binding in vellum; possibly autograph by Francesco Piccolomini (at any rate different from all the other extant copies which are clearly calligraphic ones realised by scribes).

Paper; pp. 248 + I f. [blank]; mm. 268_200; old binding in parchment; beautiful copy of the text (cf. Vatican mss.). The Compendio follows here the Institutione del principe as if they were the two parts of a same work, dedicated to the Grand Duke…

Parchment, ff. [v], 83, [v]. mm. 220_145. Original binding in wood and vellum. Illuminated initials at ff. 1r, 55v, 55v.

Paper; misc., comp. (4 units); ff. [II], 53. Relevant unit (17r-30v): mm. 214_165. In this ms. the commentary surrounds the text, whereas in the two other mss. it follows the text.