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Paper, ff. [ii], 46, [2], [iii]; mm. 281_210. Binding in cardboard, spine in leather with gold decorations. Autograph manuscript by Jacopo Corbinelli, and not by the author himself, as stated by a later hand on a smaller sheet of paper inserted…

Paper; miscellaneous; binding in cardboard; ff. 171; title: 'Discorsi e poesie varie'. The manuscript is a miscellaneous containing several works by different authors (including Leon Battista Alberti and Luigi Alamanni) and related to the circle of…

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…

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

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

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

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

Paper, ff. 110, mm. 215_150. Dedication copy, beautifully written in a calligraphic hand.

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; 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.

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

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. I, 821, I; old binding. Title on spine: 'Erudizioni / & altre / cose curiose'. Unit 7, mm. 200_270, ff. 170r-206r.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. I, 533, I. Old binding. Title on spine: 'Trattati / Di Politica / E Ragioni Di / Stato'. Unit 1, ff. 7r-53v: mm. 205_280.

Paper; misc.; ff. I, 165; mm. 220_150. Old binding (bad conditions) in wood and vellum. The date (1443) refers to the first text copied by a different, though contemporary hand in the ms. (Liber vocatur Adventus Christi, vernacular, ff. 1r-69v); the…

Paper; ff. 113; mm. 200_275. Possibly autograph; written by a single hand (the same which copies the preface of the Instituzione in ms. Ricc. 2589). Old (probably original) binding in cardboard and parchment with golden decorations. This might be –…

Paper; ff. I, 40; mm. 170_228. Original binding in parchment with golden decorations. Beautiful copy of Francesco Piccolomini's Instituzione; the dedication letter is copied by a different hand, possibly the author's (cf. Siena, BC, G.VII.36). The…

Paper; ff. [2], 201, [2]; mm. 200_265; original binding in parchment. Beautiful copy written in an elegant cursive hand (early 17th c.). The Institutione at ff. 3r-38v; the Compendio at ff. 39r-196v.

Paper; misc.; ff. 171; mm. 205_272; written by several hands. Watermarks: ff. 58, 48: cf. Briquet 15794 (a. 1370-1395) and 15797 (a. 1390-1395).

Paper; ff. 74; mm. 195_263. Old binding in parchment. Title on spine: 'Manu script. Intro. alla Morale'.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [2], 1-22 (mm. 295_225), 23, 24-33 (mm. 280_215), [1].