Rome -- Alberino (Marcello): 'Sacco di Roma dell'Anno 1527, con molte altre particolarita seccesse inanzi e doppo detto Sacco', manuscript on paper, in Italian, 17th century, folio, 32 leaves, in folded sheets + 6 blank leaves at end (previous owner's heraldic stamp on title, some waterstains), unbound.

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Rome -- Alberino (Marcello): 'Sacco di Roma dell'Anno 1527, con molte altre particolarita seccesse inanzi e doppo detto Sacco', manuscript on paper, in Italian, 17th century, folio, 32 leaves, in folded sheets + 6 blank leaves at end (previous owner's heraldic stamp on title, some waterstains), unbound.

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An account of the Sack of Rome by the army of Charles V in 1527, with a continuation of the story to the year 1535. The text of the manuscript was not printed before 1902 [cf. Dahlmann-Weitz 9908]

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