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HISTORICAL MISCELLANY. Capitoli di pace tra Spagna et Francia con altre scritture . [V.p., mostly Naples, Rome and Lecce, ca. 1659-1683]. 17 printed items, as below, bound together in a contemporary stiff paper wrapper. (Intermittent light foxing, occasional stains, old folds to several items, occasional minor fraying to edges or folds, spine of wrapper separating at fold and torn with small loss at foot.) This collection of printed pamphlets, broadsides, and other ephemera must have been assembled soon after 1683, the date of the latest item in it, by someone living in Italy, probably in Naples or Lecce. The anonymous collector was obviously interested in political events, popular culture, religious sentiment and ecclesiastical politics, and the collection presents a vivid snapshot of these aspects of life in southern Italy ca. 1683. The works included relate mostly to current Italian history, especially events in Rome and Naples, from the 1650s through the early 1680s, but also refer to the French wars of the 1650s and 1660s, and the defeat of the Turks before Vienna in 1683. Several broadsides represent popular reactions to events such as the death of a famous French general, miracles performed by a saint at Lecce, and the appearance of a comet over Naples in 1680. The collection includes the items listed below. None of them are recorded in RLIN and only items 1 and 4 are recorded in OCLC. 1. Tratado de paz entre esta corona y la de Francia: ajustado por el excelentissimo senor Don Luis Mendez de Haro y Guzman y por le eminentissimo senor cardenal Iulio Mazarini . Madrid: Domingo Garçia Morras; Naples: Egidio Longo, 1660. 2 o. Woodcut armorial device. Spanish text of the treaty which ended twenty years of warfare between France and Spain by establishing the Peace of the Pyranees. Negotiated on the French side by Cardinal Mazarin acting on behalf of Louis XIV, this treaty marked the beginning of Spain's decline as a world power. 2. "Ordine per la publicatione della capitulatione della pace seguita frà la maestà del rè nostro signore, & quella del rè christianissimo". Naples: Egidio Longo, 1660. 2 o. Printed document of Gaspar de Bracamonte in the name of King Philip IV of Spain conveying a copy of the peace treaty between Philip and the King of France. During this period Naples and Southern Italy were ruled by the Spanish king. 3. Trattato di pace tra questo corona, e quella de Francia, aggiustato dall'eccellentiss. signor D. Luigi Mendez de Haro, et Guzmano e dall'eminentiss. signor Cardinale Giulio Mazzarini . Naples: Egidio Longo, [1660]. 2 o. Woodcut armorial device. Italian version of the Spanish text found in item 1. 4. L'apologista confutatio risposta alle calunnie d'un diffensore della guerra francese, contra la mossa, e giustizia dell'armi cesaree . Cologne, [after 1672]. 2 o. An invective against the French, referring to their conduct in the Thirty Years War and their campaigns against the Low Countries in 1667 and the years following. 5. Breve relatione del miracolo operato in Napoli da S. Francesco Saverio apostolo dell'Indie in persona del P. Marcello Mastrilli della Compagnia de Giesù, à dì 3. di Gennaro l'anno del Signore 1634 . Lecce: Pietro Micheli 1661. Broadside. Woodcut vignette of the saint. St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552), one of the first Jesuits, was known as the "Apostle to the Indes" for his efforts to spread Christianity in South Asia, China and Japan. 6. Per la morte del Marescial Turena. Sonetto . [S.l.: s.n., 1675]. Broadside. The death on 27 July 1675 of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Marshall of France and an important French general, was noted throughout Europe. 7. Bird's-eye view of Vienna and its surroundings; insets give views of Esztergom (Strigonia) and Nové Zámky (Neuhäusel). Engraved broadside. The Italian legends with the view of Vienna show the avenue of approach of the Polish army under King Jan III Sobieski and the site of his battle with the Turks. The Turkish defeat before Vienna