Corsini collection of manuscripts from their collection of books on the Plague, 1531-1780

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Collection of manuscripts from the Corsini collection of books on the Plague
Dates:
1531-1780
Extent:
2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Manuscripts from the Corsini Collection of Books on the Plague (Collection 952). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of nine account books, four medical manuscripts, and three other manuscripts. Includes account books for 1531-1640, 1541-1546, 1551-1615, 1578-1584, 1581-1586, 1613-1627, 1623-1654, 1642-1657, and 1659-1660. Medical books include De Febribus, Seminario medico prattico, Farmacopea di Torino, and Lampronti's Segreti medicinali. Also includes Documenti di casa Salvagnoli, Satire del Cavalier Dotti, and Libro autentico.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Plague--Archives.
Account books.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
©2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2015-06-16T15:25-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Manuscripts from the Corsini Collection of Books on the Plague (Collection 952). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988