Giovanbattista Gondi correspondence and financial documents, 1596-1662
- Description
- Correspondence of Giovanbattista Gondi with numerous counterparts, dated 1596-1662, discussing mostly family and business matters, and a small number of financial documents, including a small account book containing very detailed descriptions of food-related expenses, dated 1655. Numerous letters, between Giovanbattista Gondi and family members and friends in Paris, mostly written in French, are in two oversize folders.
- Creator
- Gondi, Giovanbattista, active 1596-1662
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- accounts
- credit records
- ledgers (account books)
- Manuscripts, Italian
- Manuscripts, Renaissance
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1596 to 1662
- Language
- Italian
- Latin
- French
- Subject
- Accounting -- Italy -- 17th century
- Food habits -- Italy -- History -- 17th century
- Cooking, Italian -- History
- Cooking, Italian
- History
- Food habits
- Accounting
- Geographic Subject
- Italy
- Collection
- Gondi Family Papers
- Extent
- 10 items (60 leaves)
- Notes
- In Italian, Latin, and French.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 750 Folders 35-38, 137-138
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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