A collection of documents printed in the Papal States, mostly between 1550 and 1700, formed by the Borghese family. It consists of around 8,000 items, of which around 6,750 are broadsides and the remainder are pamphlets. The documents include Papal bulls and briefs, as well as edicts by other officials of the Church and the States, and are concerned with the administration of Rome and the Papal States in all aspects of their religious and secular life. The broadsides are mounted and stored in boxes with the pamphlets in two separate sequences. Both are arranged in chronological order under pontificates.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'Crawford.B.'.

Acquisition

Deposited in 1988.

References

'The Crawford Borghese Collection', AE Harvey Wood, La Bibliofila, 95 (1993), pp. 178-80.