ANTONIO MONSAGRATI, MANUSCRIPT VOLUME OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO HIS CITIZENSHIP OF LUCCA, 18TH CENTURY, VELLUM

folio (approx. 320 x 215mm.), 454pp., plus a 12-page index loose at end, and 2 further manuscript documents loose at end dated 1729, engraving of the Volto santo bound at front, hand-coloured armorial of the Republic of Lucca after the title leaf, contemporary vellum, edges uncut, binding slightly worn

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Antonio Monsagrati was the son of Bernardino Monsagrati and Teresa Marracci of Lucca. This volume contains official records and attestations, mostly manuscript but with a few printed forms, with lists of witnesses and genealogical information, attesting to his claim to Lucchese citizenship. Antonio Monsagrati of Madrid is recorded as a member of the Order of Calatrava and he appears as the dedicatee of a book printed in Madrid in 1733. His portrait also survives.