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[Duchy of Urbino]. 'Documenti ò siano copie d'istromenti autentici con le loro dichiaritoni della regioni patrimoniali et avite della casa Feltria, e della Rovere, e de successori', 3 volumes, c.1710 [and earlier?], Italian manuscript in black ink on laid paper, pp. [6] 522 [13], [approx. 800], [approx. 250], volume 1 with a few printed fragments bound in and counted in pagination, volume 2 comprising documents in various hands (possibly of various dates), 2 folding pen-and-ink genealogical tables to volumes 1 (dated 1641) and 3 (with latest date 1705; repaired verso), volume 2 with folding genealogical table in watercolour (dated 1709 in accompanying text) and double-page grisaille watercolour map of the viciariate of Mondavio (dated 1696), genealogical tables in text, bookplates of Frederic North (see note), volumes 1-3 in contemporary vellum, red spine-labels, volume 3 retaining blue silk ties, volume 2 spine defective, 4to (26 x 19 cm), together with: 'Compendio della vita dell'ultimo Duca d'Urbino Francesco Maria 2o della Rovere', [c.1700?], Italian manuscript in black ink on laid paper, pp. [55], contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, 4to (29.5 x 21.5 cm) (Qty: 4) Provenance: 1) Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827), with engraved bookplates (first work) and manuscript pressmark (second work). 2) Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), English bibliophile (Phillipps Manuscripts 5796-8 and 7657). 3) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. The della Rovere and Montefeltro dynasties were united by the marriage of condietteri Giovanni della Rovere (1457-1501) to Giovanna, daughter of Federico III da Montefeltro (1422-1482), duke of Urbino. Their descendants held the duchy of Urbino until its annexation by the Papal States in 1631.