Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/062 - CORSINI, PHILIP AND BARTHOLOMEW

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/062

Title

CORSINI, PHILIP AND BARTHOLOMEW

Date(s)

  • 1567-1990 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

80 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Philip and Bartholomew Corsini were merchants from Florence, based in Gracechurch Street, London.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/062 1567-1990 Collection 80 production units. Corsini , Philip , fl 1568-1600 , merchant
Corsini , Bartholomew , fl 1568-1600 , merchant

Philip and Bartholomew Corsini were merchants from Florence, based in Gracechurch Street, London.

Copies were made of the correspondence when it was auctioned by Christie's Robson Lowe in 1984-1988.

Photocopies and microfilm copies of the correspondence of Philip and Bartholomew Corsini, Florentine merchants in London, 1568-1637. Also letters addressed chiefly to Francesco Venturini, merchant and banker, and his partner and successors, in Leghorn [Livorno}, 1663-1708, and to Angiolini and Frangini, merchants, and others, in Florence, 1701-1742.

Original items: only two original documents are held: a letter from Nov 1590 (CLC/B/062/MS22280A) and an insurance policy for a cargo (CLC/B/062/MS22281)

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Italian

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The original items are now in a private collection.

See CLC/B/047 for the sales catalogues from the Corsini auction.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. November 2010 to January 2011. Updated May 2017. Trade (practice) Overseas trade Information sources Documents Business records Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants People People by occupation Business people Bank employees Bankers Corsini , Philip , fl 1568-1600 , merchant Corsini , Bartholomew , fl 1568-1600 , merchant Florence Italy Western Europe Europe City of London London England UK Livorno

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Copies were made of the correspondence when it was auctioned by Christie's Robson Lowe in 1984-1988.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photocopies and microfilm copies of the correspondence of Philip and Bartholomew Corsini, Florentine merchants in London, 1568-1637. Also letters addressed chiefly to Francesco Venturini, merchant and banker, and his partner and successors, in Leghorn [Livorno}, 1663-1708, and to Angiolini and Frangini, merchants, and others, in Florence, 1701-1742.

Original items: only two original documents are held: a letter from Nov 1590 (CLC/B/062/MS22280A) and an insurance policy for a cargo (CLC/B/062/MS22281)

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Italian

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See CLC/B/047 for the sales catalogues from the Corsini auction.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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