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Scope and Contents A census, recording, under the heading of each sestiere, the number of persons in each category of the population (noblemen and women, boys and girls, servants, citizens, artisans, priests, monks, beggars, poor in receipt of alms; general total 148,640), followed by a list of the parish churches with the numbers of the 'capi di casa' (heads of houses) and 'boche' (mouths to be fed in each house). The islands of the Lagoon, such as Murano and Torcello, are not included.At the top...

Scope and Contents Autograph manuscript on paper in Latin and Italian, small quarto, ff. [4 index], 14-237 (foliation skips from 89 to 100 without loss of text), including a few blanks; written in brown ink in a single hand, illustrated with 24 ink drawings, 8 inserted on slips. Illustrated compilation of notes on natural philosophy, cosmology, geography, and magnetism, composed by an Italian student (possibly Tuscany) apparently from lectures attended in 1670. The first part begins with the four elements,...