De le lettere [...] li. sette. Con una breve dichiaratione in fine di tutto l'ordin de l'ortografia di questa opera

4to. 234 [i.e. 232], (6) leaves. A-Z⁸, AA-FF⁸, G⁶. Leaves 193-194 omitted in numbering. With the printer's device on the title-page and at the end, and a small map in the text (l. 153r). Ornamental initials at the beginning of each letter. Modern paperboards.

Adams, T-784; Basso, pp. 122-124; Bongi, I, pp. 201-203; Edit 16, CNCE 26071; Quondam, p. 314.

FIRST EDITION of one of the most successful collections of letters of the Italian Cinquecento. The text of the work is set in italic letters conform to Tolomei's theories of phonetic spelling, which was abandoned in subsequent edition.

Of the more than twenty edition published within the end of the century, only the second issued by Giolito in 1549 presents some relevant modifications (cf. G. Moro, Selezione, autocensura e progetto letterario: sulla formazione e la pubblicazione dei libri di lettere familiari nel periodo 1542-1552, in: “La lettera familiare. Quaderni di retorica e poetica”, G. Folena, ed., Padova, 1985, I, p. 85).

Some Tolomei's letters had already appeared, with or without his permission, in Manuzio's and Gherardo's anthologies of the early 1540s. The present edition was published with the approval of the author, but not under his supervision. Giolito's editorial assistant, Lodovico Dolce, probably had a certain influence on the latter's decision to publish Tolomei's letters.

“The first edition was allegedly put out without the author's knowledge, by Fabio Benvoglienti, but in fact Tolomei had been planning a seven-part collection of his letters since 1542 […] Tolomei, as an ecclesiastic[…], had, one would assume, occupational reasons for being concerned with religious ideas. Yet a relatively small proportion of letters in his collection exhibit Evangelical characteristics, and an equally small number deal in an ‘orthodox' fashion with ecclesiastical matters. His contemporaries' view of Tolomei as first and foremost a literary figure is confirmed and even reinforced in his letters [...] Tolomei's attitude toward Evangelism was ambivalent, as can be seen in four letters in which he made light of others' spiritual interests and claimed that his own concerns were strictly mundane (Diego Roges, Rome, June 2, 1545; Luca Contile, Rome, July 21, 1543; Luca Contile, Rome, April 11, 1545; Girolamo Ruscelli, Parma, January 18, 1547). In 1554 Tolomei was taken to task in print by Vergerio for what the latter considered his lack of comprehension of the religious situation” (A. Jacobson Schutte, The Lettere Volgari and the Crisis of Evangelism in Italy, in: “Renaissance Quarterly”, vol. 28, no. 4, Winter 1975, pp. 652 and 666).

Of the many vernacular letter collections Tolomei's is the only without a dedication. “Tutte le raccolte esaminate, con la sola eccezione delle Lettere di Claudio Tolomei, sono corredate da una o più epistole dedicatorie. Quondam [Le “carte messaggiere”. Retorica e modelli di comunicazione epistolare: per un indice dei libri di lettere del Cinquecento, Rome, 1981, p. 42] sostiene che la soppressione della dedica in Tolomei è coerente con quella forma di reticenza (vera o retorica) che scatta al momento della pubblicazione e che il Tolomei ‘non ha certo bisogno di mediazioni o malleverie'. Va però notato che la prima lettera dell'epistolario, a Giovan Battista Grimaldi, condivide molte delle caratteristiche e delle tematiche delle dedicatorie (per esempio dichiarazione di modestia riguardo al proprio lavoro, descrizione delle motivazioni che spingono alla pubblicazione, lode del dedicatario e attribuzione a lui delle istanze più convincenti in direzione della pubblicazione). Addirittura Tolomei conclude che se mai un giorno le sue lettere verranno stampate, prima di tutto saranno destinate al Grimani e poi a tutti gli altri, che dovranno attribuire a Grimani tutto il merito per la pubblicazione. Questa lettera si potrebbe definire una cripto dedica” (C. Schiavon, Una via d'accesso agli epistolari. Le dediche dei libri di lettere d'autore nel Cinquecento. Prima parte, in: “Margini. Giornale della dedica e altro”, 3, 2009, p. 8).

“Recueil de 384 lettres réparties par l'auteur en 7 livres de 26, 55, 38, 66, 31, 54 et 114 lettres […] Une lettre supplémentaire de Fabio Benvoglienti, responsible de la publication, termine le volume […] La plupart des lettres de Tolomei son datées dans le livre I à VI, beaucoup moins dans le livre VII. Les dates extrêmes son le 4 oct. 1516, suivi du 10 août 1527, et le 4 juin 1547. L'ordre chronologique n'est pas rigoureux. Sans doute une progression se dessine: 1543 domine dans le livre II et III, 1545 est la date d'une série importante de lettres du livre IV, 1546 et 1547 sont illustrées sourtout dans le livre VII. Mais toutes les series de lettres écrites le même jour sont interrompues, puis reprises, et les lettres à un même destinataire sont dispersées dans le volume. Une série de 7 lettres dans le livre VI à propos d'un voyage d'observation sur la guerre contre le Turcs est exceptionelle. Dans l'ensable l'ordre suivi est plus littéraire […] D'après l'index des destinataires, les principaux sont G.B. Grimaldi (25 réf.), le cav. Gandolfo (14), L. Contile (13), G.F. Bini (10), G. Cesano (9), A. Citoloni (8)” (J. Basso, Le genre epistolaire en langue italienne (1538-1662). Répertoire chronologique et analytique, Roma & Nancy, 1990, pp.122-123).

The Tavola d'alcune materie belle sparse per il libbro is the first example of index in a sixteenth-century Italian book of letters (cf. G. Moro, op. cit., pp. 80-81).

In a very interesting letter to Count Agostino Landi, dated November 14, 1542, Tolomei outlines the activity and goals of the Roman Accademia della Virtù, originally established to implement the transposing of literary forms, grammar and vocabulary from classical Latin to modern Italian. After 1539 the academy, then composed of grammarians, philologists, antiquarians and archaeologists, turned to the study of Vitruvius' treatise on architecture. According to Tolomei's letter, the academy had formulated an eight-point program: 1) a Latin commentary on the difficult passages of Vitruvius, 2) a new critical edition of Vitruvius, 3) a Latin lexicon of terms used in Vitruvius, 4) a Greek lexicon of terms used in Vitruvius, 5) an edition of Vitruvius rewritten in good Latin style, 6) a translation of Vitruvius' text into Tuscan with a lexicon of Tuscan terms, 7) a collection of the principles and examples taken from Vitruvius, 8) the study of the ancient buildings of Rome, and of its sculpture, medals, works of hydraulic, and military engineering. Despite the removal of this group from active participation in architecture, it may have had considerable impact on the establishing of the selective methodology and the intellectual rigor of later architectural theoreticians. Among its members were Guillaume Philandrier and Francesco De Marchi, and for a short period Jacopo Barozzi (Il Vignola), Andrea Palladio, Philibert De l'Orme, Daniele Barbaro, and Giovanni Antonio Rusconi all may have visited the Academia or have had contact with its members (cf. D. Wiebenson, ed., Architectural Theory and Practice from Alberti to Ledoux, Chicago, IL, 1982, pp. 1-13).

Another interesting letter is that addressed to Gabriele Cesano, dated June 20, 1544, in which Tolomei describes his project of a large city on the Monte Argentario promontory. This project was re-examined several times until the end of the 19^th century. Moreover in the letter to Appollonio Filarete are mentioned the drawings by Perin del Varga and Michelangelo for the ‘Cassetta Farnese' (E. Steinmann & R. Wittkower, Michelangelo-Bibliographie. 1510-1926, Leipzig, 1927, no. 1932).

(Book I:)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, May 12, 1544 (l. 2r)

Soranzo, Marcantonio. San Silvestro, November 28, 1545 (l. 3r)

[Orsini d'Aragona, Francesco], Bishop of Tricarico. Roma (l. 3v)

Francis I, King of France. Roma, December 3, 1543 (l. 5r)

Da Bagno, Guido. Roma, November 27, 1534 (l. 5v)

Medici, [Ippolito] de'. Roma, May 10, 1532 (l. 6v)

A gl'illustrissimi Signori de la Balia di Siena. Roma, January 25, 1542 (l. 7r)

[Orsini, Giovan Francesco], Count of Pitigliano. Roma, March 3, 1539 (l. 7v)

Cinuzzi, Marcantonio. Roma, July 1, 1543 (l. 7v)

Guglielmi, Alessandro. Roma, June 6, 1542 (l. 11v)

Francis I. Roma, May 7, 1536 (l. 11v)

[Colonna, Vittoria]. Roma, May 7, 1533 (l. 12r)

Medici, [Ippolito] de'. Bologna, December 12, 1539 (l. 12v)

Contile, Luca. Roma, June 30, 1543 (l. 14r)

Clement VII. Roma, August X, 1527 (l. 15r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, May 23, 1543 (l. 16v)

Medici, [Ippolito] de'. (l. 17r)

[Sanseverino, Ferrante]. Roma, October 19, 1538 (l. 21r)

Medici, [Ippolito] de'. Wien, October 2, 1532 (l. 21v)

Cesarini, [Alessandro]. Roma, March 3, 1532 (l. 22v)

[Charles d'Angoulême], Duke of Orléans. Roma (l. 22v)

Begliarmati, Girolamo. Roma, November 2, 1543 (l. 23r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, May 25, 1543 (l. 28v)

Mantino, Pavol. San Silvestro, December 13, 1535 (l. 29r)

Tolomei, Febo. Roma, November 17, 1541 (l. 29v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Piacenza, May 21, 1547 (l. 30v)

(Bool II:)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, July 26, 1543 (l. 31r)

id. Piacenza, February 11, 1546 (l. 32v)

[Corner, Andrea], Bishop of Brescia. Roma, October 15, 1543 (l. 33r)

Monterchi, Francesco. Roma, December 5, 1543 (l. 34r)

Dati, Giorgio. Roma, April 12, 1541 (l. 34v)

Aretino, Pietro. Roma (l. 35r)

[D'Avalos, Alfonso III]. Roma, May 30, 1532 (l. 36r)

Aretino, Pietro. Roma, April 8, 1541 (l. 36v)

[Hémard de Denonville, Charles de], Bishop of Mâcon. Roma, March 1, 1539 (l. 37r)

[Colonna, Vittoria]. Roma, April 7, 1531 (l. 37v)

Contile, Luca. Roma, April 25, 1543 (l. 38r)

[Corner, Andrea]. Roma, April 26, 1543 (l. 38v)

Grimaldi, Stefano. Roma, May 22, 1540 (l. 39r)

Rioni, Filiberto. Bologna (l. 39v)

Farnese, [Alessandro]. Piacenza, May 1, n.y. (l. 40r)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, April 27, n.y. (l. 40r)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano] (Cavalier Gandolfo). Roma, April 30, 1543 (l. 40v)

Renieri Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, May 7, 1543 (l. 41v)

M., Giovanni Tommaso. Roma (l. 42r)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, May 12, 1543 (l. 42r)

M.C.T. Roma, October 4, 1516 (l. 42v)

V., Giovanni. Roma, May 14, 1532 (l. 42v)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, May 15, 1543 (l. 43r)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, May 19, 1543 (l. 43v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, May 20, 1543 (l. 44v)

Benvoglienti, Fabio. Roma, October 28, 1542 (l. 45v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, May 21, 1543 (l. 46r)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, May 26, 1543 (l. 46v)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Roma, May 31, 1543 (l. 47r)

id. Roma, June 1, 1543 (l. 47v)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, June 4, 1543 (l. 48r)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 8, 1543 (l. 48v)

R., Giulio. Roma, June 12, 1543 (l. 49r)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, June 16, 1543 (l. 49v)

Spira, Fortunio. Roma, July 3, 1543 (l. 50r)

Paganucci, Bartolomeo. Roma, July 6, 1543 (l. 50v)

Contile, Luca. Roma, July 14, 1543 (l. 51r)

T., Filippo. Roma, July 14, 1543 (l. 52r)

Celsi, Giovanni. Roma, July 17, 1543 (l. 52r)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, July 20, 1543 (l. 52v)

[Corner, Andrea]. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 53r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, July 26, 1543 (l. 53v)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, July 28, 1543 (l. 53v)

Paganucci, Bartolomeo. Roma, July 29, 1543 (l. 54v)

Leoni, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, July 20, 1543 (l. 55v)

Farnese, Ranuccio. Roma, July 20, 1543 (l. 56r)

Grimaldi, Ottaviano. Roma, August 2, 1543 (l. 56v)

Ocedi, Tosano. Roma, August 2, 1543 (l. 57r)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, August 5, 1543 (l. 57r)

id. Roma, August 7, 1543 (l. 56r)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Roma, August 22, 1543 (l. 59r)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, August 22, 1543 (l. 59r)

id. Roma, August 23, 1543 (l. 59v)

Benedetti, Giovanni Maria. Roma, August 11, 1543 (l. 60r)

Colombini, Leonardo. (l. 60v)

(Book III:)

Caro, Annibale. Roma, August 22, 1543 (l. 61r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, August 14, 1543 (l. 66v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Parma, January 31, n.y. (l. 67v)

Benedetti, Giovanni Maria. Roma, August 14, 1543 (l. 68r)

Charles de Lorraine. Roma, August 24, 1543 (l. 68r)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Roma, August 28, 1543 (l. 68v)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, September 22, 1543 (l. 68v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, September, 25, 1543 (l. 69r)

Valentiniano, Teseo. Roma, October 2, 1543 (l. 69v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, November 12, 1543 (l. 70r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, November 21, 1543 (l. 70v)

Benzi, Trifone. Roma, December 2, 1543 (l. 71r)

Landi, Giulio. Roma, June 6, 1543 (l. 72r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, September 7, 1543 (l. 73r)

Leoni, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, November 3, 1543 (l. 74v)

Roges, Diego. Roma, June 2, 1543 (l. 75r)

Luciano, Sebastiano. Roma, August 20, 1543 (l. 75v)

Della Ciaia, Annibale. Roma, December 7, 1543 (l. 76v)

[Accolti, Benedetto], Archbishop of Ravenna. Roma, May 2, 1538 (l. 77r)

Firenzuola, [Agnolo]. Bologna, November 8, 1531 (l. 77v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, May 24, 1542 (l. 78r)

Renieri Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, June 8, 1543 (l. 78r)

Paganucci, Bartolomeo. Roma, May 14, 1543 (l. 78v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, June 12, 1543 (l. 79r)

Aretino, Pietro. Roma, August 2, 1543 (l. 79r)

Manuzio, Paolo. Roma, August 2, 1544 (l. 79v)

Lenzoni, Carlo. (l. 80v)

Landi, Agostino. Roma, November 14, 1542 (l. 81r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, August 10, 1543 (l. 85r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 85r)

Tolomei, Olimpia. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 85v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, July 31, 1543 (l. 86r)

Albernozzi, P[ietro]. Roma, August 3, 1543 (l. 86r)

Vieri, Giulio. Roma, November 3, 1543 (l. 86v)

Benzi, Trifone. Roma, January 15, 1544 (l. 87r)

[Medici, Caterina de']. Roma, March 8, 1544 (l. 88r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, April 19, 1544 (l. 88v)

Bini, Giovanni Battista. Roma, September 25, 1543 (l. 89r)

(Book IV:)

Santi, Antonio Francesco. San Silvestro, October 2, 1542 (l. 91r)

Caro, Annibale. Roma, September 20, 1543 (l. 95r)

Alaghieri, Francesco. San Silvestro, August 23, 1544 (l. 96r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, July 19, 1543 (l. 96r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, December, 24, 1544 (l. 97r)

Della Ciaia, Annibale. Roma, Janaury 24, 1545 (l. 97v)

Giraldi, Sempronio. Roma, May 24, 1543 (l. 97v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, December 15, 1544 (l. 98r)

Ringhieri, Innocenzo. Roma, February 21, 1545 (l. 98v)

Da Luco, Agostino. Roma, March 20, 1545 (l. 98v)

[Renieri] Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 99r)

Rinieri, Antonio Francesco. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 99v)

Antonio da Sassoferrato. Roma, August 11, 1543 (l. 99v)

Guicciardini, Francesco. Roma, May 7, 1531 (l. 100r)

Paparozzi da Vico, Fabio. Roma, April 20, 1529 (l. 100v)

Vicario di Avignone. Roma, November 27, 1534 (l. 101r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, September 3, 1543 (l. 101v)

Ottaviano da Verona. Roma, May 4, 1528 (l. 101v)

Tolomei, Bonifacio. Roma, May 5, 1531 (l. 102r)

Valori, Bartolomeo. Roma, April 23, 1534 (l. 102r)

Monsignor C.R. Roma, May 18, 1534 (l. 102v)

Bonaventura da Milano. Roma, May 24, 1530 (l. 103r)

A.B. Roma, June 8, 1531 (l. 103v)

Alessandrino, Pierantonio. Roma, March 18, 1542 (l. 104r)

Palermitano, Teodosio. Roma, October 28, 1543 (l. 104v)

Sozzini, Marino. Bologna (l. 104v)

[Bandini, Francesco], Archbishop of Siena. Roma, April 28, 1543 (l. 105r)

Rinieri, Antonio Francesco. Roma, June 27, 1543 (l. 105v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, July 31, 1543 (l. 106r)

A.C. (l. 106v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Roma, May 17, 1532 (l. 107r)

Giustiniano da Udine. Roma (l. 107r)

[Silva, Miguel da], Cardinal of Viseu. Roma, March 1, 1545 (l. 107v)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, July 31, 1543 (l. 108v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, March 16, 1545 (l. 108v)

Gonzaga, Giulia. Roma, April 15, 1530 (l. 109r)

Al Vescovo di Stroncone (?). Roma (l. 109v)

Campeggi, Alessandro. Roma (l. 110r)

Girolamo da Correggio. Roma, May 10, 1545 (l. 110r)

Della Ciaia, Annibale. Roma, May 16, 1545 (l. 110v)

Masi, Lodovico. Roma, May 16, 1545 (l. 111r)

Saracini, Camilla. Roma, July 28, 1543 (l. 111r)

Caro, Annibale. Roma, July 31, 1543 (l. 111v)

Pecci, Pierantonio. Roma, August 20, 1543 (l. 111v)

[De Bar, Antoine], Bishop of Tou[r]s (?). Roma, August 30, 1543 (l. 112v)

Colombini, Leonardo. Roma, December 8, 1543 (l. 112v)

Sozzini, Celso. Roma, May 13, 1544 (l. 113r)

[Renieri] Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, January 5, 1545 (l. 113r)

Seva, Sibilla. Roma, January 16, 1545 (l. 113v)

Sapte, Giovanni. Roma, January 16, 1545 (l. 113v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, January 14, 1545 (l. 114r)

[Truchsess von Waldburg, Otto], Bishop of Augsburg. Roma, January 29, 1545 (l. 114r)

Reali, Giovanni. Roma, February 12, 1545 (l. 114v)

Zuccarelli, Giovanni Valerio. Roma, April 11, 1545 (l. 116r)

Benedetti, Giovanni Mari. Roma, April 2, 1545 (l. 116r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, April 11, 1545 (l. 116v)

Landi, Giulio. Roma, April 11, 1545 (l. 117r)

De Rames, Nicolò. Roma, December 27, 1545 (l. 117v)

Reali, Giovanni. Roma, February 21, 1545 (l. 118r)

Zuccarelli, Giovanni Valerio. Roma, February 21, 1545 (l. 118r)

id. Roma, March 29, 1545 (l. 118v)

Benedetti, Giovanni Maria. Roma, December 4, 1543 (l. 118v)

Guidi, Guido. Roma, May 8, 1542 (l. 119r)

Landi, Giulio. Roma, May 6, 1540 (l. 119v)

Santi, Bernardo. Roma, April 15, 1532 (l. 120r)

Altino, Antonio. Roma, January 10, 1539 (l. 120v)

(Book V:)

Citolini, Alessandro. Parma, February 6, n.y. (l. 121r)

Manfredi, Giuseppe. Roma, June 8, 1543 (l. 122r)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, June 6, 1543 (l. 122v)

Scaramuccia, (?). Roma, June 6, 1543 (l. 123r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, January 8, 1545 (l. 123v)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 4, 1543 (l. 124r)

Caro, Annibale. Roma, August 31, 1543 (l. 124v)

[Corner, Andrea]. Roma, September 20, 1543 (l. 125r)

Albernozzi, P[ietro]. Roma, October 23, 1543 (l. 125v)

Giovanni da Castel Bolognese. Roma, May 2, 1543 (l. 126r)

Leoni, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 29, 1543 (l. 126r)

Atanagi, Dionigi. San Silvestro, September 3, 1542 (l. 126v)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 10, 1543 (l. 139v)

id. Roma, June 30, 1543 (l. 140r)

Lenzi, Marian. Roma, July 14, 1543 (l. 140r)

Cincio, Giuseppe. Roma, June 29, 1543 (l. 140v)

Albernozzi, Pietro. Roma, December 4, 1543 (l. 140v)

Manuzio, Paolo. Roma, February 21, 1545 (l. 141r)

Medici, Cosimo de'. Roma, May 27, 1539 (l. 141v)

Roccolini, Lattanzio. Roma, May 28, 1539 (l. 141v)

Petrucci, Aurelia. Roma (l. 142r)

Orsini, Scipione. Roma, March 1, 1539 (l. 142v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Cuna, January 21, 1531 (l. 142v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma (l. 147v)

Filareto, Apollonio. Roma (l. 148r)

Della Ciaia, Annibale. Roma, May 1, 1545 (l. 148v)

Placidi, Giovanni. Roma, May 1, 1545 (l. 149r)

Zuccarelli, Giovanni Valerio. Roma, May 1, 1545 (l. 149v)

Contile, Luca. Roma, May 1, 1545 (l. 149v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Bologna (l. 150r)

Allegretti, Antonio. Bologna (l. 150v)

(Book VI:)

Cesano, Gabriele. Roma, June 20, 1544 (l. 151r)

Guidiccioni, [Giovanni], Bishop of Fossombrone. Roma (l. 156v)

Z.F. Roma, April 1, 1543 (l. 157r)

[Du Bellay], Jean, Cardinal. Roma, June 14, 1543 (l. 157v)

Farnese, Orazio. Roma, April 26, 1543 (l. 157v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 158r)

Lenzi, Marian. Roma, April 28, 1543 (l. 158r)

Cesano, Gabriele. Piacenza, April 1, n.y. (l. 158r)

Tolomei, Olimpia. Roma, May 12, 1543 (l. 158v)

A Monsignor P.V. Roma, October 11, 1563 [recte 1543] (l. 158v)

Al Duca di S. Roma, November 17, 1543 (l. 159r)

A Monsignor B.C. Roma, November 17, 1543 (l. 159v)

Da Elci, Achille. Roma, October 27, 1543 (l. 159v)

Al Signor Alessandro V. Roma, March 20, 1545 (l. 160r)

Albernozzi, P[ietro]. Roma, November 17, 1543 (l. 160v)

Tasso, Bernardo. Roma, April 15, 1545 (l. 161r)

Contile, Luca. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 161r)

id. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 162r)

id. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 162v)

[D'Avalos, Alfonso III]. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 163r)

Spina, Bernardo. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 163v)

Vivenzio, Adriano. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 164r)

Zuccarelli, Giovanni Valerio. Roma, May 9, 1545 (l. 164v)

Cesano, Gabriele. (l. 164v)

Contile, Luca. Roma, November 3, 1543 (l. 172r)

Lorenzo da Camerino. Roma, December 4, 1553 [recte 1543] (l. 173r)

Androdozzo, Pario. Roma, July 14, 1543 (l. 173r)

T.P. Regensburg (l. 173v)

T.V. (l. 175v)

id. Regensburg (l. 176r)

id. (l. 177r)

id. (l. 178v)

Agrippa, Martino. Linz, September 16, 1532 (l. 179r)

T.V. Linz, September 15, 1532 (l. 179v)

Gonzaga, Luigi. Roma, May 7, 1530 (l. 180r)

Al proposto di Piacenza. Bologna, January 2, 1530 (l. 180r)

Biringuccio, Vannoccio. Roma, April 5, 1536 (l. 180v)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 2, 1543 (l. 181r)

Benzi, Trifone. Roma, June 5, 1543 (l. 181v)

[Renieri] Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, June 9, 1543 (l. 181v)

Bini, Giovanni Francesco. Roma, June 16, 1543 (l. 182r)

id. Roma, July 7, 1543 (l. 182r)

Saracini De Tolomei, Camilla. Roma (l. 182v)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Roma, April 25, 1543 (l. 182v)

Marescotti, Orlando. Roma, January 27, 1543 (l. 183v)

A gl'illustrissimi Signori de la Balia di Siena. Roma (l. 183v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Roma, April 30, 1543 (l. 183v)

Manzuoli, Alessandro. Roma, June 8, 1543 (l. 184r)

Grimaldi, Ottaviano. Roma, August 23, 1543 (l. 184v)

Renieri Da Colle, Antonio. Roma, October 27, 1543 (l. 185r)

Da Elci, Achille. Roma, November 10, 1543 (l. 185r)

T.Z. Roam, december 27, 1534 (l. 185v)

Sisigambro, Giovanni Antonio. Roma, July 20, 1534 (l. 185v)

Pecci, Pierantonio. Roma, July 21, 1543 (l. 186r)

(Book VII:)

Benvoglienti, Fabio. Piacenza, May 28, n.y. (l. 187r)

T., Filippo. Roma, August 11, 1543 (l. 188v)

Ochino, Bernardino. Roma, October 20, 1542 (l. 189r)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, July 17, 1547 (l. 191v)

Gandolfi, [Sebastiano]. Piacenza, July 19, n.y. (l. 191v)

Benvoglienti, Fabio. Piacenza, June 13, n.y. (l. 192r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Piacenza, July 18, n.y. (l. 192v)

Rinieri, Antonio Francesco. Piacenza, July 7, 1547 (l. 192v)

Tolomei, Febo. Piacenza, May 24, n.y. (l. 195r)

Francesco da Fabriano. Piacenza, May 22, n.y. (l. 195v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Piacenza, May 9, n.y. (l. 196r)

Prudente, Marcantonio. Piacenza, May 24, 1547 (l. 196r)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, May 9, n.y. (l. 196v)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Piacenza, May 19, n.y. (l. 197r)

Margaret of Austria, [Duchess of Parma]. Piacenza, May 27, n.y. (l. 197r)

Gambara, [Uberto], Cardinal. Piacenza (l. 197v)

Maona, Giovanni. Piacenza (l. 198r)

Bazzicalupi, Alberto. Parma, December 28, 1545 (l. 198r)

Anguillara, Giovanni Andrea dell'. Piacenza, June 18, n.y. (l. 198v)

Benvoglienti, Fabio. Piacenza, May 20, n.y. (l. 198v)

id. Piacenza, May 29, n.y. (l. 199r)

Farnese, Vittoria. Piacenza, March 18, 1546 (l. 199r)

Spina, Bernardo. Piacenza, March 25, 1546 (l. 199v)

Aretino, Pietro. Piacenza, April 3, 1546 (l. 200r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Piacenza, May 22, 1546 (l. 200r)

[D'Avalos, Alfonso III]. Piacenza, February 22, 1546 (l. 200v)

[Farnese, Ranuccio], Cardinal. Parma (l. 200v)

Tolomei, Girolamo. Piacenza, June 12, 1546 (l. 201r)

Paganelli, Giacomo. Parma, December 7, 1545 (l. 201v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Piacenza, June 28, 1546 (l. 201, i.e. 202r)

Du Bellay, [Jean], Cardinal. Piacenza, June 28, n.y. (l. 201, i.e. 202r)

Sozzini, Mariano. Roma, October 25, 1546 (l. 201, i.e. 202v)

Cortese, [Gregorio], Cardinal. Piacenza, February 6, 1546 (l. 201, i.e. 202v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Parma, December 19, 1546 (l. 203r)

Vistarino, Ludovico. Parma, December 28, 1546 (l. 203r)

Farnese, Vittoria. Parma, January 4, 1547 (l. 203v)

Contile, Luca. Piacenza, April 9, 1546 (l. 203v)

Doria, Giannettino. Piacenza, February 8, 1546 (l. 204r)

Giovio, [Paolo]. Piacenza, March 20, 1547 (l. 204r)

Offredo, Omobuono. Piacenza, April 7, n.y. (l. 204v)

[Farnese, Ranuccio], Cardinal. Piacenza, March 27, 1547 (l. 205r)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, April 29, 1546 (l. 205r)

Contile, Luca. Piacenza, April 30, 1546 (l. 205v)

Aretino, Pietro. Piacenza, July 21, 1546 (l. 206r)

Tolomei, Febo. Piacenza, July 8, 1546 (l. 206r)

Losco, [Ermanno]. Piacenza (l. 206v)

Pecci, Pierantonio. Piacenza, April 16, 1547 (l. 206v)

Paganelli, Giacomo. Piacenza, April 1, 1546 (l. 206v)

Manfredi, Giovanni Francesco. Piacenza, February 28, 1547 (l. 207r)

Ruscelli, Girolamo. Parma, January 28, 1547 (l. 207v)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Piacenza, May 12, n.y. (l. 208r)

Garimberti, Girolamo. Piacenza, March 23, n.y. (l. 208r)

Pallavicini, Girolamo and Pallavicini, Ermete. Piacenza, March 14, n.y. (l. 208v)

Atanagi, Diomigi. Piacenza, March 25, n.y. (l. 208v)

Benvoglienti, Fabio. (l. 209r)

A Monsignor V.G. Piacenza, June 3, 1547 (l. 210v)

Della Seta, Francesco. Piacenza, June 3, n.y. (l. 211r)

Caro, Annibale. Roma, August 3, 1543 (l. 211r)

A l'illustrissimi Signori de la Balia di Siena. Roma, July 8, 1542 (l. 211v)

Orsini, F[ulvio]. Roma, June 3, 1543 (l. 212r)

Bellanti, Alessandro. Piacenza (l. 212r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Piacenza (l. 212v)

Eburneo, Quintiliano. Parma, December 19, 1545 (l. 213r)

Toccolo, Girolamo. (l. 213v)

Ansuino, Domenico. (l. 213v)

Atanagi, Dionigi. Piacenza (l. 214r)

Losco, Ermanno. Piacenza, June 4, 1547 (l. 214v)

Rimbotti, Giacomo. Piacenza, June 4, 1547 (l. 215r)

Grimaldi, Giovanni Battista. Parma, January 1, 1547 (l. 215r)

Borghi, Ludovico. Piacenza, August 4, 1546 (l. 215v)

Pallavicini, Adalberto. Piacenza, August 14, 1546 (l. 215v)

Pallavicini, I[sabella?]. Parma, January 3, 1547 (l. 216r)

Farnese, Orazio. Piacenza, July 26, n.y. (l. 216r)

Ghello, Ottaviano. Parma (l. 216v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Piacenza, July 26, 1546 (l. 217r)

Colombini, Leonardo. Piacenza (l. 217v)

Vivenzio, Adriano. Piacenza, July 1, 1546 (l. 218r)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, July 5, 1546 (l. 218v)

id. Piacenza, May 4, n.y. (l. 218v)

Manfredi, Giovanni Francesco. Piacenza, April 30, n.y. (l. 219r)

Strozzi, Piero. (l. 219r)

Aretino, Pietro. Piacenza (l. 219v)

Alamanni, Luigi. Piacenza, April 25, 1547 (l. 219v)

Cesano, Gabriele. Piacenza, April 25, 1547 (l. 220r)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, [April 6], n.y. (l. 220v)

Henry II, King of France. Piacenza, April 25, 1547 (l. 221r)

[Medici, Caterina de']. Piacenza, April 25, n.y. (l. 221r)

Du Bellay, [Jean]. Piacenza, April 25, 1547 (l. 221v)

P., Sinolfo. Piacenza (l. 222r)

Badoer, Federico. Piacenza, May 4, 1547 (l. 222r)

Figliucci, Felice. Piacenza, April 30, 1547 (l. 222v)

[De Bar, Antoine], Bishop of Tou[r]s (?). Piacenza, June 28, 1546 (l. 222v)

Bevilacqua, Girolamo. Piacenza, June 28, 1546 (l. 223r)

Sanvitale Sforza, Lavinia. Piacenza, May 30, 1545 (l. 223v)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, May 16, 1545 (l. 223v)

Aretino, Pietro. Piacenza, April 21, 1545 (l. 224r)

Offredi, Omobuono. Piacenza, June 7, n.y. (l. 224r)

Figliucci, Felice. Piacenza, July 13, n.y. (l. 224v)

Sf., Alessandro (l. 225v)

Atanagi, Dionigi (l. 225v)

Domenichi, Lodovico. Piacenza (l. 226r)

G., Antonio (l. 226v)

Francolini, Lucio. Piacenza, August 13, n.y. (l. 226v)

id. Piacenza, March 13, 1547 (l. 227r)

Maona, Giovanni. Piacenza, August 24, 1547 (l. 228r)

Pallavicini Da Scipione, Girolamo (l. 228v)

Lucena, Ludovico (l. 229v)

Ricci, Vincenzo (l. 230v)

Torelli, F[ederico?] (l. 231v)

Bellanti, Alessandro (l. 231v)

Citolini, Alessandro. Piacenza, July 20, 1547 (l. 231v)

Gandolfi, Sebastiano. Piacenza, August 8, n.y. (l. 232r)

A l'ambasciator di Piacenza. Piacenza (l. 232v)

Badoer, Federico. Piacenza, July 2, n.y. (l. 232v)

from Benvolgienti, Fabio to Celsi, Mino (l. 233r)

Claudio Tolomei, scion of a noble and ancient family of Siena, studied law in his native city and entered the service of several popes. In 1526 he participated to the attack against Siena ordered by Pope Clement VII, what brought to him a sixteen year exile from that city. He then found a patron in cardinal Ippolito de' Medici, who sent him on a mission to Vienna. He became officer of justice at the court of Luigi Farnese, duke of Parma and after the assassination of the latter, he lectured for a short time on Aristotle's moral philosophy at Padua. In 1548 he returned to Rome and was elected bishop of Korcula (a small island in the Adriatic). In 1552 he became a member of the commission charged to watch over the liberty of the city of Siena after the chasing of the Spanish troops. He was also one of the four deputies sent by the new government to France to thank king Henry II for his protection. His fame, however, rests mostly on his poetical and philological works and especially on his efforts for the Italian language (cf. L. Sbaragli, Claudio Tolomei, umanista senese del Cinquecento,Siena, 1939, passim).

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