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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Important Manuscripts Formed by the Late Rev. Dr. Wellesley, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, 1866: Including Rare and Unpublished Italian Works, on Vellum and Paper, Copies of Dante, and Petrarch; Anthologia Græca, Several Fine Heraldic Volumes; A Most Interesting Album Amicorum Jacobi Lauri; Italian Correspondence Manuscript 4to. The first two vary in their readings from the printed comes in the Storia of Giovanni Villani. The third appears not to have been printed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.