Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . that learned father, in hisfeveral volumes. He is communicative and obliging, more in-deed than a man almoft worn out with labours and years couldbe expected to be. Cardinal Albanis collection of ftatues, bufts, and baflb-relievos, is very valuable. They are (I think) the propertyof cardinal Aleflandro, the younger brother, for there are twoof them, both cardinals, nephews to Clement XI. The elderis Annibale, who was made camerlingo [chamberlain] in thetime of that pope. It is the cuftom
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . that learned father, in hisfeveral volumes. He is communicative and obliging, more in-deed than a man almoft worn out with labours and years couldbe expected to be. Cardinal Albanis collection of ftatues, bufts, and baflb-relievos, is very valuable. They are (I think) the propertyof cardinal Aleflandro, the younger brother, for there are twoof them, both cardinals, nephews to Clement XI. The elderis Annibale, who was made camerlingo [chamberlain] in thetime of that pope. It is the cuftom in the court of Rome for a new-elected pope,foon after his acceflion, to raife to the degree of cardinal, a nephew of that pope who had made him one So Don Aleflandro Albini (for fo he was calld before) was raisd to thatdignity by Innocent XIII. who himfelf was raisd to it by Cle-ment XI. Some of the things I noted in the fine collection I havementiond, are as follows. Otho, a head; rare, as are his medals, a natural confequenceof fo fhort a reign. A zr/ac£- t/u/ a£ ^u/. j$i%. $u//a tZurgOs. J?j¥#.. SiM^/itm. ^ 3*3
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