Word: ossuna
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...asserted at Milan that the German Government are negotiating for the purchase of the famous Ossuna library. The price asked by the Ossuna family is said to be six million francs. The library was formed by the Duke of Ossuna, who was governor of Milan under Charles IV., of Spain, from 1670 to 1674. The most valuable contents of the library are the Petrarch manuscripts...