FARNESE, Alexandre 2 letters. In excellent condition.
Estimation :
600 / 800
Adjudication :
2600 €
Description
1. Autogr. sign. letter to his father Ottavio (1524-1583), Duke of Parma, Piacenza, 27/4/1573, paper, bifolium, c. 32 x 21 cm, wax seal gone, stamped (archival?) numbers "692" and "693". In Italian. On the Venetians and the Turks, on the "revolta di Fiandra", on a visit of the wife of Alvaro di Sando, etc. 2. Letter, signed "Alexandre" to the Lord of Montigny, written "Du camp a Bruges Le xxx Jour D Octobre 1578", paper, bifolium, c. 32 x 21 cm, sealed, mounted in a volume bound in boards covered with vellum-like paper, 4 ff. In French. Lord of Montigny, i.e. Emanuel Philibert de Lalaing (1557-1590), leader of the "Malcontents" in Hainaut. Joined a French catalogue cutting, - an engraved equestrian portrait of Farnese by Raphael Sadeler after Giovanni Caraca, - a typed English translation, - a typed English description.
