Lot n° 445

GROTIUS, Hugo Autogr. sign. letter to Franciscus Sweertius (Antwerp), Paris, 3 September 1621, paper, c. 11,5 x 21,5 cm. In reasonably good condition (soiled and dampstained).

Estimation : 3000 / 4000
Adjudication : 3200 €
Description
Letter in Latin of the Dutch scholar and statesman H. Grotius (1583-1645) to the Antwerp merchant and literary scholar Sweertius (1567-1629), on E. Puteanus, Grotius’ “Silva” etc., with greetings to P.P. Rubens and other Antwerp friends. A reply to Sweertius’ letter of 12 August 1621, and answered by Sweertius on 16 september 1621. Sold at Sotheby’s (N.Y.) 20 March 1973. 
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