Lot n° 480

STRADA, Jacopo Autogr. signed letter in Italian to Emperor "Maximilian II", s.l., s.d. [before 1577], 1 p. on 1 4to f., with address on the verso, sl. spotted in the margins., 

Estimation : 400 / 700
Adjudication : 1600 €
Description
Letter of J. Strada (1505/1515-1588), Italian architect, goldsmith, inventor, collector and merchant of works of art. In 1558 he entered the service of emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576) in Vienna as "Antiquarius" (expert on Latin and Greek antiquities) and as architect. In this letter Strada asks the emperor to grant him the imperial privilege fornew works in print.
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