Description:
Signatures, Approximately Forty Signed Documents and Correspondence from France and Italy, 15th-18th Century. Including letters and documents signed by Rinaldo d'Este (1655-1737); Leopoldo de' Medici (1617-1675); Henri, Prince of Condé (1588–1646); a manuscript document in the hand of a papal nuncio from 1425; a letter of Diane d'Estrées (b. 1572); other letters signed by Louis, Prince d'Este, Marquis de Montecchio; Amelie Este; and other members of the Este family; Bishop Giulio de Medici; Henri I de Montmorency (1534-1614); and many others, some with water stains, trimmed, condition varies.
Estimate $800-1,000
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Keywords
Henri I de Montmorency, Giulio de Medici, Diane d'Estr, Rinaldo d'Este, Italy, FranceJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
Fine Books & Manuscripts
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