Documents & Autographs
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Lot 3543 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Documents & Autographs
Estimate $400
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FERDINAND I, Holy Roman Emperor, fold over letter document (31cm x 22cm) with large impressed arms seal at opening, written in Latin, to Francesco Ferdinando II d'Avalos 5th Marquis of Pescara (1560-62), Governor of Milan to give permission to the Count of Arco to buy wheat at Milan market. Some light paper loss at edges, small cut out sections from fold over, some light foxing in parts, otherwise fine and scarce.
Together with Certificate of Authenticity of EAC Gallery, charter member of International Autograph Dealers’ Alliance. Ex EAC Gallery auction Nov 2005, lot 207, realised US$874 including buyer’s premium. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503-1564), Archduke of Austria (1521-1564), King of Germany (1531-1564), King of Italy (1556-1564), King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia (1528-1564).
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