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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3167

Autographs
Venetian Republic
1668 (1 March) entire letter to Count Giovanni of Lazzara, Villa Padova in the Venetian Republic sent by Nicolo Vruhien. The letter is a request of interest for the appointment of an acquaintance and help for the publication of a work. The envelope of the letter bears the details of the address and, underneath a good seal of red wax seal under paper, oval (20 x 25 mm) bearing the imprint of a shield to the cross. The watermark is visible on the envelope and on the letter.

In the letter, Nicolo Vruhied asks Giovanni di Lazzara to intercede with his influence with Father Veglia, Minister Provincial, so that Fra Bonaventura Grismondi, conventual minister and definer of his order in the province of Dalmatia, be appointed Guardino del Convento in Cattaro, and that the current Guardiano, Fra Francesco Damiani is entrusted with another task elsewhere. He also asks for help for the revision and publication of the Holy Responsory of St. Anthony of Padua, which he wrote requested by his father Pigna. This help should consist in the correction of spelling and metric, as well as details on the quality of the edition, which will have to be "in the round, it which is not corroded, in real paper on sheet", framed in pear wood. To thank, he sent two smoked eels from Lake Boiana. A good complete letter. Photo

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Estimate
£400 to £500