ID 859083
Lot 55 | MACHIAVEL, Nicolas (1469-1527)
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 6 000
1 p. sur 1 feuillet in-4 (290 x 210 mm), adresse au verso, pliures dues à l'envoi d'origine, restaurations.
En tant que secrétaire pour le Conseil des Dix, Machiavel s'adresse au "Commissario" de Pistoia, à la suite d'une première lettre adressée la veille, où il lui demandait de distribuer du pain aux habitants de Libra Fracta (Ripafratta). Il semble que ses ordres n'aient pas été exécutés, et Machiavel les répète avec insistance et un certain agacement ("ne stiamo con grandissimo dispiacere").
Autograph letter signed. Acting as secretary for the Council of Ten, Machiavelli is writing to the 'Commissario' in Pistoia and saying that he'd written to him yesterday evening at length about sending bread to the people in Libra Fracta (which is Ripafratta), and even though he's sure his orders had been executed with the usual diligence, something must have happened because nothing was received.
| Place of origin: | Italy |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Italy |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
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