BIB_ID
400296
Accession number
MA 2691.304
Creator
Leopardi, Giacomo, count, 1742-1781.
Display Date
1779 April 16.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.7 x 17.2 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Addressed to a Count.
Addressed panel has been removed.
Original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to a Count.
Addressed panel has been removed.
Original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: full lion standing upright with tongue and downwards tail, with initals F and A.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Saying to a Count that he appreciates his punctuality in showing him the known "fruits" and that he will try to find a safe address, also that he will be given another letter from him with a receipt so that he can make the delivery; sending his respects also to his wife together with those of his own spouse who has just given birth to a son last Friday.
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