BIB_ID
400367
Accession number
MA 2691.371
Creator
Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria, Francesco, 1549-1626.
Display Date
1616 December 10.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.6 x 20.5 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Address panel has been removed.
Letter signed as a relative (parente).
Thread on side.
Embossed seal, with coat of arms of Francesco Bourbon Del Monte S.M.; original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Address panel has been removed.
Letter signed as a relative (parente).
Thread on side.
Embossed seal, with coat of arms of Francesco Bourbon Del Monte S.M.; original paper seal with wax.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: bird over mounts inscribed in circle, initial F on top.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Saying to his recipient that he has made proposals to the Highnesses of Tuscany always with great respect and humility and since he has been doing this for many years, he should fogive him for not wanting to change it, although he would want to serve him and his brother for whom the way paved by the Grand-Duke himself on account of the many kind deeds and merits of his forbears towards his illustrious house.
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