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Letter from Sir Robert Dudley, Florence, to Balli Cioli, 1638 July 21 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
430344
Accession number
MA 23379.4
Creator
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649.
Display Date
Florence, Italy, 1638 July 21.
Credit line
Purchased, 1950.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 28.1 x 19.7 cm
Notes
Dudley signs as the Duke of Northumberland.
Dudley gives the place of writing as "Villa," most likely referring to Villa di Castello, the Medici family residence outside of Florence.
Balli Cioli was secretary of state to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II.
Additional information available in the Collection File.
Formerly accessioned as MA 1346 (211).
Provenance
Purchased from The Rosenbach Company, 1950; from the Fairfax Murray Collection of European Autographs, formerly owned by Alfred Morrison and sold at auction by Sotheby's, London on December 11, 1917, lot 174.