AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BLESSED JOHN XXIII
POPE JOHN XXIII
(born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881-1963, Pope from 1958, known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, called the Second Vatican Council in 1962)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘A. G. Roncalli’ in Italian with Translation, to a friend, probably from his home region of Bergamo in Northern Italy,
sending his “heartfelt thanks for the precious booklet ‘Bergamo in Numbers’ which reflects such honour on the Chamber of Commerce and its illustrious and dear President: Congratulatoins on the increasing number of mankind’s children in the land of Bergamo. I wish you continued growth without interruption in physical prosperity, and spiritual elevation. Would, perhaps, a retrospective glance be useful? At the time of St. Charles Borromeo, the apostolic visitor (1575), Bergamo city and suburbs numbered 19,950 and the diocese 139,232. Warm greetings...”, 2 sides correspondence card, headed “Mgr. Ange-Joseph Roncalli, Archevêque titulaire de Mesembria, Nonce Apostolique”, Paris, 21st July
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
42262
£1750
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[PORTEUS
(Revd. Robert, c. 1705-c. 1754, Rector of Hatley, Cambridgeshire)]
Bill to him totalling £11 3s 6d from his solicitor, Thomas York,
with the latter's autograph receipt, for Drafting and Ingrossing a Lease & Release (£2 2s), Duty & Parchment (10s), swelled by travelling expenses for him and his clerk to Hatley (£2 2s) and all the cumbersome details of a Concord, with writs, alienation, warrant, swearing and registration, carefully itemized, 2 sides 10" x 3¾" and conjugate blank, no place, 12th January
conjugate blank defective at top
Item Date:
1737
Stock No:
51246
£75
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PORTEUS
(Beilby, 1731-1809, from 1787 Bishop of London)
Subscription and signature on piece,
with note of date
Item Date:
1789
Stock No:
18733
£15
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PRIM, TURNER & CO.
LS in the hand of partner C. Turner, to Richard Eaton,
agent for the Ormonde estates at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, acknowledging "a remittance for £600 to be placed to the account of Lady Eleanor Butler", (1788-1859, daughter of John, 1740-1795, 17th Earl of Ormonde), adding that "the writer, our C. Turner from Naples, is very anxious ... (& has her full authority to say so) that her trustees should be solicited to pay her Q[uar]terly allowance as punctually as possible ... the arrears or delays are very disagreeable for her", 1 side 4to., address, postmarks and '1d red' on verso, London, 20th August
slight defects on opening with loss of 3 letters (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1841
Stock No:
16778
£50
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PRINTER'S DEVICE
PRINTER'S DEVICE
Engraving showing a crowned salamander in the flames,
flanked by male figures pouring water on flaming torches, 3½" x 5" (9.2cm x 12.8cm) plus margins, no date, c.
Item Date:
1630
Stock No:
50796
£35
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