PERON
(Juan Domingo, 1895-1975, President of Argentina) and his wife Eva PERON (1919-1952)
Superb pair of portraits, signed and inscribed
to the Governor of Formosa, Colonel D. Arturo Iglesias Paiz, both images have messages underneath and the date, the President has presented a formal three quarters length portrait photo in black and white, and his wife has given a coloured portait of her smiling face, each 15" x 10" in matching frames 22" x 17", Buenos Aires, 17th June
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
24702
£3500
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PERSIGNY
(Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, 1808-1872, French Politician, from 1863 Duc de)
Autograph note signed 'Duc de Persigny', in French with translation,
asking "the station master" to "deliver to the bearer ... the little Box of wine which should have arrived from Chamarande at the station ... addressed to me", embossed monogram with coronet and a design of swords, 6" x 3¾", no place, no date, together with an unsigned carte de visite photo showing him reading at a desk, 3½" x 2", the letter circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
53830
£65
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PERTINI
(Alessandro, 1896-1990, President of Italy 1978-1985)
Finely printed document signed, in Italian with translation,
to the President of Peru (Francisco Morales Bermúdez, b. 1921, President 1975-1980), signed also by Francesco Cossiga, (b. 1928, Foreign Minister, youngest ever President of Italy 1985-1992), saying that he his bringing to an end "the mission which Signor Francesco Tonci Ottieri della Ciaja has been fulfilling with you as Ambassador", and trusting "that this Ambassador, by the care he has taken in cultivating the relations of friendship happily existing between Italy and Peru, has earned your esteem and good will", gold embossed five-pointed star of the Republic of Italy, repeated in blind at foot, 1 side 11¾" x 9¼", Rome, 27th November
Item Date:
1981
Stock No:
52388
£150
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PETO
(Sir Samuel Morton, 1809-1889, Baptist Philanthropist, Civil Engineer and Politician, 1st Bart., Builder of Nelson's Column)
Autograph Letter Signed headed "Burial Bill" to Rev Edwin Paxton HOOD
(1820–1885, Nonconformist and Author) saying he is "now quite out of the World of Monuments. I will be much obliged if you can spare five minutes to write me ... you will recollect I brought in the first Bill many years since ...", he explains how he got a first reading in the house "& reference to a Select Committee. This was granted. Mr Gladstone ... was on the Committee. I found a real fear & objection to some ... components of Holy Scripture - Prayers & Hymns & it came thus from the Committee to the House ... I felt I had got a good deal in getting a Select Committee to go thus far ..." and he continues at length about the bill and its passage and concludes that "a Service is all he should go for. Any personal eulogy is out of place, any practical lesson from the life of the deceased is later drawn in the pulpit ..." he ends with an apology for the long letter and a repetition of his request for Hood's opinion, 4 sides 4to., The Hollands, Yeovil, 10th February
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
38780
£375
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PITT MAKES HIS FIRST APPLICATION TO STAND FOR PARLIAMENT FOR CAMBRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 20
PITT
(William, ‘The Younger’, 1759-1806, Prime Minister)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to the an unnamed correspondent
saying that it is his “intention to offer myself a Candidate to represent the University of Cambridge at the General Election, and other Candidates having already declared themselves I am under the necessity of submitting my wishes as soon as possible to all the Members of the Senate. I flatter myself you will think this a sufficient Apology for the Liberty I take in troubling you with this Application, and allow me to assure you that I should esteem the honor of your Support a very particular Obligation...”, 1 side 4to., Pembroke Hall, 18th October
Item Date:
1779
Stock No:
41671
£750
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