GAVAZZI (Alessandro, 1809-1889, Italian Patriot)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir', saying it will be "a pleasure and an honour to me the dedication of the Book of dear Dr. Anderson, who was ... one of my ... most prominent supporters when I first lectured in Glasgow 1851 ... His memory is sweet to my heart, and will be lasting with my life", 1 side 8vo., Via di Panico 43, Rome, 20th November two side tears without loss, one touching text

Gavazzi, originally a priest, supported Pius IX's early reforms, then in 1849 fled to England where he founded the (Protestant) Italian Free Church. He was with Garibaldi at Palermo in 1860, and from 1870 lived mostly in Italy.

Item Date:  1879

Stock No:  19894      £85

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