Sold for:
$415
$415
(Italy, 15th Century), Adorno, Prosper, Autograph letter signed, 15 October 1469, one page, as Treasurer General of Genoa, regarding the payment of some silver, 4to, (folds, dampstaining, edge loss to lower right, small fold separation at top edge, loss to wax seal with two related small incisions). Note: Prosper Adorno was a member of the patrician Genoese Adorno family, and a one time Doge of Genoa. The Adorno family had brutal rivals in the Fregoso family; the families were often deposing one family's doge with a member from the rival family, and frequently plunging the area into civil tumult.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-14
