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Breve by Future Pope Clement XI to Pope Alexander VIII
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Vellum breve dated 30 January 1690 signed by Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Albani ("G.F. Albanus," the future Pope Clement XI, on...
Report of Pirates Enslaving Crews
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Report of Pirates Enslaving Ships off the Barbary Coast! Truly swashbuckling letter in Italian, dated 12 December 1797 and signed...
Cardinal Scipione Borghese Letter Signed
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LETTER SIGNED, one page, 22 November 1608. Written to Marcello Cardinal Lante della Rovere, Bishop of Todi. Borghese transmits a...
Antique Map of Italy
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Beautiful hand-colored antique map of Italy, engraved for Walker's Geography dated 1801. Map 8" x 10" matted to 14" x...
Antique Map of Vatican City
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This antique and highly detailed engraved map of Vatican City, titled Palazzo Pontificio Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, was...
William Randolph Hearst First Day Cover Signed
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A 1958 First Day Cover signed by William Randolph Hearst Jr., featuring a 4¢ Freedom of the Press Stamp on...
Cosimo de Medici III Manuscript Letter Signed
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Manuscript signed by Cosimo de Medici III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and patron of the arts. Letter dated 1709 from...
Charles Prince of Wales Official Royal Portrait Signed
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Regal vintage large format, matte-finish 10" x 14" photograph portrait of then 22-year old Charles, Prince of Wales and heir...
James de Rothschild Autograph Letter Signed
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Scarce Autograph Letter Signed by Baron James de Rothschild, patriarch of the French branch of the prominent Rothschild dynasty and...
Umberto II Signed Photo
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Inscribed and signed photo of Umberto and a young boy, most likely his son, Vittorio Emmanuel IV, Prince of Naples,...