Name: MACHIAVEL, Nicolas (1469-1527)
Brand: Lettre autographe monogrammée. 26 février 1508.
Price: 15000.00 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

MACHIAVEL, Nicolas (1469-1527). Lettre autographe monogrammée. 26 février 1508.

1 p. sur 1 feuillet in-4 (290 x 210 mm), adresse au verso, pliures dues à l'envoi d'origine, restaurations.

En tant que secrétaire pour le Conseil des Dix, Machiavel s'adresse au "Commissario" de Pistoia, à la suite d'une première lettre adressée la veille, où il lui demandait de distribuer du pain aux habitants de Libra Fracta (Ripafratta). Il semble que ses ordres n'aient pas été exécutés, et Machiavel les répète avec insistance et un certain agacement ("ne stiamo con grandissimo dispiacere").

Autograph letter, signed with his initials N.M. (lower right). Acting as secretary for the Council of Ten, Machiavelli is writing to the 'Commissario' in Pistoia and saying that he'd written to him yesterday evening at length about sending bread to the people in Libra Fracta (which is Ripafratta), and even though he's sure his orders had been executed with the usual diligence, something must have happened because nothing was received.

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Lot Essay

Magistre reverendissimo, hiersera vi scrivemo lungamente circa al mandare pane a quelle nostre genti verso libra facta [Ripa Fratta], & benche noi stimiamo havviate exsequito tutto con la vostra solita diligenza, […] scrivendoci ni[…] che patiscono assai ne stiamo con grandissimo dispiacere, dubitando di qualche grande disordine per[…] di nuovo vi replichiamo il medesimo et vi confortiamo non haver rispecto altro in qual cosa importando tanto laquale non doveria haver pero tanta difficulta, sendo per tutto abundantia e quelle genti non tanto […]rivero che tra di costi e di Pescia non si possa provederle confortianvi ad non mancare del possibile et ad ogni modo manderere ema[]ivoli ad valete ex palatio florentino die xxvi Febraio 1508