VITTORIO EMANUELE
(of Savoy, 1870-1946, General, 2nd son of the 1st Duke of Aosta, and grandson of Vittorio Emanuele II)
Autograph Letter Signed, in English with transcription, to Mrs Enthoven,
saying "Very gentle Lady, I send you these blossoms ... for I know that you love them & I hope to get favour in your eye - . I pray you give me a meeting station before a long while that I may again pass some good minutes with you. We will be very discreet this to my honour. Your friend waiting the happiness of a letter or name", embossed metal crown at head held by split pins, 2 sides 7" x 5" and autograph envelope addressed to Villa Fabbricotti, Via Vittorio Emanuele, from Pitti [Palace, Florence], 11 February
Item Date:
1902
Stock No:
53855
£225
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VITTORIO EMANUELE
(b. 1937, Prince of Naples, Son of King UMBERTO II, from 1983 Head of the Royal House of Italy)
Portrait photo signed "Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia",
showing him head and shoulders, nearly full face, inscribed to General Paolo Puntoni, his aide de camp, and dated, 5½" x 4", in glazed frame 9" x 7", no place,
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
52444
£175
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VITTORIO EMANUELE
(b. 1937, Prince of Naples, Son of King UMBERTO II) & Queen MARIE JOSÉ (b.1906, his mother)
Superb Christening photo by Parisio, inscribed and dated on the mount by the Queen and also signed by the photographer,
showing the baby wearing a splendid dress, in a magnificent Napoleonic crib, 7½" x 5½", in mount 13½" x 10", no place, 11th April
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
11956
£575
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THE KING ANNOUNCES THE DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH OF HIS WIFE ADELAIDE OF AUSTRIA
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, first King of Italy) & Camillo CAVOUR (1810-1861, Prime Minister of Piedmont, President of the Council of Ministers and the architect of Italian unity)
Finely penned Document signed, in Italian with translation, with autograph subscription, to his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies
FERDINAND II (1810-1859, King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his early death in 1859) informing him of "the new and terrible disaster I fulfil the sad office of notifying it to Your Majesty! My beloved Consort, Her Majesty Queen Maria Adelaide of Sardinia, Archduchess of Austria, rendered her kind soul to God on the evening of the 12th of this month after a brief but cruel illness occurred after the first days of her puerperium. May Your Majesty understand in what desolation I am left by the loss of a bride who, with her sweet manners and her angelic virtue formed my joy, the happiness of the family and the admiration of the whole nation ...", countersigned at the foot by CAVOUR, 1 side folio, with original envelope, Turin, 30th January
Item Date:
1855
Stock No:
40041
£575
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VITTORIO EMANUELE II ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF QUEEN MARGHERITA OF ITALY
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, from 1861 First King of Italy)
Finely penned Document signed, as King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy,
in Italian with translation, to the President of Peru, (José Rufino Echénique, 1808-1887, President 1851-1855), saying he takes great pleasure "in informing You that on the 20th of the present month, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Genoa, Our Most Dear Sister-in-law, has happily given birth to a Princess who has received the names of Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna", sure that the President will share his joy, renewing his own assurance of "esteem and friendship", and his wishes for "the prosperity of Peru", signed also by the Marquis d'Azeglio, (1798-1866, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 1849-1852), 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Turin, 26th November
closed tear along three quarters of central fold, between lines but touching four letters, other slight tears in blank margin, small slit for ribbon in blank portion near top right and corresponding small hole in conjugate blank
Item Date:
1851
Stock No:
52569
£525
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