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An autographed letter of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich

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Autographed letter of Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich: The letter, in Russian, addressed to an Aleksandr Alekseevich P---, undated, with original envelope, late 19th century. Contained in a folded blue cardboard envelope with a tipped in label identifying

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1569 Letter Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici Florence: Autographed letter signed by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco I de Medici. Florence, 4 June 1569, to Pier Gentile da Varano in Venice, . 4to, about a recommendation for the Duke of Camerino, whose

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1584 Medici Family Letter Grand Duke Florence: Florence, 7 April 1584, to Enea, Duke of Urbino, 1 p. 4to, on the strategic marriage of Eleonora Medici (1566-1611) with the Duke of Mantova Vincenzo Gonzaga. Son of Cosimo I and Eleonora, Francesco I

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An autographed letter of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna: The card handwritten in pencil in French by Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder on mourning stationery, contained in a pale blue mourning envelope and addressed to Court Physician Sergey Botkin in

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Autographed letter of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna: The letter handwritten on mourning stationery in Russian to Sergey Botkin, inquiring on behalf of Count Boris Alekseevich Perovskii, contained in a folded blue cardboard envelope with a tipped in labe

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1572 Letter Signed Francesco Di Medici: Letter signed by Francesco de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, described as follows: Pisa, 29 January 1572, to Guidobaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, 1 p. 4to, on the official visit of the Duke on the

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Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna: An autographed letter: Handwritten in French on the Grand Duchess' personal stationery with her embossed Imperial cypher, written to Court Physician Sergey Botkin. Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (1839-1891) was born Cecilie

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Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna: An autographed letter: Handwritten in French on stationery embossed with the Imperial crown in gold, the letter dated 20 April 1887, the back of the envelope similarly embossed, the envelope addressed in Russian, written to

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Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna: An Autographed Letter: Handwritten in French on stationery embossed with her Imperial cypher surmounted by the crown in silver, the letter undated, written to Court Physician Sergey Botkin. Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (18

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1678 Manuscript Letter Seal of Cosimo III de Medici: 1678 Manuscript official letter with the seal of Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1670-1723), penned at Florence and addressed to Rome. One page very good, with attached integral address leaf. Tape

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1583 Manuscript Letter Medici Interesting Content: Rare letter from reign of Francesco di Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dated at Livorno, March 1583 , to Mario Capizzucchi in Rome, 1 p. 4to, regarding the murder of Giovan Battista Adami, a relative o

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1635 Letter Medici Family Ferdinand II: 1635 manuscript letter dated at Florence. One page, with address leaf with the seal of the grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II (1610-1670). Tape remnants at margins, else Fine, Measures 8 x 10.5”. R

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Kociell Belarus Lithuania Poland: Letter signed by the Grand Treasurer of the Lithuanian Grand Duke, Michal Kazimierz Kociell. 1713 Pop., Hand-printed, 2 pages, 34x20, embossed seal of the Grand Treasurer of the Lithuanian Grand Duke.

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Andy Warhol Two first editions of Andy Warhol's Index (Book) accompanied by an autographed letter: Andy Warhol Two first editions of Andy Warhol's Index (Book) accompanied by an autographed letter and a polaroid by Brigid Berlin. The collection comprises: ANDY WARHOL. Andy Warhol's Index (Book). Ne

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An autographed letter of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich

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The handwritten letter from Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891) and envelope written in Russian to Court Physician Sergey Botkin and inquiring about the treatment of the Grand Duke's lover, ballerina Ekaterina Gavrilovna Chislova (1846-1889), contained in a folded blue cardboard envelope with a tipped in label identifying the correspondent in Russian pre-Revolutionary orthography. Ekaterina Chislova was a talented ballerina who rose to the ranks of the Imperial Ballet and was a partner to Feliks Kshesinski, father of the dancer Matilda, who would later join the Imperial Family. She died of esophageal cancer at only 43 years of age. She had five children with the Grand Duke and Emperor Alexander III granted them hereditary nobility under the surname of Nikolaev. On Sergey Botkin, see the note for lot 227.