Autograph letter signed by Jacomo Melchiori, updating Bartolomeo Corsini in London with news of his mercantile interests inVenice [manuscript], 3 May and 10 May, 1591.

1591.

1 item.

Text in Italian.

Provenance: from the Corsini archive (Christies Robson Lowe 4 September 1984).
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Great Britain -- England.

X.c.221

From dealer's description: "This fine Elizabethan-era mercantile letter was sent from Venice by Jacomo Melchiori, writing to London to update the prominent merchant Bartolomeo Corsini (1545-1613) with news of business interests in Italy.The bifolium contains letters penned on 3 May and 10 May 1591. Much detail is included concerning a bill of lading for a shipment of sugar which Melchiori requests be sent back by Corsini; other details concern the recovery of goods belonging to merchants Fantoni, Nesi and Vezatto. Mention is made of the Venetian ship Salvagna that, bound for Florence from Lisbon, had been captured 28 October 1590 off Cape St. Vincent by a large squadron of English privateers, among them the poet William Midleton (c.1550-1596) and the explorers John Davis (c.1550-1605) and Thomas Cavendish (1560-1592). Melchiori discusses Corsini's mediation in relation to Venetian prisoners held by the English, presumably crew members of the Salvagna. Included amongst his various requests is a plea that if any ivory is available on the English market Corsini might purchase a quantity on his account." Purchase made possible by The Karen Gundersheimer Acquisitions Endowment.

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