ALEXANDER VIII: (1610-1691) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1689-91. Last Pope taking this Pontifical name. His Papacy only last 15 months. A good L.S., `Il Card.le Ottoboni´, with a full holograph line in his hand `Aff.mo per Ser.la sempre di tutto cuore´, one page, folio, Brescia, 14th January 1664, to Ottavio Labia, in Italian. Cardinal Ottoboni in his capacity as bishop of Brescia, congratulates his correspondent for his new appointment as `Provveditore´ of the city of Asolo, and states in part `..Io prego V. S. Ill.ma a raddoppiare i favori non solo con frequenti occasioni di servizi, ma anche col valersi delle debolezze di questa Casa, che è sua..´ Labia was a patron of the arts and high official of the Doge´s republic. He died few years later when the ship Redemptor sank in the Adriatic; Labia was on his way to meet the Grand Sultan Ottoman Mehmed IV, to sign a peace for commerce after the capture of Crete by the Turks. With integral blank leaf. Very small overall creasing. Folded. VG £300-400
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