Italian journalist, nationalist, and revolutionary (1833–1918) who turned to pacifism and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1907. ALS in French, signed “E. T. Moneta,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Il Secolo letterhead, 1889. Untranslated letter in French to “Gaillard.” The future Nobel Peace Prize winner writes on the printed letterhead of ‘Il Secolo,’ the newspaper he directed from 1867 to 1895. He mentions a petition that needs many signatures and the relations between France and Italy, which have improved. In fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds, one fold passing through a single letter of the signature, and trivial foxing and toning. RRAuction COA.
