Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810-1903), he served as pope from 1878 to 1903. ALS in Italian, signed “G. Card. Pecci,” one page, 8.25 x 10.5, November 25, 1861. Untranslated handwritten letter to Cardinal Niccola Clarelli Paracciani. In very good to fine condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds reinforced with old tape on the reverse.
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