Born Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci (1810-1903), he served as pope from 1878 to 1903. LS in Italian, signed “G. Card. Pecci Ves.o di Perugia,” one page, 8.75 x 10.5, November 25, 1874. Untranslated letter to Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte in Rome, diminutively signed in the lower right corner by the future pope. In fine condition.
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