Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — DE MEDICI LETTER IS SOLD [ARTICLE]

DE MEDICI LETTER IS SOLD

Brlngs $1,350 at Hoe Bale and Refers to Due d’Alencon, One of Catherine’s Sons. New York. —In the sale of the Robert Hoe library an autograph letter of Catherine de Medici brought $1,350. The letter, which apparently refers to the affairs of Due d’Alencon, one of her sons and brother of Henry 111., probably was written about 1680. A Cicero “Tusculanarum,” printed on vellum by Nicholas Jensen In Venice In 1472, went for $2,025. The day’s sale realized $10,719, making so far $59,079 for this part of the sale. Three parts of the library previously sold brought $1,609,135.