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Colonna (Fabrizio, 1450-1520). Letter signed, 'Fabritio Colonna/Manu pp.', Naples, 16 May 1517, issued as Constable to an unnamed recipient, re-appropriating the stipend due to one Riparo after the conclusion of his one year's term as vicar, written in fine italic hand on laid paper, signed by or in the name of the secretary 'Tyber Phell', papered seal, wax cracked, some biopredation affecting the head line and the papered borders of the seal, small worm holes and short tracks in the body of text with little loss of sense, a little spotting, partly laid down to a modern mount, folio (28.5 x 21 cm), together with Cesarini (Alessandrol, died 1542, Cardinal), Letter signed, Chiaravalle, 10 October, 1539, in Italian in an italic hand on laid paper, in translation 'I thank Your Grace most sincerely for the favour you have shown me, and for the permission you have granted for me to be away, for which I am in every respect most grateful. I think it pleasing to God to leave here for Rome in two or three days, and so should anything occur to you in which I can be of service, I beg Your Grace to bear in mind to call on me and to make use of me whenever you have the need, for this will give me the greatest satisfaction, and you will find that at all times my wish and desire is to serve you, and to your Grace's favour I humbly commend myself', each one page with endorsed integral blank addressed 'Al... Car. Dedi Carpi legato della Marca', a little spotting, tipped on to card mounts, folio (290 x 215 mm) (Qty: 2) Fabrizio Colonna, the High Constable of Naples was a member of the powerful Colonna family. He is the main speaker in Machiavelli's The Art of War and is referenced throughout the book as an authority on both classical and current military structure, strategy and tactics. He was hailed by Arisoto as 'Gran Colonna del nome romano', Orlando Furioso, Canto XIV. The present signature is reproduced by Palermo, Isografia..., 1870, tav. VIII, 4, but incorrectly identified as that of the naturalist Fabio Colonna (together with what appears to be the naturalist's real signature). Ghinucci was Secretary to Pope Julius II. He was involved with Silvester Pirerias, in the papal reaction to Martin Luther after 1518, and was an active participant in both the Fifth Lateran Council and the Council of Trent. Cesarini, a lawyer attached to the Medici family, was created a Cardinal by Pope Leo X.