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Pope Pius X Signed Photograph
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Vintage authentically signed photograph of His Holiness Pope Pius X, signed beneath photo on thick stock. Pope Pius X (Italian:...
17th Century Antiphonal Musical Manuscript
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Liturgical musical manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 2pp. approx. 19 x 28 in., hand-painted in red and black with one...
Pope Pius VII Bulla Manuscript
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PIUS VII (1742-1823) Pope from 1800-1823, taken to France as prisoner by Napoleon from 1809-1813, returning to Rome after the...
Heinrich Himmler Autograph Signature
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Historical 4x2.25 cut signature on "Reichsminifter des Inn" page signed "H. Himmler" in fountain pen ink. Crease in the center...
Antique Map of Alexander the Great’s Conquests
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Beautiful engraved hand-colored antique map dated 1732, by the distinguished 18th-century cartographer Emanuel Bowen, depicting the broad and impressive extent...
Antique Engraved Map of Italy
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Hodiernæ Italæ Tabula 1726 by Edward Wells Original engraved antique map of Italy from 1726, illustrating the main geographical features...
Signed Subscription & Sierra Leone Land Grant
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Historically important documents directly related to abolishing the slave trade in the then-British African colony Sierra Leone. Exceptionally scarce signed...
War-dated Autograph Letter Signed
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Particularly scarce and desirable war-dated Autograph Letter Signed to Lieutenant General Brent Spencer, Wellington's 1st Infantry Division Commander & his...
Signature
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Beautiful florid signature in fountain pen, mounted on paper below small engraved reproduction. WU TING-FANG (1842-1922), also known as Ng...
Original Spanish Prisoner Letter
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Long before the well-known Nigerian money-transfer scam appeared in email inboxes worldwide, the "Spanish Prisoner" con, having begun in the...