CORSICA. Ignace Alexandre COLONNA D’ISTRIA was a French poli - Lot 477

CORSICA. Ignace Alexandre COLONNA D’ISTRIA was a French politician (Ajaccio 1782 – Bastia 1859) – 2 family letters addressed to Count COLONNA D’ISTRIA, First President of the Royal Court of CORSICA in Bastia. Letter signed by Adèle de BOISIO, Fontainebleau, 1827, regarding her daughter, a student at the Royal House of Saint-Denis. 3 pages, in-8° + A letter written by her daughter Nina COLONNA from the Royal School of Saint-Denis in 1828, with a note by BATTINI: “I wish to assure you myself that Nina is telling the truth; her teachers are indeed more pleased with her, but one matter still calls for your strictness: it is her piano, which she neglects far too much for your liking…” 3 pages, in-8°

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