Letter by Michelangelo Buonarroti Finish:20-pack From Piaggio's observations on lava

From Piaggio's observations on lava kept as part of his work on volcanic activity at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples

Inscribed: "III Br

Inscribed in ink above: 'The Isle of Portland and parts adjacent'

Mr Gladstone (left)

Letter by Michelangelo Buonarroti Finish:20-pack From Piaggio's observations on lavaLetter by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1545 (1865). An order for payment of statues made for the tomb of Pope Julius II. The original document is in the British Museum (Add MS 22,731, fol 22). A print from The Autograph Souvenir, A collection of Autograph Letters, Interesting Documents, &c, Executed in Facsimile, by Frederick George Netherclift, by Richard Sims, 1st Series, FG Netherclift, London, 1865.