Italian Jesuit scholar and epigraphist (1737-1822). Autograph album leaf signed. No place. 07.12.1799. 1 p. Oblong 8vo.
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Epigraph in Latin language: "Pro Acerbo Fvnere Favstini Al F Tadini Com Ad Omnem Ingenii Et Virtvtis Lavdem Adolescentis Qvem Parentes Vnigenam Improvida Rvina Exstinctvm Lvxere Insolabiliter Et Lvgent A Die VII Idvs Decembr An M DCC LXXXXVIIII Hev Raptvm Sibi Qvvm Annvm Ageret Florentis Aevi XXV. Receptae Instar Vitae Habete Loverenses Signum Hoc Pulcrvm Amabile Magni Eq Canovae Manv [...]". - Morcelli declined the election as archbishop after the death of the Franciscan Luigi Spagnoletti in 1799. - The Epigraph is noted in "Lexicon Epigraphum Morcellianus Vol. II." (Bononiae, ex officina Annesii Nobilii et Soc. A - MDCCCXXXVIII). - Calligraphic handwriting capitalized.