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Member of the House of Habsburg who ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1576 until his death (1552-1612), remembered as an influential patron of the arts but ineffectual ruler whose mistakes led directly to the Thirty Years' War. LS in Latin, signed “Rudolphus,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 12.5, September 15, 1592. Untranslated letter that is addressed to Cardinal Montelparo and countersigned by both Rudolph's private counselor, Johann Barwitz, a noted Catholic humanist, and his chancellor, Jacob von Kurz Senftenau, two highly cultured officials who both supported astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler (the latter having dedicated one of his works to Barwitz). The reverse of the second integral sheet bears a near-complete embossed paper seal. In very good condition, with scattered light foxing and staining, short tears to the rough edges, and partial separation along the hinge. An evocative document of a brilliant court by its ruler and two of its most active players.
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