PHILIPPE II (1527-1598) Roi d'Espagne, de Sicile et du Portugal.

CORRECTION TO THE CATALOGUE : THE LETTERS ARE NOT IN THE HAND OF PHILIPPE II BUT BEAR HIS SIGNATURE Very rare and important set of 8 L.S. with seals of arms under papers and addressed to "Duke Ottavio Farnese my dear and beloved brother" as well as to "Duke of Parma and Piacenza my dearest and beloved nephew". 16 pp. in-folio. 2 L.S. "Yo el Rey" to Ottavio Farnese, Toledo, (n.d.) and Madrid, 16 July 1571. 4 pp. in-folio; 4 L.S. "Yo el Rey" to Alexander Farnese, Madrid and Brussels, April 22, 1570, June 1, 1580, April 6, 1588 and February 20, 1589. 8 pp. in-folio. On April 22, 1570, he thanks him as well as his nephew to support him in these choices; on February 20, 1589, he evokes Pedro Lopez de Angulo; on April 6, 1588, about Guillén de San Clemente; L.S. "Yo el Rey" (s.l.), May 1, 1581. 2 pp. in-folio. In which he evokes the Holy League of 1571; L.S. "Yo el Rey" to Ferdinand Alvaro of Toledo (s.l.), April 24, 1581. 2 pp. in-folio.