Carafa (Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, nephew of Pope Paul IV, d. 1561) Autograph Letter signed to Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 1p., 4to, Rome, 24th January 1558, about a stock of wheat being delivered by ship, and other subjects including mentioning the pope and Bartolomeo Camerario, a professor of law at Rome who Carafa imprisoned in 1558, a few very small holes caused by ink acid not affecting legibility, folds, slightly browned § Beni (Paolo, humanist scholar, literary critic, theologian and linguist, 1552/3-1625) Autograph Letter signed to "His Most Serene Highness", 1p. with conjugate blank, in Italian, folio, Padua, 28th May 1623, firstly reporting about a Signor Collo and secondly showing his satisfaction in knowing that his books ("I miei libri") had been accepted in the Royal Library ("Regia biblioteca"), probably referring to the library of the King of Naples, and moreover, that four more volumes of his works (Benianae LucubrationesI) were expected to be issued by September/October of that year, folds, browned; and 12 others, 16 and 17 century Italian letters, v.s., v.d. (14)