An unpublished letter by De Soldanis – 22 April 1753

Abstract

The National Library of Malta keeps several letters that de Soldanis sent to Count Ciantar. This unpublished letter was sold by auction in Switzerland about ten years ago. It was in a pre-stamped folder on which one can read: Raccolta d’autografi di personaggi illustri fatta da L. F. Pieri. Then there is a scroll for the name, followed by the titles: titoli, patria, nascita, morte. Another scroll bears the data dell’autografo and soggetto; this is followed by the last title: opere. This letter remained in an Italian collection because it was sent to a member of the famous Vettori family. The recipient of de Soldanis’ letter was Antonio Francesco Vettori who had just published Del culto superstitio di Cibele, detta dagli antichi la Gran Madre, dissertazione dedicata... agli... socii dell’Accademia colombaria, colla quale s’illustra una statuetta di marmo che si conserva a Roma nel museo Vettori (Rome, stamp. di Apollo, 1753).