Cesare Monari to Samuel Finzi called... (1858)

NRA-L-000719 / 1858

Cesare Monari to Samuel Finzi called Magrini, 1 July 1858

Cesare Monari discusses a price he set for a bale and offers calfskins, No. 5, weighing 14 pounds per dozen, at £20.20 rather than £19.50. He explains that the goods need not be separated for varnishing and expects to ship them at the end of the following week or early in the week after that.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000719

NRA-L-000719 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Samuel Finzi called Magrini in Ferrara, Bologna postal evidence. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000719 image 2 showing the incoming Italian letter from Cesare Monari in Bologna, with the handwritten signature and business text. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000719
Date: 1858-07-01
Original date: Bologna 1.o Luglio 1858.
Type: Business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Cesare Monari
Recipient: Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Incoming letter; Address panel and documentary annotations; 2 digital images.
Signature: Cesare Monari
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000719.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

Sig. Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara.

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara.

Incoming letter — Image 2

Original transcript

Bologna 1.o Luglio 1858.
Riscontro alla favorita vostra d'ieri, su
l'arbitrio del prezzo per la Balla Da [Brondaz?]
spero non sarete malcontento, e nell'avvenire non mi
oblierò di [avvisarvi?], per li Vitelli al [franco?], non
posso cedervi il N.o 5. di ℔14 andante la Dozzi-
na alli soli £19.50, ma bensì se credete per
£20.20. ristretto, per la vernice non vi è
bisogno di separare l'uno dell'altro essendo
di qualità ineccezionabile, e questo numero
non potrò spedirvelo che solo alla fine della
ventura settimana è al più tardi alli primi
dell'altra
In atteso di vostri ordini, con tutta stima vi
riverisco
Cesare Monari

Notes

Andante is rendered as ordinary in the description of the goods; no separate trade grade has been inferred.
The £ symbol represents the manuscript currency glyph and does not identify pounds sterling or a modern denomination.
The one blind business heading is visible in reverse on the address side and is recorded once here.

Incoming letter — Image 2

English translation

Bologna, 1 July 1858.
I am replying to your kind letter of yesterday about the price I chose for the bale of [Brondaz?]. I hope you will not be dissatisfied. In future I shall remember to [...]. As for the calfskins [...], I cannot offer you the ordinary No. 5, weighing 14 pounds per dozen, at only £19.50; if you wish, I can offer it at £20.20, my lowest price.
For varnishing, there is no need to separate one from another, as they are of faultless quality. I shall not be able to send it to you until the end of next week, or at the latest at the beginning of the following week.
Awaiting your orders, I send you my respectful greetings.
Cesare Monari

Notes

Andante is rendered as ordinary in the description of the goods; no separate trade grade has been inferred.
The £ symbol represents the manuscript currency glyph and does not identify pounds sterling or a modern denomination.
The one blind business heading is visible in reverse on the address side and is recorded once here.

Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.
Samuel B.o Finzi D. Magrini
Ferrara.

Notes

The received notation gives the 6th without repeating the month or year.

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr
Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
Ferrara.

Notes

The received notation gives the 6th without repeating the month or year.

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence
Leather trade

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