Cesare Monari to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o... (1861)

NRA-L-000745 / 1861

Cesare Monari to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini, Bologna, 1861-03-25

Invoice and covering letter concerning leather qualities, samples and prices.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000745

NRA-L-000745 image 1 showing the folded delivery address to Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini in Ferrara, with postal marks and a handwritten filing docket. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence — Cesare Monari, 1861-03-25.

NRA-L-000745 image 2 showing invoice, letter text and signature belonging to Cesare Monari, dated 1861-03-25 in Bologna. — **Image 2**Invoice, letter text and signature — Cesare Monari, 1861-03-25.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000745
Date: 1861-03-25
Original date: Bologna li 25.3[abbreviated mark]1861
Type: Invoice with business letter
Language: Italian / it
Sender: Cesare Monari
Recipient: Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
Places: Bologna / Ferrara
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address and postal evidence; Letter and original account; 2 digital images.
Signature: Cesare Monari
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000745.

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Transcript and English translation

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Address panel — Image 1

Original transcript

Sig.r Samuel B.o Finzi D.o Magrini
[Neg°?] e Fab.re di Pellami
Ferrara

Address panel — Image 1

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini
[Merchant?] and leather manufacturer
Ferrara

Letter heading — Image 2

Original transcript

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

Letter heading — Image 2

English translation

Mr Samuel B.o Finzi, called Magrini. D. Dare
Ferrara

Invoice and letter — Image 2

Original transcript

a
Cesare Monari
Negoziante di Pellami presso il Caffè da S. Pietro
per le seguenti Merci vendutegli e consegnategli al Vett.r Tura
Bologna li 25.3 [abbreviated mark] 1861
N°1 Vacchetta [Vern...?] 1.a
1.a qualità in [... ?] [currency mark] 13.50
1/2. Corame [metafile?]
fine in [weight mark] 14 —50 —7.00
[currency mark] 20.50
E a quanto mi [chiedete?] con
grata vostra del 23. in quanto
alla Vacchetta [... ?] la più
bella e senza [grana?], così la
dovete tagliare al mezzo, perchè
non si rovina nel [Trasporto?], così
ò scelto il Corame qui legiero
della qualità [mediocre?], la quando
alle 1/2 in [weight mark] 45 che vi posso offrire
[currency mark] 25.50 [fine?] più fini di quella
ed il costo [... ?] [... ?] baj 57 la
[weight mark] in circa, [... ?] di [mostrarò?]
del Corame in Vallonea di [weight mark] 18
in circa sabbato, che farò in [... ?].
Tanto vi dovevo, ed in attesa di [... ?]
dirvi [... ?] di dette [... ?], con
la solita stima vi riverisco
Cesare Monari
P. S.
Mi è [... ?] una partita Bazzane [... ?]
di [weight mark] 1. N° per Pelle il costo è di baj 20 la [weight mark]

Invoice and letter — Image 2

English translation

To
Cesare Monari
Leather merchant near the Caffè da S. Pietro
For the following goods sold and consigned to the carrier Tura
Bologna, 25 March 1861 [the month is abbreviated; agreeing cover docket]
No. 1 vacchetta leather [designation uncertain], first quality, [weight/measure unclear]: [currency mark] 13.50
Quantity ½: fine leather [metafile?; designation uncertain], [weight mark] 14 at 50:7.00
Total: [currency mark] 20.50
As for what you [ask?] in your kind letter of the 23rd, concerning the vacchetta leather [qualifier unclear], the finest and without [grain?], you should cut it in the middle so that it is not spoiled during [transport?]. Thus I have chosen the light leather here, of [medium?] quality. As for the halves of [weight mark] 45 that I can offer you, [currency mark] 25.50 [the quality comparison is unclear]; the cost [connecting words unclear] is 57 bajocchi per [weight mark], approximately. [The words introducing a sample are unclear] of leather tanned with vallonea, about [weight mark] 18, on Saturday, which I shall [unclear verb/place].
That is what I had to tell you; awaiting [the final request is unclear], with the usual esteem I offer my respects.
Cesare Monari
P. S. [The introductory verb is unclear] a lot of bazzane [qualification unclear], of [weight mark] 1 [abbreviation unclear] per skin; the cost is 20 bajocchi per [weight mark].

Discovery Terms

Finzi–Magrini Correspondence

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