Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 313

Price Realized: $ 650
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO. Group of 4 Autograph Letters Signed, "D'Annunzio" or in full, to an unnamed recipient, likely to his secretary Giuseppe Bonaspetti ("Dear Friend"), in Italian, mostly sending telegrams [not present], one declining appointments in order to write a manifesto. Each 1 page, 4to, most on "Italian Regency of Carnaro" stationery; folds, minor scattered smudges. Np or Gardone Riviera, circa 1921
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12 April no year: "From today until the 15th I won't receive anyone. I have to write the manifesto. If anyone comes, write his name and the reason for the visit . . . ."

In September of 1919, the largely Italian-speaking port city of Fiume [Rijeka] was occupied by a force of Italian soldiers (without orders from the Italian government) under the command of D'Annunzio, who claimed the city as an Italian territory. In September of 1920, D'Annunzio declared the city to be under the government of the "Italian Regency of Carnaro," remaining there until December, when the Italian army forced his Legionnaires to surrender.