Spanish Interest.- Governors of the Duchy of Milan Selection of letters signed by Spanish Governors of the Duchy of Milan, including: Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia ( one page , 1584); Pedro de Padilla interim Governor of the Duchy of Milan (letter signed, mentioning an order of Philip II of Spain to settle the situation of Miguel Martinez 'tenient' of the castle in Vigevano, two pages, loss to upper right corner , Milan, 16 June 1595); Don Alvaro de Sande (letter signed to the Bishop of Cremona Nicolo' Sfrondati, future pope Gregory XIV, informing him that he has just been appointed by the King of Spain interim Governor of the Duchy of Milan, one page , Milan, 25 September 1571); Don Antonio Guzman y Zuniga (letter signed to Nicolo' Sfrondati, asking for more money to fortify Milan, two pages, 6 February 1574); Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, 3rd Duke of Feria (two letters signed to Cardinal Antonio Santacroce in Bologna, four pages each , 22 and 26 October 1631), also comprising two letters from an imperial secretary ('Raynaldus') to Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis of Pescara and of Vasto, one in Spanish and one in Italian, concerning financial matters in Milan, four pages each , 1538; age-related toning, some humidity staining, all folios , 16th-17th century (9)