Description: This Spanish jurist and politician served as prime minister briefly several times; also served as minister of the Interior (1905-06), minister of Justice (1905-06), minister of Public Works (1906-10), minister of State (1910-12) and president of the Council of Ministers (1912-23). DS, 2pp (recto and verso), 8½” X 12″, Madrid, Spain, 1913 April 15. Titled (in Spanish) “Court of First Instance of This City, ” this partly-printed document is a “Sentence Extract, ” and reports that 48-year-old former banker Sergio Beliavsky, a Russian from St. Petersburg, was found guilty of murdering 37-year-old jeweler Alejandro Petrovicz, from Odessa. At lower left, above the circular red inkstamp of the Tribunal Correccional de 1a. Instancia Madrid, Prieto as president of this court signs large and bold in brown ink. Attractive, intriguing document — worthy of further research. Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts. Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts deals in out-of-print and antiquarian books, autographs and historic documents, ephemera, maps and pre-1900 newspapers. Member: ABAA, MWABA, The Manuscript Society. We take great pride in the quality of our stock and clean and cover all hardbound books in dust jacket sleeves or mylar. Every effort has been made to describe each item and any defects accurately. Large or heavy items may require that additional charges be invoiced separately. All autographs are guaranteed authentic without time limit to the original purchaser. William Butts, co-owner, apprenticed under a well-known Chicago dealer in the 1980s. For years he authored two columns in. Magazine and after more than 25 years remains book reviewer for. (quarterly journal of The Manuscript Society), in which capacity he stresses autograph education and reference works as the cornerstone of any serious dealer or collector. He has lectured on autograph authentication and contributes reviews and articles to publications such as. Fine Books and Collections. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
