ALEXANDER VIII: (1610-1691) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1689-91. Last Pope taking this Pontifical name. His Papacy only last 15 months. A good L.S., `Il Card.le Ottoboni´, with holograph line in his hand, one page, 4to, Brescia, 16th January 1664, in Italian. Cardinal Ottoboni asks for help to his correspondent in order to avoid that a young man of fifteen years old, from Brescia, who is the support of his very poor family, gets enlisted in the army, and states in part `.. for the consolation of his relatives, who pray to God for the health of Y.H..´ With integral blank leaf, bearing a contemporary annotation ''1664 -Card.le Otthobuoni''. Folded. VG £250-350