<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Andreas Vesalius letter to William I, Prince of Orange, 1558 March 15.</dc:title><dc:creator>Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564, author</dc:creator><dc:date>[1558] March 15.</dc:date><dc:language>fre</dc:language><dc:description>Autograph letter, signed, recommending William I return to Breda to visit his ill wife (Anna van Egmont, 1533-1558) and stating his presence will console her. She died nine days later</dc:description><dc:description>In French.</dc:description><dc:description>Date appears as "le XV de Mars". Year assigned by references on the basis of the year of death of Anne van Egmont.</dc:description><dc:description>Layout: single column of  20 lines.</dc:description><dc:description>Numerous modern letters, memos, and articles regarding provenance and transcription of  letter included.</dc:description><dc:description>Script: Italic.</dc:description><dc:description>Seal of embossed paper on verso.</dc:description><dc:description>Signed: "And. Vesalius".</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>