| Description | Includes correspondence of a personal nature. Letters written dated up to 26 July concern practical, administrative and beaureacratic arrangements for the forthcoming wedding; congratulations from friends & acquaintances; wedding presents and plans for the honeymoon. Letters dated from October - written when Luisa had returned to Europe on business trip for the Burlington & then to visit family in Italy - concern arrangements and practicalities for furnishing the Nicolson's new house in Thurloe street. Letters also concern mutual friends, Luisa's work for Bernard Berenson and life at I Tatti.
Of particular note:
- letter, dated 12 July, concerning the administraive & legal issues related to Vertova's plan to purchase a car in Italy for use in England
-two letters, dated 2 -7 October, concerning Nicolson's business trip to the Netherlands and Germany to sell advertising space in the Burlington to art dealers. Also concerns the art market in Europe.
- letter, dated 16 October, concerning plans to have a baby
-letter, dated 3 November 1955, concerning Berenson's view that Nicolson's scholarship is hindered by his commitments at the Burlington
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