Royalty
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, first King of Italy) & Camillo CAVOUR (1810-1861, Prime Minister of Piedmont, President of the Council of Ministers and the architect of Italian unity)
Finely penned document signed as King of Sardinia, in Italian with translation,
appointing Cav. D. Giuseppe Dabormida, (1799-1869, Foreign Minister, later Count), as his plenipotentiary to conclude a treaty of friendship, navigation and commerce with the Republic of Peru, signed also by Camillo Cavour, vellum, blind embossed papered seal with the Royal Arms, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Stupinigi, 12th June
Item Date: 1853
Background
An early document of its kind, reflecting the peace and increasing prosperity under Peru's President Ramón Castilla.
Stock No. 51993