DIRECTOIRE - ITALIAN CAMPAIGN - AUTOGRAPH by BERTOLIO. Antoine René Constance BERTOLIO (1741 / 1812) priest, lawyer at the Parliament. President of the Paris Commune in 1790, Ambassador to Rome under the Directoire, Judge in Guadeloupe during the Consulate. double sheet 38 x 23.5 cm - Rome 4 nivôse an 7 de l' Ere Républicaine. to citizens Florens and Duport, commissioners of the French Executive Directory in Rome. Personal letter, autograph signed by Bertolio: "I've been waiting for you for several days, my dear colleagues, I have much news to tell you. They arrived before yesterday evening and I thought you'd be back yesterday, but I beg you not to doubt my sincere and true attachment, greetings and friendship. P.S. On behalf of the commission, I invite the consulate to come and have a frugal meal at the academy when they arrive. VERY NICE ENTETE de la Commission du Directoire Exécutif de la République Française à Rome, intaglio engraving. The Republic standing, in toga, hand resting on the lictor beam, holding pike with right hand. Arms and shrub at her feet. Two knotted olive branches in the center.