13 - [CORSICA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA]

[CORSICA - REPUBLIC OF GENOA] Important administrative manuscript relating to the government of Corsica under Genoese rule. Certified copy drawn up in Bonifacio in 1854 from royal archives kept in Turin. Manuscript in-4 on paper, paperback, written in brown ink in Italian and partially in French, calligraphic titles, marginal annotations. Beautiful, legible Italian cursive script, with elegant calligraphic titles. Important collection containing a copy of the "Concessioni graziose fatte dalla Serenissima Repubblica di Genova ai popoli e sudditi del Regno di Corsica". These texts, promulgated in 1733 by the Republic of Genoa at the time of the great Corsican uprisings, set out the political, judicial, fiscal and military measures designed to re-establish Genoese authority on the island. In particular, the manuscript deals with: - the amnesty granted to the insurgents ; - the creation and recognition of a Corsican nobility; - judicial and administrative organization; - public offices and the role of the "Oratore del Regno"; - tax reforms ; - arms regulation; - measures against homicide and vendetta ; - administration of strongholds and ports. The whole is of major interest for the institutional and political history of Corsica in the 18th century. The last page bears several particularly interesting certifications: "Certified in conformity with the original printed document [...] existing in the Royal Court Archives - Turin this September 27, 1843". as well as a second note: "Pour copie conforme. Bonifacio March 11, 1854". These annotations establish that the present manuscript derives from an official copy made from a copy kept at the Royal Archives in Turin. A document of great historical interest, it bears witness both to the administrative memory of Genoese institutions in Corsica ; and the preservation of these texts by the authorities in the 19th century. Some foxing and traces of use, good overall condition.