Ercole CONSALVI (1757-1824), Italian cardinal and statesman; - Lot 40

Ercole CONSALVI (1757-1824), Italian cardinal and statesman; Secretary of State to Pius VII, he negotiated the Concordat with Bonaparte. 42 letters (12 L.A.S., 29 L.S. and 1 letter written in his name) to various correspondents (Camille Borghese, Charles Erskine de Kellie, Prince Aldobrandini, Luigi Farnese, Cardinal Giuseppe d'Este, Cardinal Pacca, Giuseppe Fiorani, Cardinal Mattei, etc.). Venice, Rome, Tivoli, Nemi, Reims, Paris, Vienna, 1800-1823. In Italian. Important correspondence covering his entire diplomatic period in the service of Pius VII, from the conclave in Venice where Pius VII was elected thanks to his intervention (letters to Prince Camille Borghese and Charles Erskine de Kellie) to the death of the Pontiff, via the Concordat he signed with France after 13 months of negotiations, exile in Paris and Reims, and the Congress of Vienna where he played a decisive role (4 letters to Cardinal Pacca written from Vienna between September 1814 and April 1815). 2 letters addressed to him are enclosed.