MURAT JOACHIM: (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15. D.S., `J. Napoleon´, with flourish, one page, folio, Naples, 21<sup>st</sup> December 1810, in Italian. The partially printed document bears the printed heading “Gioacchino Napoleone - Re delle Due Sicilie” and is a decree comprising three articles, the first relating to the municipality of Cautano, near Naples, stating `La rendita del Comune di Cautano pel 1810 e fissata a …. E l´esito ad altrettanta somma da spendersi giusta..´ (“The income of the Municipality of Cautano for 1810 is set at…. and the outcome is just as much the sum to be spent..”) To the second, also relating to the taxes to be applied, states `…nel medesimo comune il dazio sei a tornolo sulla molitura del grano, grani 3 sul granone, grano 1 sull´olio, cavalli, 6 per ogni caraffi di vino, ed altrettanto per ogni rotolo di salame´ (“…in the same municipality the duty is six for the milling of the grain, 3 grains on the granone, 1 grain on the oil, horses, 6 for each carafe of wine, and the same for each roll of salami”) Paper with Pieter de Vries watermark. With blank integral leaf. VG