CHATEAUBRIAND FRANCOIS-RENE DE: (1768-1848) French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. D.S., Chateaubriand, one page, folio, London, 5^th July 1822, in French. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, features a steel engraving of the French coat of arms at the head and is issued in the name of the King [Louis XVIII], being an official diplomatic passport signed by Chateaubriand in his capacity as French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, requesting that the civil and military authorities of His Britannic Majesty, and all the friendly countries and allies of France, allow free passage for Monsieur Klaatoch, an employee in the Department of Finance in the service of the King of Prussia, on his journey from London to Berlin. Countersigned at the foot by Baron Elysee Decazes (1793-1846) Secretary to the Ambassador. Some light overall creasing, otherwise VG