Lisbon delivers 17th century manuscript to Peru

The Portuguese authorities They found a Peruvian manuscript dating to the early 17th century and handed it over to this Latin American country that had been looking for it for years, the judicial police announced today.

The document was made available for sale on the website of a Portuguese second-hand bookseller who specializes in selling old documents, the researchers said in a statement.

The Portuguese merchant acquired it from a German second-hand seller, who could not explain how it came into his possession, Portuguese police added without further elaboration on the nature of the document.

Portugal delivered the manuscript to Peru through its embassy in Lima, as part of the international “Unidroit” convention against antiquities that the two countries have signed.

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