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Lot# 1159 - Auction 222-226

  • Lot# : 1159 Italy

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    1674 (July 21) Smyrna (Turkey): Entire lettersheet addressed to the Venetian Ambassador in Constantinople, written by his French servant Antoine Maillet in Smyrna where 'the plague infection is still spreading'. Letter of particular historical interest  as the Venetian Ambassador Giacomo Querini had a very important role of the morean war (1684/99) as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Transcription by Dr.ssa L. Piccinini attached.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold