Marco Foscarini: Account of his Embassy

Scope and Content

'L'Ambasciata di Marco Foscarini, Ambasciatore Extraordnario alla corte di Torino', Foscarini's account of his embassy, 1743 (xxviii + 184 pages).

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased in 1958 from the library of J.B. Trend, Emeritus Professor of Spanish, 1958.

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Bibliography

The account was printed as 'Relazione di Savoia di Marco Foscarini' in N. Barozzi and G. Berchet, eds., Relazioni al Senato dagli Ambasciatori Veneziani, ser. III, vol. I (Venice, 1891), pp.423-494.

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