Envoyé en France Vers le Roy tres Chrestien, en L'année 1669, de la Part de Mehrmet Ive du Nom Empereur des Turcs.
[Engaraved by Nicolas De Larmessin?]
A Paris Chez P. Bertrand Rüe St Jacques à la Pome dOr Pres St Severin, Avec Privil du Roy.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Mounted on album sheet at top.
Suleiman Aga (or Müteferrika Süleyman Aga), Ottoman ambassador to Louis XIV in 1669. Visiting Versailles, he refused to bow to Louis, who banned him the Palace. He is credited with making coffee fashionable in Paris.
[Ref: 29880] £160.00
A Paris Chez P. Bertrand Rüe St Jacques à la Pome dOr Pres St Severin, Avec Privil du Roy.
Engraving with small margins. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Mounted on album sheet at top.
Suleiman Aga (or Müteferrika Süleyman Aga), Ottoman ambassador to Louis XIV in 1669. Visiting Versailles, he refused to bow to Louis, who banned him the Palace. He is credited with making coffee fashionable in Paris.
[Ref: 29880] £160.00