Giovanni MOROSINI (1633-1682) Venetian ambassador to France. Manuscript, Relazione di Francia dell'Exccmo Sigr. Giovanni Morosini Ambasciador Veneto l'anno 1670; in-4 of 40ff. n. ch. (including title), paperback in strong paper cover. Interesting account of a Venetian embassy to Louis XIV.Giovanni Morosini, after representing the Serenissima at the Court of Turin, was appointed ambassador to Paris on May 25, 1668, only setting out on September 29, 1668, and presented his credentials to Louis XIV on January 14, 1669. His instructions insisted on France's request for maritime and military assistance in the Candian War, which was then taking place in the eastern Mediterranean basin against the Turks, to the obvious disadvantage of the Republic. On October 19, the Senate informed Morosini of the Venetian capitulation, so that he could inform the French Court. Another year passed before he was appointed to Emperor Leopold I (December 10, 1670); he remained in France until June 28, 1671, before setting off for Vienna. This period copy bears the ink stamp of the palatial library of Austria and Lorraine.Our text follows the classic criteria of the embassy report, found in almost all Venetian relations: after a description of the Court and influential government figures in foreign policy (Colbert, Le Tellier), comes an overview of the doctrine of the day concerning foreign countries, and diplomatic actions in progress, with particular emphasis on the Italian powers.