75/1051 [Turkey]. Laugier, M.A. Histoire des Négociations pour la paix conclue à Belgrade, Le 18 septembre 1739. Entre l'Empereur, la Russie & la Porte Ottomane, par la médiation & sous la garantie de la France. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1768, 2 vols., XVI,352; VIII,392p., 1 fold. engr. map of the Ottoman Empire by LAURENT, contemp. unif. blue boards w. richly gilt spines.

- Occas. sl. browned. Bindings sl. rubbed along extremities; foot of spine of vol.1 sl. wormholed. Otherwise fine.

= In the fourth Russo-Turkish War of 1735-1739 the Habsburg Monarchy entered the war in 1737 on the Russian side. After several defeats, the Austrians were forced to make peace with the Ottomans in The Treaty of Belgrade. They had to surrender Northern Serbia, Northern Bosnia and Oltenia, and allow the Ottomans to resist the Russian push toward Constantinople. In return, the Sultan acknowledged the Habsburg Emperor as the official protector of all Ottoman Christian subjects. The Austrian peace treaty compelled Russia to accept peace at Niš. Pohler I, p.619; Cat. (...) des Russica 325; Atabey 677; not in Blackmer. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIX.