Emperor Joseph II demands free shipping on the Black Sea and through the Dardanelles from the Turkish Sultan, anonymous, around 1770, etching on paper, sheet: × cm, round stamp 'ALBERTINA WIEN' (verso), [ u.] 'Achmet will not be amicable, because of free shipping | Get along with Joseph; u: soon to aim. | So I advise Türcke you! Take good care, | That not your big empire will be made quite small' | 'Si Achmet ne s'accordera pas à l'aimable | avec Joseph à cause de la navigation libre | je vous conseille oh Turc! Gardez vous fort bein

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