Summary/Abstract: This paper presents one example of Venetian contracts for beef trade through the port of Zadar, during the period between 1784 and 1785. All of the contracts were printed in identical form, and are preserved in the number of fifty five. The names of merchants from Sarajevo, dates of conclusion of contracts and dates of transaction were inserted in additional fields. The paper also presents the names of these merchants from Sarajevo, with data on every transaction that they arranged for beef trade. Special attention is paid to the merchant with the surname Socivizza, a family from Sarajevo that was famous for cattle trade. One merchant from this family died in Venice ten years after he concluded the type of contract presented here. The contracts are preserved in the State Archives of Venice, and they are important for understanding trade between Venice and Ottoman Bosnia.
