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TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of part of the city of C…
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TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of part of the city of C…
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Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of part of the city of Constantinople with the point of the Seraglio, taken from the suburb of Pera, Residence of Foreign Ministers" (View of the city of Istanbul). 1819. Etching engraved by Desaulx and A. Levé, finished by Née, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763-1831). Proof with the letter, on wove paper. Plate from the suite "Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore d'après les dessins de M. Melling, architecte de l'Empereur Selim III, et dessinateur de la Sultane Hadidge sa sœur". Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition B/C (trace of original vertical median fold consolidated on verso, foxing and some traces of oxidation, rare short marginal tears, consolidated tear at top and bottom at median fold).
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About the sale
Works on paper: from ancient to modern, 300 years of history
Auction location
Auction time
06/23/2026 at 1:00 PM
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