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Auction 131, Lot 751
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"Constantinopolis", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Period: 1640 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
27.8 x 9 inches
70.6 x 22.9 cm
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This grand panorama shows Istanbul on two joined sheets, as issued. A key at bottom names 29 major buildings identified in the view. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of every-day life, including hunters with their dogs in the near foreground. The view is titled above, Constantinopolitanae Urbis Effigies ad Vivum Expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam Vocant. Printed on two joined sheets, as issued.

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Condition: A

There is some minor cockling along the joint, else fine.

Estimate: $1,700 - $2,000

Sold for: $2,200

Closed on 3/17/2010

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