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Auction 131, Lot 754
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"Konstantinopolen, gelegen in Romania, aen de zwarte zee, de Ryxstoel der Turken", Schenk, Pieter

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Period: 1702 (published)

Publication: Hecatompolis, sive Totius Orbis Terrarum…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10 x 7.6 inches
25.4 x 19.3 cm
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This is a rare view of the ancient Byzantine capital of Constantinople viewed from across the Bosphorus from Scutari. Drawn from Matthaus Merian's famous view of the city, but in a square format, it shows the incredible city skyline. A man and his son with gathering baskets occupy the foreground in the view. The Latin title is at lower right, Byzantium, Turcarum praecipua urbs ad Bosphorum Thracium.

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Condition: A

A manuscript French title in brown ink is neatly written in bottom margin and again in the upper margin.

Estimate: $475 - $550

Sold for: $350

Closed on 3/17/2010

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