"Constantinopolis", Merian, Matthaus
Subject: Istanbul, Turkey
Period: 1640 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
27.8 x 9 inches
70.6 x 22.9 cm
This grand panorama shows Istanbul straddling the Bosphorus River. 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
Issued folding, on watermarked paper with a hint of toning along folds and a 4" fold separation at right that has been closed on verso with archival tape.
