TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of the First Court of the Seraglio" (View of the First Court, also known as the Janissary Court or Cour d'Apparat). 1819. Etching engraved by PILLEMENT and LE ROUGE, 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 median vertical fold, numerous freckles, short marginal tears, consolidated tear at foot fold).
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of the First Court of the Seraglio" (View of the First Court, also known as the Janissary Court or Cour d'Apparat). 1819. Etching engraved by PILLEMENT and LE ROUGE, 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 median vertical fold, numerous freckles, short marginal tears, consolidated tear at foot fold).
Sale
Tuesday 23 June・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon9 rue de Provence75009 Paris