TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of the PRINCE ISLANDS; the coast of Asia to the right & the city of CONSTANTINOPLE in the distance". 1819. Etching engraved by Pillement fils and finished by Duparc, 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. View of the Princes' Islands from Kartal, in the Asian part of Istanbul, near Kadıköy. In the foreground, Ottoman men are having supper. 65 x 99 cm. Condition C (trace of original median vertical fold, some marginal tears, foxing, consolidated tears at median fold, some printing creases).
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of the PRINCE ISLANDS; the coast of Asia to the right & the city of CONSTANTINOPLE in the distance". 1819. Etching engraved by Pillement fils and finished by Duparc, 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. View of the Princes' Islands from Kartal, in the Asian part of Istanbul, near Kadıköy. In the foreground, Ottoman men are having supper. 65 x 99 cm. Condition C (trace of original median vertical fold, some marginal tears, foxing, consolidated tears at median fold, some printing creases).
Sale
Tuesday 23 June・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
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