TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "Kiâhd-Hané, the Grand Seigneur's Place of Pleasure" (View of Kağıthane on the shores of the Golden Horn). 1819. Etching engraved by Bertaux & Pillement, and finished by Duparc, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Banks of the Bosphorus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III and draftsman to the Sultana Hadidge, his sister." Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, some foxing and signs of sun damage).
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "Kiâhd-Hané, the Grand Seigneur's Place of Pleasure" (View of Kağıthane on the shores of the Golden Horn). 1819. Etching engraved by Bertaux & Pillement, and finished by Duparc, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Banks of the Bosphorus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III and draftsman to the Sultana Hadidge, his sister." Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, some foxing and signs of sun damage).