TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "Interior of a Part of the Grand Vizier's HAREM." 1819. Etching engraved by Duplessi-Bertaux and Desmaisons, finished by Née, 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 B/C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, foxing spots mostly marginal and on the reverse, a tear reinforced at the bottom and top along the center fold, a few short marginal tears).
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Not sold
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30%
TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "Interior of a Part of the Grand Vizier's HAREM." 1819. Etching engraved by Duplessi-Bertaux and Desmaisons, finished by Née, 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 B/C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, foxing spots mostly marginal and on the reverse, a tear reinforced at the bottom and top along the center fold, a few short marginal tears).