TURKEY - MELLING - CONSTANTINOPLE - ISTANBUL - "Interior of a parlor in the palace of Sultana Hadidge, sister of Selim III." 1819. Etching engraved by Duplessis-Bertaux & Desmaisons, finished by Dupréel, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and along the Banks of the Bosphorus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III, and draftsman to Sultana Hadidge, his sister." Margins. 65 x 99 cm. Condition B/C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, foxing, and short tears in the margins, partially sun-faded).