TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "View of HOUNTKIAR-ISKELESI, Scale of the Sublime Sultan." 1819. Etching engraved by PILLEMENT, finished by Née, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Print 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 his sister, Sultana Hadidge." Depiction of Hünkâr İskelesi (the Sultan’s pier or landing stage) on the shores of the Bosphorus, an important site in the Ottoman Empire. Margins. 65 x 98.5 cm. Condition C (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, stains and foxing, creases and tears in the margins, signs of sun damage).