TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "Third View of the BOSPHORUS Taken from KANDILLY." 1819. Etching engraved by Schroeder & Le Rouge, finished by Duparc, after a drawing by Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Shores 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 97 cm. Condition C/D (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, stains and tears, foxing, damaged plate).