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Auction 123, Lot 669
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"Constantinopolis", Merian, Matthaus

Subject: Turkey, Constantinople

Period: 1635 (dated)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
27.6 x 9 inches
70.1 x 22.9 cm
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This grand panorama shows Istanbul on two joined sheets, as issued. A key at bottom names 29 major buildings identified in the view. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of every-day life, including hunters with their dogs in the near foreground. The view is titled above, Constantinopolitanae Urbis Effigies ad Vivum Expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam Vocant.

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Condition: A

A velvety impression on a sound sheet. The blank lower margin has a few wormholes, not affecting the printed image.

Estimate: $1,600 - $1,800

Sold for: $1,500

Closed on 2/20/2008

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