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Auction 131, Lot 752
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"Veue de Constantinople", Fer, Nicolas de

Subject: Istanbul, Turkey

Period: 1696 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.6 x 8 inches
26.9 x 20.3 cm
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This interesting bird's-eye view of Constantinople is based on Guillaume-Joseph Grelot's travels in the late seventeen century. It shows the city across the strategic Bosphorus Strait that is filled with ships. The title is contained in a banner at top. Manuscript page number 463 in written in brown ink outside bottom right neatline.

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Condition: A

There is some minor foxing in the wide blank margins.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $230

Closed on 3/17/2010

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