Vue de la partie occidentale du Village de Buyuk-Déré sur la rive Européenne du Bosphore
$2,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
A fine view of the village of Buyuk-Dèrè, outside of Constantinople, from Melling's grand work 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'. This view across the bay of Büyükdere shows the handsome quai, fine wooden Ottoman architecture and the promenade in this famous cosmopolitan suburb of Istanbul. Born in Lorraine in 1763, Antoine Ignace Melling, artist and voyager, was trained in architecture and painting. At the age of 19, he
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