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KONSTANTINOPEL

Francois HALMA

1705

26,4 x 18,8 cm.

A lovely panoramic view of Constantinople straddling the Bosphorus River. Townspeople and two camels appear in the foreground.

This engraving appeared in Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving, nae de Rechte Verdeeling der Landschappen, Plaetsen, Zeeën, Rivieren, &c. Geographisch, Politisch, Historisch, Chronologisch en Genealogisch, the Dutch edition of A. Phérotée de la Croix’s Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle, which first appeared in 1690.