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| Constantinopel deb Griechischen Keyserthumbs Haupsttat / im Land Thracia am Meere gelegen. 38x20 cms. Double page city view of Constantinople. Title above top margin. Four columns of reference text below view. The view is initialed at the extreme bottom right by a 'DK' - David Kandel the engraver. Saint Sophia, the Palace of Emperor Constantine and the Gymnasium dominate the centre; on the right, Pera. Illustration of a Patriarch set in text on verso of right page. More than forty ships and vessels of assorted shapes and sizes sail the Bosphorus Straights. A magnificent and detailed city view befitting the importance of the once and for thirteen hundred years, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Pali me xronia kai kairous, pali dikia mas thanei.... Ref # MTURK2. Price: $ 460.00 |