Vue de Kadi-Kieui, village situé sur l'emplacement de l'ancienne ville de Chalcedoine, vis-à-vis, Constantinople
$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
A fine view of Kadi-Kieui village, on the site of the ancient city of Chalcedoine facing Constantinople, from Melling's grand work 'Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'. Born in Lorraine in 1763, Antoine Ignace Melling, artist and voyager, was trained in architecture and painting. At the age of 19, he went to Constantinople as part of the Russian Ambassador's retinue. After successfully completing several commissions for Hatice Sultan, the sister
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