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Constantinople Vue D' Optique Engraving #1291269

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Constantinople Vue D' Optique Engraving #1291269
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This perspective view ( vue perspective, vue d'optique, or guckkastenblättern ) of Constantinople ( Instanbul ) features dramatic hold-to-light features and hand-coloring. Shown here in bright daylight and with back-lighting to illustrate the hold-to-light effects. Believed to date from circa 1770. Text on rear in French and Latin reads " Prospectus, quem exhibet Mechemeti et Selimu, Sultanorum, Moschaea in urbe Constantinopolitana. Vue aupres de la Mosquee du Sultan Mechemet et de Selim a Constantinople. Med Fol No. 54 ". Source of the print is unknown. Entire sheet measures 12 1/2 by 17 3/8 inches and the printed area measures 11 by 15 3/4 inches. Thanks for visiting. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments.



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Other Keywords: mwohl engraved print etching lithophane zograscopes optica print guckkastenbild guckkastenblatt Augsburg
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:18th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Constantinople Vue D' Optique Engraving</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York, NY</td></tr>
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