MRP: Constantinople

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Constantinople

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05/12/11, CSG: Created page & uploaded image of townscape





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Images

Bosphorous (London, 1729)


thumbnail "'The Thracian Bosporus with Constantinople divided into Wards', P. Gilles, The antiquities of Constantinople (London, 1729), Plate I

Veue de Constantinople (Amsterdam, 1702)


Veue de Constantinople, De Fer (Amsterdam, 1702)



The Seraglio Point of Constantinople (London, 1729)


'The Thracian Bosphorous with Constantinople divided into  wards’, P. Gilles, The antiquities of Constantinople (London, 1729), Plate XI



Constantinople & the Bosphorus, Allom, 1839


BOOK PLATE Map Const Bosph Constantinople Allom 1839 IArch DL CSG 050212.PNG



Image credits & copyright information


(1) Gilles, Pierre, The Antiquities of Constantinople. With a Description of its Situation, the Conveniences of its Port, its Public Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture and other Curiosities of that City. With Cuts Explaining the Chief of them... Translated into English ... By John Ball (London, 1729), plate I
- Out of copyright book & image
- Sourced from Internet Archive

(2) de Fer, Nicholas, 'Veue de Constantinople' in Les forces de Europe (Amsterdam, 1702)
- Out of copyright book
- Sourced, with thanks, from Rare Books website[1]

(3) Gilles, Pierre, The Antiquities of Constantinople. With a Description of its Situation, the Conveniences of its Port, its Public Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture and other Curiosities of that City. With Cuts Explaining the Chief of them... Translated into English ... By John Ball (London, 1729), plate XI
- Out of copyright book & image
- Sourced from Internet Archive



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Notes




Suggested image sources


Gilles, Pierre, The Antiquities of Constantinople. With a Description of its Situation, the Conveniences of its Port, its Public Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture and other Curiosities of that City. With Cuts Explaining the Chief of them... Translated into English ... By John Ball (London, 1729)
- Includes eleven copper plate engravings, after p. 284

[Allom, Thomas, Constantinople and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor, vol. 1 (London, 1839)]
- Illustrated in a series of drawings from nature
- Plates:
-- Constantinople from the Golden Horn, Frontspiece
-- Map of Constantinople To face p. i
-- The Great Bazaar To face p. 41
-- Entrance to the Bosphorous from the Black Sea To facte p. 52
-- Caravansary at Gazal-Hissar, on the Meander To face p. 76



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  1. http://www.forumrarebooks.com/Fer-Nicolas-Les-forces-de-europe-ou-description.html, viewed 05/12/11