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TURKEY -- CONSTANTINOPLE/ISTANBUL -- PANORAMA OF CONSTANTINOPLE. (Constantinople, P. Sebah & P. Joaillier), n.d. (c. 1890). 10 albumen prints, leporello-style, mounted on heavy cardboard forming a panoramic view of Constantinople. Each individual photo measures 244 x 330 mm; total length of the panorama c. 235 cm. The individual sheets are connected with white linen. In richly gilt dec. marbled cf. bind. of the period, front cover w. sunken central relief plaque which is gilt lettered "Constantinopel 1899". In mod. slipcase.
Pascal Sebah's impressive ten-part folding panorama of Constantinople, taken from the Tower of Calata looking over the Bosporus towards the Asian side. Across the Golden Horn can be seen the Topkapi Palace and the great mosques of the city: Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Yeni Mosque, and the Süleymaniye.€ 1000
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