Costantinopoli
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A rare and early panoramic depiction of Constantinople from the renowned and important "Lafreri" School of Italian mapmaking. Engraved by Paolo Forlani and published first in "Il Primo Libro Delle Citta, Et Fortezze Principali Del Mondo", this later issue appeared in Giulio Ballino's "De'Disegni Delle Piu Illustri Citta ..." published by Zaltieri. The view shows this most important city from the eastern shore, with its fortifications and major buildings, many identified within the extensive keyed gazetteer listing 57 public buildings, individual city gates and so on. The Golden Horn is here shown as "Canal Di Pera". Although the plate appeared in a number of publications, here with Italian and Greek text on the reverse, all are hard to find, each representing amongst the most detailed and earliest images of one of the sixteenth century world's major cultural and mercantile meeting places. A little paper discolouration but overall a very acceptable example of a fascinating plan.
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