Antique town city map plan, published by Chapman & Hall, 186, Strand, September 1840, under the superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Drawn by Hellert and engraved by BR Davies. It represents the Constantinople (Stambool), today known as Istanbul and once known as Byzantium. Beautifully exhibits the Golden Horn with neighbouring Ghalatah, and Constantinople’s Asian part ‘Üskudar’. Depicts the city in considerable detail down to individual streets, markets, mosques, buildings and palaces.
Approx 39.5cms by 32cms.
