Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz) Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis

Braun (Georg) & Hogenberg (Franz)

Byzantium nunc Constantinopolis,

view of Istanbul, second state (with final portrait medallion filled but before the privilege), double-page and hand-coloured plan, including the Pera shore, mounted Sultan and Janissaries, and a frieze of 12 portrait medallions, 1p. Latin text verso, some minor staining in margins, sheet 41 x 55cm, [Cologne, c. 1574]

***Portraits include: Osman I (1288-1362); Orkhan (1326-1359); Murad I (1359-1389); Bayezid I (1389-1403); Mahommed I (1413-1421); Murad II (1421-1451); Mahommed II, the Conqueror (1451-1481); Bayezid II (1481-1512); Selim I (1512-1520); Suleiman I (1520-1566); Selim II (1566-1574); and Murad III (1574-1595).