Istanbul. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis, circa 1580

Istanbul. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis, Cologne, circa 1580, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, twelve portrait medallions to the lower margin, slight text show through, 330 x 480 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Quantity: 1) The second state with the last roundel now completed with a portrait of Sultan Murad III. The Bosphorus and the Golden Horn are shown crowded with both Turkish galleys and European galleons. In the centre, a mounted Turkish Sultan is supported by his Janissaries armed with bows and swords.