Description: Constantinople Original wood engraving from a book from 1878 (no reprint - no copy) Sheet size: approx. 17x10.5cm. It is an engraving with text on the back. Condition: good - see scan! Shipping will of course be quick and packaged securely to prevent creasing!Wood engraving, or xylography, is a common method of letterpress printing that was used towards the end of the 18th century. It was developed from woodcuts by Thomas Bewick in the 19th century. Templates of drawings, pictures or photographs are transferred to a wooden board cut across the grain with a wooden burin instead of a knife, processed and then printed on paper. Because these wood engravings are printed directly from the woodblock without photomechanical reproduction processes, they are original graphics! Especially between 1850 and 1900 they were used in books and magazines of the 19th century. Century illustrative purposes. This also explains why wood engravings were almost always printed together with text contributions and often have text on the back. Wood engravings almost always come from print media (newspapers, illustrated magazines or books) of the 19th century. Century. If you have any questions please send an email - Questions? - please send an email.Please also note my other offers! Here more motifs in the shop!I offer many other color prints, wood engravings, steel engravings and lithographs - please use the SHOP search. Shipping costs only apply once for multiple items purchased! If combined shipping via eBay doesn't work, I will of course refund the overpaid shipping costs! Motives: The city of Constantinople (now Istanbul) was founded by Dorian settlers from the Greek motherland around 660 BC. founded under the name Byzantion (Byzantium, Latinized Byzantium). On the 11th May 330 AD The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great made it his main residence, expanded it extensively and officially renamed it Nova Roma (Νέα Ῥώμη Nea Rhōmē, “New Rome”). In late antiquity (after the division of the Roman Empire) the city also claimed the status of “Second Rome”. After the death of Emperor Constantine in 337, the city was officially renamed Constantinopolis. It was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which was named after it in modern times (“Eastern Roman Empire”; contemporary name: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn, “Empire of the Romans”) and remained so – apart from the conquest in the Fourth Crusade – uninterruptedly until the conquest by the Ottomans in 1453. Under the names Kostantiniyye / قسطنطينيه and استانبول / Istānbūl, it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire until 1922. By 1930 at the latest, the name Istanbul, which was already in use in the Seljuk and Ottoman Empires, had also become internationally accepted. As a prototype of an imperial city, it has existed since the 4th century. century a cosmopolitan city.Source: Wikipedia The city of Constantinople (now Istanbul) was founded by Dorian settlers from the Greek motherland around 660 BC. founded under the name Byzantion (Byzantium, Latinized Byzantium). On the 11th May 330 AD The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great made it his main residence, expanded it extensively and officially renamed it Nova Roma (Νέα Ῥώμη Nea Rhōmē, “New Rome”). In late antiquity (after the division of the Roman Empire) the city also claimed the status of “Second Rome”. After the death of Emperor Constantine in 337, the city was officially renamed Constantinopolis. It was the capital of the Byzantine Empire, which was named after it in modern times (“Eastern Roman Empire”; contemporary name: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων Basileia tōn Rhōmaiōn, “Empire of the Romans”) and remained so – apart from
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