[ADAM, Jean-Victor, known as Victor ADAM]. - Lot 45

[ADAM, Jean-Victor, known as Victor ADAM]. Constantinople A Paris, chez Gosselin, (ca 1860). Sheet (42.5 x 55.7 cm). Large lithographed view in black on prepared azure, yellow and terracotta ground (very small marginal defects, very slightly soiled at sky level). Beautiful view of Constantinople showing the landing of Napoleon III from the corvette Le Rolland at the Topané PBM arsenal in Turkey. Title in French and English. Published in Jean-Victor Adam's (1801-1866) much sought-after Military Exploits of France and England from 1853 to 1856, Paris, ca. 1860, detailing the "victories of the Allied armies in the East, the Baltic campaigns and the memorable siege and capture of Malacca and Sebastopol" during the Crimean War. A very good copy. [Turkey - Istanbul].