Istanbul, un regard au passé

A visual documentation of Istanbul in the 19th century. A nostalgic visit to its palaces, mosques and fountains, a tour on the Bosphorus, a promenade on quayside places. This album presents photographs of Istanbul selected from the Photograph Albums of Yıldız Palace. These albums comprise a collection of nearly 35000 photographs covering a period of approximately fourty-five years, from 1865 to 1908. The whole collection was reproduced by IRCICA and formed the basis of its archives of historical photographs. In addition to preparing catalogues of· these archives for the use of researchers, the Centre undertook the publication of thematic albums. This is the second, enlarged edition of the Istanbul album which was printed in 1987 under the same title. It provides cross sections of life in old Istanbul, views of monuments, streets and districts, accompanied by explanatory texts in three languages.