[RARE PLANS OF CONSTANTINOPLE / VIENNA IMPRINT / GALATA & PERA] Istanbul rehberi. Sehremâneti Heyet-i Fenniyece istiksaf tarzinda tanzim ve tertib edilip Viyana'da basilmistir. Haliç - Dersaadet. [Joint two sheets of the Golden Horn - Dersaadet]

NECIB BEY.

[Hölzel Printing House], Viyana [i.e., Vienna], AH 1334 = AD 1918.

COMPLETE TITLE: [RARE PLANS OF CONSTANTINOPLE / VIENNA IMPRINT / GALATA & PERA] Istanbul rehberi. Sehremâneti Heyet-i Fenniyece istiksaf tarzinda tanzim ve tertib edilip Viyana'da basilmistir. Istanbul ciheti: Birinci pafta. Haliç - Dersaadet. [Joint two sheets of the Golden Horn - Dersaadet].

Original chromo-lithographed map. (109x120 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic script). Some wear along old folds, minor creases and light stains. Overall, a good copy.

One of the most detailed city plans of the Old Peninsula of Istanbul, created by Necib Bey, an engineer and director of the cartography department of the municipality in Constantinople from 1914 to 1918.

This set comprises two complete sheets covering the Golden Horn and the historical peninsula. It depicts key landmarks such as Galata Bridge to the north, Çatladıkapı, Aksaray Hârik Mahali (Aksaray Fire Area), and Laleli Mosque to the east, and Edirnekapı Cemetery and Ayvansaray ferry to the west.

Commonly known as the "Necib Bey Maps" (Necib Bey Haritaları), this collection consists of 15 sheets in total. They were meticulously drawn between 1914 and 1918, during World War I, under Necib Bey’s direction as the head of Istanbul Municipality's Cartography Department. Among them is a large-scale map of Istanbul and the Bosphorus (1:50,000), while the rest are drawn at a detailed scale of 1:5,000. The Ottoman editions were printed in Vienna in 1918, while the French editions were published by Ahmed İhsan Printing House in Istanbul in 1924.

Necib Bey’s maps provide a comprehensive city guide, covering districts such as Eminönü-Fatih, Beyoğlu, Üsküdar-Kadıköy, the summer resorts, and the Princes’ Islands. Divided into regions, they meticulously record street names and include an exceptional level of detail, marking government offices, schools, mosques, churches, lodges, private buildings, fountains, cemeteries (both Islamic and Christian), recreational areas, forests, gardens, parks, lakes, wells, streams, plots of land, bridges, city walls, tram and railway lines, water routes, and municipal boundaries.

This collection stands as the most detailed set of Istanbul city plans ever produced by a Turkish civilian cartographer.

Scale: 1/5000. Günpinar, Özcan, Tasdemir, Dinçer Vol. 1.; Özege 8246.; Not in Tooley.