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SANDYS, George. Relation of a Journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Foure Bookes. Containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land…, London, W. Barrett, 1615.
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George Sandys (1578-1644) was a British poet and politician. After studying at Oxford he became colonial treasurer for agriculture and industry of the…
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PERILLA, F[rancesco]. Mistra. Histoires franques-byzantines-catalanes en Grèce = notes d’art et de voyages. Dessins-aquarelles-photogrohies de l’auteur, Athens, Éditions Perilla [1929].
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Little is known about the life of Francesco Perilla except that he was Italian, born in 1874, and that he spent several years in Athens. Around 1930…
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[VAN MOUR, Jean Baptiste]. Recueil de cent estampes representant differentes nations du Levant tirées sur les tableaux peints d’après Nature en 1707, et 1708 par les Ordres de Mr. de Ferriol ambassadeur du Roi a la Porte…, Paris, 1714.
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Jean Baptiste Van Mour (1671-1737) was a French-Flemish painter, born in Valenciennes. His father was a carpenter. Van Mour was studying fine art in…
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FLANDIN, Eugène. L’Orient par Eugène Flandin…, Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853.
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Jean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin (1809-1889) was a French Orientalist painter, pupil of Horace Vernet. Better known as Eugène Flandin, he was…
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View the items in FLANDIN, Eugène. L’Orient par Eugène Flandin…, Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853.
WORDSWORTH, Christopher. Athens and Attica : Journal of a Residence there…, London, J. Murray, 1836.
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Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) became Bishop of Lincoln in 1868. An excellent classical scholar and the author of numerous theological works, he…
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JEANCARD, Paul. L'Anatolie, Smyrne – Sparte – Bourdour – Hiérapolis – Le Dodécanèse, Paris, Librairie Française, 1919.
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The French chemist Paul Jeancard (1869-1948) was born to family of perfume makers, whose presence in this trade dated back to 1780. Jeancard became…
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LEAKE, William Martin. Peloponnesiaca: a Supplement to Travels in the Morea, London, J. Rodwell, 1846.
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Vice-coronel William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a topographer, antiquarian and member of the society of the Dilettanti. He is considered one of the…
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ARUNDELL, Francis Vyvyan Jago. A Visit to the seven Churches of Asia, with an Excursion into Pisidia …, London, J. Rodwell, 1828.
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Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780-1846) was an English antiquary and clergyman, who studied at Oxford and later took up a curacy in his native county…
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TEXIER, Charles Félix Marie. Asie Mineure. Description géographique, historique et archéologique des provinces et des villes de la Chersonnèse d’Asie, Paris, Firmin-Didot, MDCCCLXXXII [=1882].
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Charles Félix Marie Texier (1802-1871) was a French archaeologist and architect. In 1823 he entered the School of Fine Arts and by 1827 he had…
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FELLOWS, Sir Charles. A Journal written during an Excursion in Asia Minor, London, John Murray, 1839.
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Sir Charles Fellows (1799-1860) was a British archaeologist. From the age of fourteen he was drawing sketches that later appeared on the title-page of…
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