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GILLES, Pierre. The Antiquities of Constantinople with a Description of its Situation, the Conveniencies of its Port..., written originally in Latin by Petrus Gyllius..., transalted into English..., by John Ball…, London 1729.

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The Frenchman Pierre Gilles or Petrus Gyllius (1490-1555) was well-versed in Classical Greek and Latin, as well as in natural history. Keenly…

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View the items in GILLES, Pierre. The Antiquities of Constantinople with a Description of its Situation, the Conveniencies of its Port..., written originally in Latin by Petrus Gyllius..., transalted into English..., by John Ball…, London 1729.

SANDRART, Jacob von. Kurtze Beschreibung Von dem Ursprung, Aufnehmen, Gebiete, und Regierung der Weltberühmten Republick Venedig..., Nuremberg, 1686.

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Jacob von Sandrart (1630-1708) was a German painter and engraver. He started learning the art of printmaking in his uncle’s workshop in Amsterdam,…

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View the items in SANDRART, Jacob von. Kurtze Beschreibung Von dem Ursprung, Aufnehmen, Gebiete, und Regierung der Weltberühmten Republick Venedig..., Nuremberg, 1686.

DODWELL, Edward. A classical and topographical tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806, vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, Rodwell and Martin, 1819.

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The archaeologist and painter Edward Dodwell (1767-1832) was born in Dublin to an ancient and wealthy Irish family, and studied Classics and…

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View the items in DODWELL, Edward. A classical and topographical tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806, vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, Rodwell and Martin, 1819.

FANELLI, Francesco. Atene Attica Descritta da suoi Principii sino all’acquisto fatto dall’Armi Venete nel 1687…, Venice, Antonio Bortoli, 1707.

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Little is known about Francesco Fanelli. He was not present during the bombardment of the Parthenon, yet twenty years later he wrote a very detailed…

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CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe Asia and Africa. Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey... Part the Second Greece Egypt and the Holy Land..., vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, R. Watts for Cadell and Davies, MDCCCXXIV [=1824].

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Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) was son of a writer and grandson of an archaeologist. He specialized in mineralogy and became a Doctor of the…

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View the items in CLARKE, Edward Daniel. Travels in various countries of Europe Asia and Africa. Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey... Part the Second Greece Egypt and the Holy Land..., vols Ι-ΙΙ, London, R. Watts for Cadell and Davies, MDCCCXXIV [=1824].

BLOUNT, Henry. Zee- en Land-Voyagie Van den Ridder Hendrik Blunt, Na de Levant. Gedaan in het Jaar 1634..., Leyden, Pieter Vander, 1707.

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English traveller Henry Blount (1602-1682) initially studied at St. Albans school. Being highly gifted, he was accepted as a student at Trinity…

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View the items in BLOUNT, Henry. Zee- en Land-Voyagie Van den Ridder Hendrik Blunt, Na de Levant. Gedaan in het Jaar 1634..., Leyden, Pieter Vander, 1707.

BELLE, Henri. Trois années en Grèce, Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1881.

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Henri Belle (1837-?) started his diplomatic career at the age of twenty-four. He became attaché to the French embassy in Istanbul in 1861 and stayed…

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View the items in BELLE, Henri. Trois années en Grèce, Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1881.

GELL, William. The Itinerary of Greece with a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present existing in that Country compiled in the Years M DCCC I : II: V: VI, London, T. Payne, 1810.

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William Gell was an archaeologist, topographer and chartographer who studied at Cambridge, and one of the most important scholars of Greece. He was…

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View the items in GELL, William. The Itinerary of Greece with a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present existing in that Country compiled in the Years M DCCC I : II: V: VI, London, T. Payne, 1810.

MAYER, Luigi. Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie by Luigi Mayer, F.A.S. with descriptions historical and illustrative, London, P. Bowyer, 1810.

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Luigi Mayer (1755-1803) was a painter of German and Italian descent. He was born in Rome, was a pupil of well-known engraver J.B. Piranesi and worked…

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View the items in MAYER, Luigi. Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe in Asia, and some of the Mediterranean Islands, from the Original Drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie by Luigi Mayer, F.A.S. with descriptions historical and illustrative, London, P. Bowyer, 1810.

PACIAUDI, Paolo Maria. Monumenta Peloponnesia Commentariis Explicata a Paullo M. Paciaudio. Volumen Secundum. Rome, Typographia Palladis for Nicolo and Marco Palearino, MDCCLXI [=1761].

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Paolo Maria Paciaudi (1710-1785) studied in Turin and lived in Venice. He moved to Bologna and continued his studies in philosophy and mathematics. He…

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View the items in PACIAUDI, Paolo Maria. Monumenta Peloponnesia Commentariis Explicata a Paullo M. Paciaudio. Volumen Secundum. Rome, Typographia Palladis for Nicolo and Marco Palearino, MDCCLXI [=1761].