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DRUMMOND, Alexander. Travels through different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and several Parts of Asia, as far as the Banks of the Euphrates: In a Series of Letters..., London, W. Strahan for the author, MDCCLIV [1754].

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The British consul Alexander Drummond (?-1769) travelled in the Eastern Mediterranean between 1744 and 1751. In 1754 he published the letters he had…

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STRUYS, Jan Janszoon. Les Voyages de Iean Struys en Moscovie, en Tartarie, aux Indes et en d'autres pays étrangers, Amsterdam, Chez la Veuve Iacob van Meurs, 1681.

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Flemish artist Jan Jansen Struys (c. 1630-1694) was a sailmaker in his native city. He started travelling from a very young age. With intervals, his…

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[ROUX, Joseph. Recueil des principaux plans, des ports, et rades de la Méditerranée..., chez Yves Gravier Libraire sous la Loge de Banchi, 1804.]

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The French hydrographer Joseph Roux published his detailed chart of the Mediterranean ("Carte de la Mediterranée …") in Marseilles in 1764. It…

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LE ROY, Julien-David. Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce, considérées du côté de l’Histoire de l’Architecture …, seconde édition, et augmentée, Paris, Louis-François Delatour, MDCCLXX [1770]

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Julien-David Le Roy (cir.1724/1728-1803) was a French architect, son of a watchmaker. He was already an accomplished architect, who had received…

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View the items in LE ROY, Julien-David. Les Ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grèce, considérées du côté de l’Histoire de l’Architecture …, seconde édition, et augmentée, Paris, Louis-François Delatour, MDCCLXX [1770]

ROTTIERS, Bernard Eugène Antoine. Description des Monumens de Rhodes, dediée à sa majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Mme V. A. Colinez, Brussels, 1830 - Monumens de Rhodes [Λεύκωμα], Mme V. A. Colinez, Brussels, 1828.

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Bernard Rottiers (1771-1857) was a Flemish army official. He was born in Antwerp and joined the Russian army during the occupation of Flanders by…

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View the items in ROTTIERS, Bernard Eugène Antoine. Description des Monumens de Rhodes, dediée à sa majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Mme V. A. Colinez, Brussels, 1830 - Monumens de Rhodes [Λεύκωμα], Mme V. A. Colinez, Brussels, 1828.

[PROBST, Georg Balthasar. Constantinople and Seville, Paris, 1780.]

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The album includes a few plates by famous German artist, engraver and editor Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801). Probst was born in Augsburg, where…

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WALPOLE, Robert (Ed.). Travels in Various Countries of the East; being a Continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and &c., London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

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At the beginning of the 19th century, in the period before th War of Independence, several travellers wrote studies on aspects of ancient and…

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View the items in WALPOLE, Robert (Ed.). Travels in Various Countries of the East; being a Continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and &c., London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

BLOUET, Guillaume-Abel. Expédition scientifique de Morée, Ordonnée par le Gouvernement français: Architecture..., vols I-VI, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1831-1838.

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The French architect Guillaume Abel Blouet (1795-1853) was born to a humble family in the environs of Paris. The only information known about his…

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1842 – 1885. Ελλάδα, ιστορική, εικονογραφημένη... [1842 – 1885. Greece, historical, illustrated. A complete collection of historical, topographical and artistic documents...], Athens, Nikolas Books, 1984.

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The edition consists of material from the engravings collection of Cypriot book antiquarian A. Nikolas. It includes mainly engravings and related…

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View the items in 1842 – 1885. Ελλάδα, ιστορική, εικονογραφημένη... [1842 – 1885. Greece, historical, illustrated. A complete collection of historical, topographical and artistic documents...], Athens, Nikolas Books, 1984.

GUER, [Jean Antoine]. Moeurs et Usages des Turcs, leur Religion, leur Gouvernement Civil, Militaire, et Politique..., Ouvrage enrichie de Figures, en tailles Douces, vols Ι-ΙΙ, Paris, chez Coustelier, 1746-1747.

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Jean Antoine Guer never travelled to the East himself. He composed this work by borrowing texts, information and occasionally illustrations from…

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View the items in GUER, [Jean Antoine]. Moeurs et Usages des Turcs, leur Religion, leur Gouvernement Civil, Militaire, et Politique..., Ouvrage enrichie de Figures, en tailles Douces, vols Ι-ΙΙ, Paris, chez Coustelier, 1746-1747.