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COMIDAS, Cosimo. Descrizione Topografica dello Stato Presente di Costantinopoli arricchita di figure umiliata alla sacra real maesta di Ferdinando IV, Re delle due Sicilie..., Bassano, MDCCXCIV [=1794].
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Cosimo Comidas de Carbognano (?-?) was a catholic Armenian, interpreter and minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in Istanbul. In addition, he…
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[LE BLANC, Theodore. Croquis d' après nature faits pendat trois ans de sejour en Grèce et dans le Levant, Paris, Gihaut, 1833-4].
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The French painter and officer Théodore Leblanc (1800? - 1837) stayed in Greece and the Levant for approximately three years, possibly from 1828 to…
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POMARDI, Simone. Viaggio nella Grecia fatto da Simone Pomardi negli anni 1804, 1805, e 1806. Arrichito di tavole in rame, vol. II, Rome, Vincenzo Poggioli, 1820.
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In his two-volume travel chronicle, Italian painter Simone Pomardi (1760-1830) describes his journey to Greece together with British archaeologist…
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EYRIÈS, Jean-Baptiste-Benoît. La Turquie, ou, Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Turcs. Suite de gravures coloriées avec leurs explications; par J.B.B. Eyriès, Paris, Librairie de Gide Fils, [ca. 1820].
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The French geographer Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès (1767-1846) studied at the College of Juilly, near Paris. He travelled in Northern Europe, and…
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[ENDERLIN, Jacob]. Cyaneae redivivae, oder, Die am Bosphoro Thracico ligende hohe Stein-Klippen, von welchen zu beschauen seyn die grosse Welt-beruffene..., Augsburg, [Jacob Enderlin], 1691.
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Jacob Enderlin' s works include mostly plates inspired from the campaigns of the Holy League against the Ottomans (1684 -1690). He published “Die…
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CHENAVARD, Antoine-Marie. Six vues et détails dessinés à Athènes en MDCCCXLIII..., Lyon, Louis Perrin, MDCCCLVII [=1857].
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Born in Lyon, The French architect Antoine Marie Chenavard (1787-1883), cousin to painter Paul Chenavard, studied at the Lyon School of Fine Arts and…
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MAURAND, Jérome. Itinéraire de Jérome Maurand d'Antibes à Constantinople (1544). Texte italien publié pour la première fois..., Paris, Ernest Leroux, MDCCCCI [=1901].
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Jérome Maurand was a French clergyman, born in Antibes. As a priest, he accompanied French admiral Polin when the French fleet escorted the Ottoman…
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LORICHS, Melchior. Konstantinopel unter Sultan Suleiman dem Grossen aufgenommen in Jahre 1559 durch Melchior Lorichs aus Flensburg nach der Handzeihnung des Künstlers in der Üniversitats-Bibliotek zu Leiden..., Munich, R. Oldenbourg, 1902.
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Melchior Lorichs or Lorck (1526/27-after 1583) was a painter and publisher of Danish and German descent. He was born in Germany and became known for…
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GEORGIEVITZ, Bartholomaeus. De Turcarum Moribus Epitome, Bartholomaeo Georgieviz Peregrino Autore, Lyon, Ioan. Tornaesium, MDLIII [=1553].
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Bartholomaeus Georgievitz (1505/1510-1560) was of Croatian origin. He had settled in Hungary as attendant to prince Ladislauv Szalkai and fought in…
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PATIERIDIS, Giorgos / STAMATIS, Kostas. Τα χαρακτικά της Θεσσαλονίκης... [Engravings showing Thessaloniki (15th -19th c., from the collections of G. Patieridis and K. Stamatis], Thessaloniki, Mouseio Fotografias..., 2009.
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The Album includes engravings from the late 15th to the 19th century. The engravings depict the city of Thessaloniki and is surrounding area, and come…
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