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COECK VAN AELST, Pieter. The Turks in MDXXXIII. A series of drawings made in that year at Constantinople by Peter Coeck of Aelst, and published from woodblocks..., London/Edinburgh, Privately printed for W.S.M., MDCCCLXXIII [=1873].

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Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550) was a Flemish painter, sculptor, scenographer, and tapestry designer. Coelst studied in Brussels (1517-1521), and…

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FELLOWS, Charles, Sir. Lycia, Caria, Lydia, illustrated by Mr. George Scharf with descriptive letter press by Sir Charles Fellows, London, Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co., 1847.

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British painter, engraver and archaeologist Sir George Scharf (1820-1895) studied at University College and started teaching at the Royal Academy in…

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ROGIER, Camille. La Turquie. Moeurs et usages des Orientaux au XIXème siècle: Scenes de leur vie intérieure et publique, harems, bazars, cafés, bains, danses et musique, costumes &c., Paris, Lemercier, 1847.

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The French painter and illustrator Camille Adolphe Rogier (1810-1896) studied drawing and engraving in Toulouse. He exhibited his works in the yearly…

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View the items in ROGIER, Camille. La Turquie. Moeurs et usages des Orientaux au XIXème siècle: Scenes de leur vie intérieure et publique, harems, bazars, cafés, bains, danses et musique, costumes &c., Paris, Lemercier, 1847.

COVEL, John. Some Account of the present Greek Church, with Reflections on their present Doctrine and Discipline..., Cambridge, Cornelius Crownfield, MDCCXXII [=1722].

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John Covel was a British clergyman and classicist (1638-1722). He first studied botany and medicine at Cambridge, but later turned to theology and…

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ROCCA, Della, M. l’abbé. Traité complet sur les abeilles, avec une méthode nouvelle de les gouverner, telle qu'elle se pratique à Syra.., Paris, De l'imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790.

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Abbé Della Rocca was a Levantine priest, born in Istanbul. He lived in the Aegean for seventeen years, and served as vicar on Syros island for a long…