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GIRONI, Robustiano. Le danze dei Greci descritte e pubblicate pel faustissimo imeneo di Sua Altezza imperiale e reale il serenissimo principe Ranieri, arciduca d'Austria, ecc. ..., Milan, Imperiale regia stamperia, 1820.
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Robustiano Gironi (1769-1838) came from a humble background. He studied in Milan and at a young age became member of the Oblates Congregation in that…
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DELAGARDETTE, Claude Mathieu. Les ruines de Paestum ou Posidonia, ancienne ville de la grande Grèce: a vingt-deux lieues de Naples dans le golfe de Salerne: Levées..., Paris, Chez l'Auteur, An VII [=1798/9].
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The French architect Claude-Matthieu Delagardette (1762-1805) was a pupil of Julien-David Le Roy. In 1791 he won the Prix de Rome scholarship, which…
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MONCONYS, Balthasar de. Journal de voyages de Monsieur Monconys, Conseiller du Roy en ses conseils d'estat & priué, & Lieutenant criminel au Siege Presidial de Lyon.., vols Ι-III, Lyon, chez Horace Boissat & George Remeus, 1665.
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Balthasar de Monconys (1611-1665) was a French physicist and judge, born in Lyon. In 1618, Monconys' parents sent him to a Jesuit boarding school in…
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Griechenland: Sitten Bräuche Trachten und Denkmäler der Griechen nach den neuesten und beste Quellen bearbeitet. Mit Kupfern, Schweidnitz [Świdnica], ca. 1825.
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The edition is composed of texts on the customs, traditions, costumes and monuments of Greece. The content, texts and images have been sourced mainly…
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MILLO, Antonio. Isolario, Agamemnon Tselikas (transl.), Athens, AdVenture, 2006.
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Antonio Millo or da Millo was a Greek sailor and cartographer. Born on Milos island, he lived in Venice in the end of the 16th century and drew…
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View the items in MILLO, Antonio. Isolario, Agamemnon Tselikas (transl.), Athens, AdVenture, 2006.
[TOWER, Arthur]. Εικόνες από την Άνδρο του 1840, [Images from Andros in 1840: The Tower album], text by Dimitris Polemis, Andros, Kaireios Library and Agra Publications, 1987.
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The British naval officer Arthur Tower (1816 - 1877) was born in Essex, England. From 1836 he served as an ensign in Royal Navy ships patrolling the…
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PERILLA, Francesco. Les îles de la Grèce, Athens, Editions Perilla, 1935.
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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 where, around…
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View the items in PERILLA, Francesco. Les îles de la Grèce, Athens, Editions Perilla, 1935.
MAHAFFY, John Pentland. Greek Pictures, drawn by Pen and Pencil, by J. P. Mahaffy..., London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890.
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John Pentland Mahaffy (1839-1919) was an Irish scholar, clergyman, philologist, Egyptologist, musicologist and professor of ancient History. Mahaffy…
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[BOISSAT, Pierre de / BOSIO, Giacomo]. Histoire des Chevaliers de l’Orde de S. Jean de Hierusalem, contenant leur admirable Institution & Police..., Paris, Jacques d’Allin, MDCLIX [=1659].
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Giacomo Bosio (1544-1627) was born in the area of Turin, to a noble Milanese family, many of whose members had joined the Order of the Knights…
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LEAKE, William Martin. Travels in Northern Greece, vols I-IV, Amsterdam, Adolf M. Hakkert, 1967.
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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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