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STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. Les Antiquités d’Athènes, mesurées et dessinées par J. Stuart and N. Revett, peintres et architectes. Ouvrage traduit de l’Anglais, par L.F.F.…, vol. Ι, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1808.

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The British architect and painter James Stuart (1713-1788), son of a Scottish sailor, started painting from a very early age. While still an…

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View the items in STUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. Les Antiquités d’Athènes, mesurées et dessinées par J. Stuart and N. Revett, peintres et architectes. Ouvrage traduit de l’Anglais, par L.F.F.…, vol. Ι, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1808.

SKENE, James. Μνημεία και Τοπία της Ελλάδος 1838-1845 [Monuments and Landscapes in Greece], Athens, Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Ιστορία της Ελλάδος, 1985.

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James Skene (1775-1864) was born in Scotland. He studied Law in Germany and was a friend of the distinguished Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott, with…

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View the items in SKENE, James. Μνημεία και Τοπία της Ελλάδος 1838-1845 [Monuments and Landscapes in Greece], Athens, Ιστορική και Εθνολογική Ιστορία της Ελλάδος, 1985.

LEAR, Edward. The Cretan Journal, Athens – Dedham, Denise Harvey & Company, 1984.

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Edward Lear (1812-1888) was a prolific landscape painter as well as a prominent satirical writer. The last of twenty-one children, he was raised and…

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DUPRÉ, Louis. Manolis Vlachos (ed.), Louis Dupré, Ταξίδι στην Αθήνα και στην Κωνστaντινούπολη, [Louis Dupré. A Voyage from Athens to Istanbul.] Athens, ΟΛΚΟΣ, 1994.

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The French painter Louis Dupré (1789-1837) was born in Versailles and died in Paris. Little is known about his family or his childhood. Dupré had a…

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View the items in DUPRÉ, Louis. Manolis Vlachos (ed.), Louis Dupré, Ταξίδι στην Αθήνα και στην Κωνστaντινούπολη, [Louis Dupré. A Voyage from Athens to Istanbul.] Athens, ΟΛΚΟΣ, 1994.

BOSCHINI, Marco. L’Arcipelago con tutte le Isole, ScogliSecche e Bafsi fondi, con i mari, golfi, seni, porti, citta e castelli; Nella forme, che se vedono al tempo presente…, Venice, Francesco Nicolini, 1658.

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The Italian painter and engraver Marco Boschini (1613-1678) was born in Venice and studied at the school of Palma il Giovane. He painted the fresco of…

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View the items in BOSCHINI, Marco. L’Arcipelago con tutte le Isole, ScogliSecche e Bafsi fondi, con i mari, golfi, seni, porti, citta e castelli; Nella forme, che se vedono al tempo presente…, Venice, Francesco Nicolini, 1658.

BURROW, Edward John. The Elgin Marbles with an abridged historical and topographical Account of Athens, … illustrated with forty Plates drawn and etched by the Author, London, James Duncan, 1837.

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The British author Edward John Burrow (1785-1861) was educated at Cambridge and Oxford. He entered the clergy early in life (1810), taking up various…

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LAUNAY, Louis de. La Turquie que l’on voit, ouvrage illustré de 60 gravures tirées hors texte et de deux cartes en noir, Paris, Hachette, 1913.

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Louis Auguste Alphonse de Launay (1860-1938) was a French geologist and speleologist, as well as a poet and writer. He is considered the most…

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BORDONE, Benedetto. Isolario di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, …, Venice 1547.

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Benedetto Bordone (1460-1531) was an Italian cartographer, illuminator of manuscripts, astrologer and engraver. Born in Padua, he settled in Venice at…

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View the items in BORDONE, Benedetto. Isolario di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'isole del mondo, con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, favole, & modi del loro vivere, …, Venice 1547.

D[EVAL], C[halrles]. Deux années à Constantinople et en Morée, 1825-1826, ou Esquisses historiques sur Mahmoud…, Ibrahim-Pacha…, ouvrage orné d’un choix de costumes orientaux …, par M. Collin…, Paris, Nepveu, 1827.

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The French ophthalmologist Charles Deval (1806-1862), born in Pera, Constantinople, was son of the dragoman (interpreter) of France Constantin Deval…

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View the items in D[EVAL], C[halrles]. Deux années à Constantinople et en Morée, 1825-1826, ou Esquisses historiques sur Mahmoud…, Ibrahim-Pacha…, ouvrage orné d’un choix de costumes orientaux …, par M. Collin…, Paris, Nepveu, 1827.

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (père). Description géographique et historique de la Morée, reconquise par les Vénitiens, du royaume de Négrepont et d'autres lieux circonvoisins…, Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1687.

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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was an Italian Franciscan friar, cartographer, cosmographer and encyclopedist. Son of a Venetian tailor, he was…

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View the items in CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (père). Description géographique et historique de la Morée, reconquise par les Vénitiens, du royaume de Négrepont et d'autres lieux circonvoisins…, Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1687.