DALLAWAY, Jacques. Constantinople ancienne et moderne, et description des côtes et isles de l'Archipel et de la Troade... [etc.], vols Ι-II, Paris, chez Denné jeune, AN VII [=1799].
Description
James Dallaway (1763-1834) was a member of the Society of Antiquities. He stayed in Istanbul for eighteen months as chaplain and physicial to the British Embassy (1794-1796), headed by Liston. Naturalist J. Sibthorp and painter G. Mercati were also members of the same embassy. Dallaway and J. Morrit travelled to the Troad in November 1794. In 1800 he published «Anecdotes of the Arts in England», one of the earliest works on private collections of antiquities in Britain.
He published the present work, which describes Istanbul, in 1797. The edition covers the monuments and deals with Ottoman administration and the Society of Istanbul. It also describes the Bosporus, Bursa, Smyrna, Ephesus, Miletus, Samos, the Dardanelles and Propontis. It also gives very interesting descriptions of Greek religious customs, dances and languages. The edition was translated into French and German.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
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- DALLAWAY, Jacques. Constantinople ancienne et moderne, et description des côtes et isles de l'Archipel et de la Troade... [etc.], vols Ι-II, Paris, chez Denné jeune, AN VII [=1799].
- DALLAWAY, Jacques. Constantinople ancienne et moderne, et description des côtes et isles de l'Archipel et de la Troade... [etc.], vol. Ι, Paris, chez Denné jeune, AN VII [=1799].
- DALLAWAY, Jacques. Constantinople ancienne et moderne, et description des côtes et isles de l'Archipel et de la Troade... [etc.], vol. ΙI, Paris, chez Denné jeune, AN VII [=1799].