Author: GYLLIUS (GILLES), ANTONIUS S. PETRI:
Title: De Bosporo thracio. Parts i-iii in one volume. Lugd. Bat., apud Elzevirios, 1632.
Description: . 16mo. Pp. 379, (1), Index (4). With a beautiful engraved title by Duysend. Contemporary boards, rubbed, spine ruled in gilt and with title label, hinges cracked. Old ownership signature on front endpaper. Gilles (1490-1555) was one of the earliest French natural historians and sent to the Levant by Francis i. He was usually called the founder of Byzantine archaeology and gives in this work a circumstantial account of the antiquities of Constantinople. The first Elzevir edition. Berghman 1895. Cox i, p. 222. Willems 366.

Keywords: Near East, asia, asie, asien, orient, east, asiatica, near east, arabic, middle east, arabia, turkey, constantinople, levant, ottoman, turkish, travel, voyage, exploration, explore


See more books from our catalog: Near East