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Voyages De Mr. De Thevenot Tant en Europe qu'en Asie & en Afrique: Premiere Partie qui comprend le Voiage de Levant ...

Thévenot, Jean de · 1689 · 12 pictures

A 1689 French travel account by Jean de Thévenot, published in Paris, describing voyages through Europe, Asia and Africa for readers interested in archaeology and topography. Its copper-engraved plates show Levantine streets with crowds and towers, a caravan-side market scene, a fortified port with ships and flags, and an ornate title frame of armoured figures and arches, offering a designer dense crowd compositions, architectural silhouettes and decorative cartouche framing.

Archäologie · Topographie · Reiseberichte · Archaeology · Topography · Travelogues

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