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Pierre Gilles' Constantinople : a modern English translation with commentary /

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"This new edition of Pierre Gilles' 'De topographia Constantinopoleos' includes a new English translation of the entire work with references to Gilles' sources and to the most important recent scholarship on the city and its monuments, with illustrations, notes, bibliography...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilles, Pierre, 1490-1555
Other Authors: Byrd, Kimberly May
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Italica Press, 2008.
Series:Italica historical travel guides.
Subjects:
Istanbul (Turkey) > Description and travel.
Istanbul (Turkey) > Antiquities.
Turkey > Antiquities.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Summary:"This new edition of Pierre Gilles' 'De topographia Constantinopoleos' includes a new English translation of the entire work with references to Gilles' sources and to the most important recent scholarship on the city and its monuments, with illustrations, notes, bibliography and index"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xxvi, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-281) and index.
ISBN:9780934977692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0934977690 (pbk. : alk. paper)