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oapen-20.500.12657-556682022-06-01T03:47:45Z Riflessi d’Oriente Pasta, Renato Travel literature Enlightenment Ottomans Correspondence bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day The book discusses the experience of two Florentine travellers in the Levant from the 1760s to 1792. During their separate stays in Cyprus and in Istanbul they visited the Holy Land, Anatolia and Mesopotamia providing extensive reports on natural history, institutions, local customs and languages as well as data on the economy and the health conditions of the area. Their numerous printed works enjoyed remarkable success and were translated into French and other languages. The inquiry places the authors firmly within the European ‘Republic of letters’ and testifies to the growing interest for Islam and Ottoman power during the Enlightenment debate on the eve of the French Revolution. 2022-05-31T10:36:54Z 2022-05-31T10:36:54Z 2021 book ONIX_20220531_9788855184366_952 2704-5986 9788855184366 9788855184359 9788855184373 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55668 ita Biblioteca di storia application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9788855184366.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788855184366 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-436-6 The book discusses the experience of two Florentine travellers in the Levant from the 1760s to 1792. During their separate stays in Cyprus and in Istanbul they visited the Holy Land, Anatolia and Mesopotamia providing extensive reports on natural history, institutions, local customs and languages as well as data on the economy and the health conditions of the area. Their numerous printed works enjoyed remarkable success and were translated into French and other languages. The inquiry places the authors firmly within the European ‘Republic of letters’ and testifies to the growing interest for Islam and Ottoman power during the Enlightenment debate on the eve of the French Revolution. 10.36253/978-88-5518-436-6 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855184366 9788855184359 9788855184373 39 156 Florence open access
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