The Three Babylons by Henri Estienne, Maarten van Heemskerck and Athanasius Kircher
This paper aims to compare three reconstructions of Babylon, printed respectively by Henri Estienne in 1566 in Geneva (4 plates); by Philips Galle in 1572 in Antwerp, after a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck (1 plate); and by Athanasius Kircher in 1670 in Amsterdam, after several sources (7 plates)...
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Language: | English |
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University of Bologna
2021-12-01
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Online Access: | https://in-bo.unibo.it/article/view/13928 |