Cover illustrations: (central image) detail from Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi, etching 23.7 × 32 cm, from Diverse Maniere d’adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall’architettura Egizia […], Rome: 1769; (background image) detail from Conraet Decker after Lievin Cruyl, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 1679, engraving in Athanasius Kircher’s Turris Babel, 37 × 46 cm.
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Names: Geoga, Margaret, editor. | Steele, John M., editor.
Title: The allure of the ancient : receptions of the ancient Middle East, ca. 1600–1800 / edited by Margaret Geoga, John Steele.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] | Series: Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, 1568–1181 ; volume 80 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021053363 (print) | LCCN 2021053364 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004129320 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004426245 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Middle Easterners—Public opinion. | East and West. | Europe—Civilization—Middle Eastern influences. | Europe—Civilization—17th century. | Europe—Civilization—18th century. | Europe—Intellectual life—17th century. | Europe—Intellectual life—18th century. | Middle East—In literature.
Classification: LCC CB411 .A555 2022 (print) | LCC CB411 (ebook) | DDC 940.2/53—dc23/eng/20211206
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ISSN 1568-1181
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