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• Title:Persepolis illustrata, or, The ancient and royal palace of Persepolis in Persia, destroyed by Alexander the Great, about two thousand years ago : with particular remarks concerning that palace, and an account of the ancient authors, who have wrote thereupon : illustrated and described, in twenty one copper-plates.
  
• Published/Created:London : Printed for S. Harding, on the Pavement in St. Martin's Lane, MDCCXXXIX [1739]
  
• Physical Description:8 leaves, XIII leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill. ; 38 cm.
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: DS265.P4 P47 1739+ Oversize
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy bound in half calf with marbled boards.
  
• Notes:Text engraved on double columns.
  Most plates on double leaves.
  
• Variant and related titles:Persepolis illustrata
  Ancient and royal palace of Persepolis in Persia, destroyed by Alexander the Great, about two thousand years ago
  
• Format:Book
• References:English short title catalogue, T114392
  
• Subjects:Persepolis (Iran)--Early works to 1800.
  Iran--Antiquities--Early works to 1800.
  Iran--History--Early works to 1800.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1739.
  Engraving--Specimens--1739.
  Harding, S.--Publisher.