PERSIA Iran Remains of Persepolis

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - SCARCE original antique print Year of printing: not indicated in the print, actual: 1857 Publisher: Dr. E.A. Menzel, Osterreichischen Lloyd, Triest Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). A small spot at the top edge of the image. Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26.5 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. Print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. From an Old Narrative: The city of Persepolis was magnificent both in plan and in execution. The engraving shows the royal palace. It was surrounded by three walls, the first 32 feet high furnished with battlements, the third 120 feet high, and built of stone. It inclosed a quadrangle, on the eastern side of which was the rock with the royal tombs, which had no proper entrance, being cut in the rock; the corpses were elevated by machinery, and thus deposited in their appropriate places. On one side of these ruins, which are about six miles from the ruins of Shohel-Minar, are fragments of two porticoes which stood at right angles to each other, and formed an entrance to a larger flight of stairs leading to another portico, composed of a double row of six pairs of columns, behind which was situated a spacious court-yard surrounded by colonnades. The two first-mentioned porticoes had colossal pillars on either side, at the foot of which stood the fabulous animals, some of them somewhat resembling the Egyptian sphinx, but in Persia the head of a priest was substituted for that of a female. Some were probably intended for a horse or unicorn, which is frequently mentioned in the Persian mythology. Between the two pillars were four double columns. The capitals were surmounted by horses, which supported the entablature. The capitals of the second portico were plain. The porticoes had ceilings of stone-slabs. The fronts of the royal tombs, known as the ruins of Nakshi Rustam, were built of a hard dark stone, in large blocks, very closely jointed; and the columns were of white marble. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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Location: Manassas, Virginia

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