Seventh edition. 178pp, with many black and white plate illustrations and complete with folding map. In light card covers. 8vo. Covers gently rubbed at edges, perhaps a tad faded. Internally a hint of page toning else neat, clean and tight throughout.
A history of the palace of Persepolis, founded by Darius the Great between 514 and 512BC, in Persia (now Iran). Described as the 'sole memorial of the Great Iran and of the glory and eminence of the exulted monarchs of Persia, [it is] also a valuable and eloquent testimony to the long-established art and culture of the ancient world'.
