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Synopsis

By ali-sami director of the archaeological institute of persepolis. translated by the reverend r. n. sharp, m.a., cantab. in commemoration of the conclusion of the fifteenth year of his directorate. spring 1955. (publication no.2 of the learned society of pars).

Item Description

8vo. 9 x 6.5 inches. [12] + 90 + [2] pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, with blind stamped decorative borders. Minor wear to extremities, but otherwise a very good copy. 1957 presentation inscription signed by author at head of title. Illustrated by 92 black and white photographic pages of plates and plans, by folding plan at end and by text figure. For several decades this title was a standard guidebook to the ruins of Persepolis from its first edition in 1954.. Ali-Sami Shirazi (1910-89), teacher and archaeologist, was the director of the site, 1941-61.