MAUSOLÉES, SITUÉS À L’ENTRÉE DE LA VALLÉE QUI CONDUIT À PALMYRE. Cette vue est prise du penchant de la colline en face du désert.

Magnificent engraving of ruined mausoleums in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with horsemen galloping across the landscape. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated book on the Middle East. This superb print is from the first edition, published in parts on large sheets.

Large paper copy. Fine condition.