RUINES D’UN ÉDIFICE SITUÉ PRÈS LES RUINES DU TEMPLE DE NEPTUNE. Vue des deux pilastres de la port de l’Edifice.

Magnificent engraving of the interior of the ruins of the Temple of Neptune, with an Arab soldier sitting on a carved stone slab in the foreground. 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.