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Luigi Pesce Album fotografico della Persia, 1860 |
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Luigi Pesce Album fotografico della Persia,: 1860
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In original order. |
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2012.R.18-fp Front paste-down |
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Decorated in Persian style, with a central floral cartouche. |
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| Free front endpaper |
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2012.R.18-ffe Title page |
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Handwritten title: Album fotografico della Persia : / Compilato dal Sig.r Luigi
Pesce, Tenente Colonnello / Instruttore d'Infanteria al servizio dello Shah /
Teheran.
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2012.R.18-fl Dedication |
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The handwritten dedication reads: A Sua Eccellenza / Il Signor Generale Enrico
Rawlinson / Ministro Plenipotenziario di Sua Maestā la Regina / d'Inghilterra / et.
et. et. / presso / La corte dello Shah di Persia / Teheran 12 Maggio 1860 / In
omaggio.
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2012.R.18-1r Porta del governo a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-2r Entrata del Palazzo Reale a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-3r Trono d'alabastro a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-4r Prima corte del Palazzo Reale a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-5r 2da corte, e Salone d'Inverno dello Shah |
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2012.R.18-6r Trono detto de Pavone a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-7r 3a corte del Palazzo Reale a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-8r Gran salone di ricezione nella 3a corte a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-9r Grande cerimonia del salam al 10 dell'Anno |
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A view into the royal Qajar palace complex during the Nowruz or New Year's
celebrations shows the Shah seated on a throne with crowds of officials and two
elephants in attendance.
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2012.R.18-10r Porta della cittadella a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-11r Bazar Emyr a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-12r Tomba del Kan di Kiva a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-13r Scuola militare a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-14r Nizamia presso Teheran |
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2012.R.18-15r Davuddie presso Teheran |
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2012.R.18-16r Quartiere delle donne a Davuddie |
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2012.R.18-17r Montagne Alburz prese dal villaggio di Gulack, Teheran |
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2012.R.18-18r Casa di campagna dell' ambasciata russa a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-19r Porta nuova a Teheran |
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2012.R.18-20r Grande moschea in ruina a Sultanie |
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2012.R.18-21r Piccola moschea in ruina a Sultanie |
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2012.R.18-22r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Depicts a relief of a lion attacking a gazelle. |
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2012.R.18-23r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Shows a bas-relief on an inner wall depicting two Achmaemenid soldiers holding
lances.
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2012.R.18-24r Inscrizione cuneiforme a Persepolis |
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2012.R.18-25r Ruine a Persepolis |
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View of walls, one with bas-reliefs. |
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2012.R.18-26r Ruine a Persepolis |
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Ruins with four columns. |
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2012.R.18-27r Tomba sulla rocca a Persepolis |
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2012.R.18-28r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from left
to right: a tree; men bearing gifts; and men with horses and donkeys.
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2012.R.18-29r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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One and a half registers of processions moving from left to right. |
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2012.R.18-30r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from
right to left: trees; men bearing gifts; and men with rams.
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2012.R.18-31r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) carved along a
stairway and moving from right to left with trees and men bearing gifts.
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2012.R.18-32r Ruine a Persepolis |
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Shows the pair of Lamassus sporting human heads on the western entrance of the Gate
of All Nations with two columns and the back side of the western entrance in the
background.
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2012.R.18-33r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Bas-relief on a column depicting a man killing a rampant griffin. |
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2012.R.18-34r Entrata principale a Persepolis |
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Shows the pair of Lamassus sporting wings and Persian beards on the eastern entrance
of the Gate of All Nations.
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2012.R.18-35r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from
right to left with trees; men bearing gifts; and men with pony carts and with
oxen.
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2012.R.18-36r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis |
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Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from
right to left: trees; men bearing gifts; and men with camels and oxen.
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2012.R.18-37r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis |
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View of the equestrian combat bas-relief at Naqsh-i Rustam probably from the time of
Shapur II.
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2012.R.18-38r Tomba di Darius a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis |
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Rock-cut tomb of Darius I (Darius the Great) at Naqsh-i Rustam. |
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2012.R.18-39r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis |
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Cliff relief near the tombs of Darius I and Xerxes depicting Ardashir I receiving a
diadem, symbolizing sovereignty, from the god Hormzid. Both figures are on
horseback.
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2012.R.18-40r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis |
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Pre-Achaemenid cliff relief depicting Bahram II and his court. |
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2012.R.18-41r Bassi-relievi a Takti-i-bustan, Kirmoskiah |
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Rock relief at Tāq-e Bostān depicting Ardashir II receiving the beribboned ring,
symbol of royal investiture, from his Ahura Mazda. Mithra stands to the left holding a
barsom, a ritual bundle of stiff, straight rods, to sanctify the investiture, while
the body of the defeated Roman Emperor, Justian II, lies beneath Ardashir II's
feet.
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2012.R.18-42r Bassi-relievi a Takti-i-bustan, Kirmoskiah |
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Relief to the left of the central relief of the large iwan at Tāq-e Bostān depicting
a hunt scene featuring King Khosrow II of Persia standing in a boat and shooting at
two wild boars. The relief also suggests the span of Khosrow II's empire by moving
from depictions of Indian elephants on its left side to the inclusion of the marshes
and reeds of the Nile on the right.
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2012.R.18-bp Back paste-down |
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Decorated in Persian style, with a central floral cartouche. |
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2012.R.18-s1 Biographical note regarding Major General Sir Henry Creswicke
Rawlinson, 1921
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Brief handwritten note regarding H. C. Rawlinson written on the letterhead of the
Commander-in-Chief in India and signed: Cin in C India 1921 (i.e. General Henry
Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, and son of H. C. Rawlinson).
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