An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 40
long, about 53° E ) in the great plain of INIerdashtor Istakhr, one of the most fertile in ilie world, being watered in all directions by rivuletsand artificial drains, which ullim;itely unite in the Bundemir, the ancient Araxes. Thesite would, like IMempliis, have scarcely lett a vestige by which… … .j.-.c-^>.^l^^=33^~^^- to which Alexander set tire in a moment of madness and debauch. The description whichfollows is obtained from De Bruvn, who examined the ruins in 1704, with some referencealso to Niebuhr and Sir R. K. Porter. I\Ions. Texicr, one of the latest travellers, hasHevottd many…
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