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Syrian Arab Republic

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Patrick Geddes in the Middle East, c. 1877 - 1919

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1167/I
Scope and Contents

Series of visual material used as teaching and reference material at the Patrick Geddes Centre. Custodial history uncertain.

Dates: c. 1877 - 1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection

Ruins of Palmyra, 1753-1757

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/I/3
Scope and Contents Part of a folio book containing 13 plates: produced by Robert Wood, James Dawkins and Giovanni Borra (Bouverie died early in the expedition) showing illustrations of an expedition to Palmyra from 14-27 March 1753. Allegedly, their primary goal was to explore the Troad and locate the key sites mentioned by Homer. They took careful measurements and drawings of the ancient Roman ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek. The resulting book was published between 1753-1757. The plates remaining are numbers...
Dates: 1753-1757
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Patrick Geddes in the Middle East