Palmyra ruins panorama, after Cornelis de Bruyn, engraved by Basire, c1747.

"A View of the Ruins of Palmyra alias Tadmor, taken on the southern side" engraved by J Basire. Large copper engraving after Cornelis de Bruyn, published about 1747 in Universal History from Earliest Account of Time. Copper engraved print. Several (now flattened) folds, as published, lower margin close trimmed, also part of the right side, both to the image edge. Size 69 x 27 cms, plus margins. Ref G8473