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[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

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[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

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Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with two men in conversation, one is holding a long spear, between the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (A) on the left and the Temple of Bacchus (B) on the right, with the ruins of the courtyard in the background. Some features are identified by letter; lacks key.

Printed on upper left corner: Tab. XXI.
Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: Balbec.
Print is trimmed on right and left sides to the edge of the margin.
Published in: The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria / Robert Wood. London : 1757, Tab. XXI.

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01/01/1757
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Major, Thomas, 1720-1799, engraver
Borra, Giovanni Battista, 1713-1770, artist
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Library of Congress
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