MIDDLE EAST - PERSIA - IRAN - "Description des Tombeaux & autres monumens anciens que l'on trouve non loin de PERSEPOLIS dans une montagne de roche appellée la MONTAGNE DES SEPULCHRES" (Naqsh-e Rostam in IRAN). 1719. Etching and engraving, and typography. Watermarked laid paper (escutcheon surmounted by a fleur-de-lys). Plate from "Atlas Historique" by Henri Abraham Chatelain. Folded in half. Margins. Decorative engraving depicting the tombs and other monuments of the ancient kings of Persia. 43 x 51.5 cm. Condition A (tear at foot reaching text consolidated on verso and a short tear in lower margin, otherwise good condition).