Reilefs from the momument of Taq-e Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah, Persia. The king hunting elephant, deer and boar 2, and the coronation of Shah Khosrau II, 1. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier’s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno’s Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

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