BABYLON AND PERSEPOLIS.

A

BABYLON,

LEARNED AND WISE, HATH PERISH'D UTTERLY,

NOR LEAVES HER SPEECH ONE WORD TO AID THE SIGH THAT WOULD LAMENT HER.

WORDSWORTH.

TO THE

SITE OF BABYLON

IN 1811,

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED:

MEMOIR ON THE RUINS;

WITH ENGRAVINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR:

REMARKS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF

ANCIENT BABYLON,

BY MAJOR RENNELL;

IN REFERENCE TO THE MEMOIR:

SECOND MEMOIR ON THE RUINS;

IN REFERENCE TO MAJOR RENNELL'S REMARKS:

WITH NARRATIVE O F A JOURNEY TO

PERSEPOLIS:

NOW FIRST PRINTED, WITH HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
COPIED AT PERSEPOLIS:

BY THE LATE

CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH, Esq.,

FORMERLY THE RESIDENT OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY AT BAGDAD.

EDITED BY HIS WIDOW.

LONDON:

DUNCAN AND MALCOLM, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCXXXIX,

64801R