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JERUSALEM EXPLORED
A Description of the Ancient and Modern City.
PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
JERUSALEM EXPLORED
A Description of the Ancient and Modern City,
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
CONSISTING OF VIEWS, GROUND PLANS, AND SECTIONS,
BY ERMETE PIEROTTI,
TRANSLATED BY
THOMAS GEORGE BONNEY, M.A., F.G.S.
FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
VOLUME I.—TEXT.
LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, FLEET STREET.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO.
M.DCCC.LXIV.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
TO HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY
NAPOLEON III.
Emperor of the French,
PROTECTOR OF THE HOLY PLACES,
THIS CONTRIBUTION
TO ARCHÆOLOGICAL SCIENCE,
IN WHICH HE IS HIMSELF A PROFICIENT,
IS BY HIS MAJESTY'S AUGUST PERMISSION INSCRIBED,
BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,
PALAIS DES TUILERIES, LE 26 NOV. 1861.
CABINET DE L'EMPEREUR.
MONSIEUR,
L'EMPEREUR ME CHARGE D'AVOIR L'HONNEUR DE VOUS INFORMER QUE, SELON VOSDÉSIRS, SA MAJESTÉ VEUT BIEN ACCEPTER LA DÉDICACE DE VOTRE OUVRAGE SURLES MONUMENTS ET LES LOCALITÉS DE LA PALESTINE[1].
AGRÉEZ, MONSIEUR, L'ASSURANCE DE MA CONSIDÉRATION DISTINGUÉE.
POUR LE SECRÉTAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR, CHEF DU CABINET ET PAR AUTORISATION.
LE Ss. CHEF.
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