Primum mirabile mundi moenia urbis Babylonicae – Historic Reproduction
![Primum mirabile mundi moenia urbis Babylonicae, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/53/53cf21dbbf41-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Latin title names the subject as the walls of Babylon, listed first among the marvels of the world. The ancient city on the Euphrates, in present-day Iraq, was famous for its massive fortifications, which Greek writers such as Herodotus described, and Nebuchadnezzar II rebuilt them in the sixth century BCE. The record gives no date, but the card links the plate to a wider set titled *Mirabile mundi*, a format that drew on the ancient list of the Seven Wonders of the World. The engraving is uncolored, so its line work alone carries the image.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Mirabile. Engraving, etching, uncolored. Set: see also other #ed Mirabile mundi. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113580 |
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