LSE4333766 The manufacture of pharmaceutical opium, in M.Collignon\'s factory, near Isfahan (Iran), after incision of poppy capsules and evaporation of the water contained in the syrup, the opium is laid on boards and then the paste is cleaned and rolled into a ball which is shipped to England and Holland. Engraving by A. Sirouy, after a photograph, to illustrate the story ??????Persia, Chaldee and Susiane??????in 1881-1882, by Jane Dieulafoy (nee Magre, 1851-1916), archeologist, writer and academic officer. Published in the Tour du monde, 2nd semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), Hachette edition, Paris. by Sirouy, Achille (1834-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: The manufacture of pharmaceutical opium, in M.Collignon\'s factory, near Isfahan (Iran), after incision of poppy capsules and evaporation of the water contained in the syrup, the opium is laid on boards and then the paste is cleaned and rolled into a ball which is shipped to England and Holland. Engraving by A. Sirouy, after a photograph, to illustrate the story ??????Persia, Chaldee and Susiane??????in 1881-1882, by Jane Dieulafoy (nee Magre, 1851-1916), archeologist, writer and academic officer. Published in the Tour du monde, 2nd semester 1883, edited by Edouard Charton (1807-1890), Hachette edition, Paris.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.