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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · 1837 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · 67 pictures

Sir William Gell's report on the Pompeii excavations after 1819, published in London in 1837 for antiquarians, architects and collectors of classical topography. Hand-tinted outline engravings show colonnades, painted wall panels, mosaic floors, garden courts with fountains and urns, and crowded street views, offering wall-decoration schemes, column and cornice profiles, and ready-made architectural framing devices.

Architecture, Roman

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