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The antiquities of Herculaneum (1773)

Baiardi, Ottavio Antonio, 1694-1764, Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825, Lettice, John, 1737-1832, Bannerman, Alexander, fl. 1730-1780, Lamborn, Peter Spendelowe, 1722-1774, Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, Leacroft, S. (Samuel), -1795, Accademia ercolanese di archeologia (Naples, Italy) · London : Printed for S. Leacroft ... · leaf 143

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o be very fubftantial, where-as it was ufually made of thin leather, of reeds or broom wove or plaited, or elfe ofcork, Xenoph. Cyropaed. viii. p. 142. The aperture of that part which goeshalf way up the leg is laced together by fmall thongs of leather. [22] They feem to be of the fineft fkin, and… … J. S.ZamiC>m< uicidit. [ 33 3 PLATE VIII. W IN this pi&ure [2], the merit of which may fafely be fub-mitted to the judgment of connoifTeurs, who have alwayslooked upon it with admiration, is reprefented the youngAchilles, learning of the centaur Chiron to play upon the harp,or lyre [3].…

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