Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1875)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 119
WALLS. The walls of Pompeii are, perhaps, the only part of thecity at all calculated to resist that rapid decay, whichseems to hasten the disappearance of every other remainwithin their circnit. They are built with a receding face,of large stones, sometimes four to five feet long, laid inhorizontal…
Architecture, Roman
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