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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius : with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients : and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples (1754)

Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726-1786, Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790 · London : Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham ... · leaf 201

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ilt upon the foundations of atemple of Jupiter, which formerlyperifhed in an earthquake. Neay theamphitheatre are ftill to be feen theremains of a refervoir, refemblingthe Pifcena at Bai^, but fcarce to bediftinguifhed, the place is fo ruinous.The pedeflal, which is in the mid-dle of the… … Jielli^uirdFet: [ 129 ] in digging the foundation of a pri-vate houfe. The fide of the infcrip-tion is adorned with two figures anda child : the oppoiite with fix, andthe others with three figures each;all very much mutilated; but never-thelefs beautiful in thofe parts thatremain. In my laft…

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