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 239
ds.All about this place, is found abun-dance of ruins, which give reafonto believe, that the baths were in-clofed in fome confiderable palace;but in fuch bad condition that it isimpoflible to fay any thing pofitiveupon the fubje6t. The little part of the vault F, iswhat remains of a temple… … I BeLUcci7^d Tc. [ 51 ] O F T H E CHAMBERS of VENUS. THE chambers of Venus, as^iateXL.well as thofe temples I havementioned, are very ruinous piecesof antiquity, and of very difficultaccefs, on account of the heaps ofrubbifh all round them. In entringthis place, we find the firft chamber,A, the…
