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 244
fcaverns, called in Italy Catacombs;which I have accordingly reprefent-ed in this plate. It appears, thatthis fort of fubterranean and publicktombs, was very much in ufe amongthe ancients; for, befides thefe atRome and Naples, which I have ex-amined ; Mr. Bernard, who has madethe tour of Sicily,… … -B allicard Fee C 55 ] pies, which I am going to defcribe,Thofe called the catacombs of St.Januarius, from which I took thisdefign, are like all others, pierced atrandom in a mountain, where wefind conliderable banks of ftone, ftillmore foft than that of St. Leu, whichmufl: have been very eafily…
