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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 29

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rraneous city ; but thefe doubts arenow difpelled by the various infcrip-tions, and the principal buildingswhich have been difcovered, particu-larly the infcription, engraved uponthat fine equeftrian ftatue of NoniusBalbus, of which we fhall have oc-cafion to /peak in the fequel. Onthe pedeftal we… … [5] O F T H E THEATRE O F H ERC ULANEUM. 1^ HE plan of the theatre which?iate ii,I here exhibit, is not abfo-lutely exadl, the places being dug,and the difcoveries made at differenttimes; fo that we are obliged toguefs at its form by the pedeftals,walls, columns, flairs, 8cc. whichwe include in the…

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