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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 41

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nary magnifi-cence of this Theatre. Every thingwhich I myfelf obferved upon a moddiligent examination, confpired togive me the idea of an edifice, ele-gant in conftruftion, and very richin ornaments. In a word, the ge-neral dimenfions which I have beenable to take, altho it was not pofli-ble to… … [ 25 ] O F T H E THEATRE O F MARGELLUS. THIS Theatre, which was builtPiatciii.in the reign of Auguftus, isexternally adorned with two ordersof architedlure ; namely the Dorick,furmounted by the lonick. TheOrcheftra A, is inclofed in a femi-circle, on the outfide of which, andupon the fame…

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