Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1817)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856, Hobsen, H, Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878, Hollis, George, 1793-1842, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Cooke, George, 1781-1834, Shury, James, Rawle, S, Wise, W, Porter, S, Walker, John, 1759-1830, Pye, John, 1782-1874, Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 · London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin · leaf 26
etransmission of light, was almost unknownat Pompeii: indeed, 200 years later, we findVopiscus numbering this luxury amongstthe extravagancies of the merchant Fir-mus, whose riches enabled him for sometime to contest the sovereignty of Egyptwith the troops of Aurelian. The relievo representing… … h> ^ P W XIX upon this the Amphitheatre is the farthestobject to the right; while behind the leftextremity is the gate of Herculaneum.More to the left, on the slope of themountain beyond Torre del Annunziata,is Camaldoli della Torre, a hill of pumice.Four craters occur between it and thesummit.…
