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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 384

An illustration from Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii, 1817, leaf 384
less wellpreserved, are difficult to make out. Seneca moralizes upon the unnatural custom ofplanting gardens upon the house tops, whichenhanced considerably their value. It is not un-common in Italy and Malta to the present day. The ornament separating these two subjects is athreshold, in Mosaic.…

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