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 73
cityof Pompeii have received its name fromthe same root, and have been called theColony, as Naples was the new city ? Isis is presumed to have been thetutelary deity of the city: an Oscan in-scription over the Nolan Gate declares itdedicated to her. Ceres was also hereworshipped. Both these… … HISTORICAL NOTICE. History, ever loving the marvellous,has delighted to shed over her early pagesthe obscurity of fiction, and, ranging be-yond humanity, to dismiss from her me-mory every circumstance not calculatedto excite our surprise. A race of heroesand gigantic chieftains, their daring…
