Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 313
an Villa, appears tohave employed them. A certain Philander,who wrote notes on Vitruvius, has this re-markable passage :— Quod veteres admis-cuerint incrustationibus, potissimum fon-tium fornicibus quod nostra aetas imitatur.Quod genus videtur in Villa Ciceronis adFormias interspersis purpuris,… … W END OF VOL. I. \J A
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