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 208
e second fountain, which wouldbe better distinguished from the first as theHouse of the Landscapes. The subject seemsto be a sea-port, with its mole, boats, tem-ples, villas and other buildings. The moleis constructed with arches, a circumstanceonly lately noticed, and that by a Neapo-litan… … ^ 9^ THE PLATES. 131 along the coast of Italy, there runs a cur-rent towards the south-west, and that there isscarcely any coast without some prevailingstream, carrying with it a proportion of sand,mud, or sediment. On ancient medals, arches are often ob-served as forming the curved moles of…
Architecture, Roman
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