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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1852)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855, Pye, John, 1782-1874, Walker, John, 1759-1830, Porter, S, Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, Rawle, S, Shury, James, Wise, William, fl. 1823-1876, Cooke, George, 1781-1834, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, Lewis, James, 1750 or 51-1820, Hollis, George, 1793-1842, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 · London : H.G. Bohn · leaf 388

An illustration from Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii, 1852, leaf 388
sh robe moretransparent. Neptunes diapery is blue: that ofMercury and Vulcan red.From an inscription found upon the wall of the greatpassage in the baths of Titus at Rome, it appears thatthis mode of preventing nuisance was necessary in theinterior of such buildings; though the names of thegods… … (■ VIGNETTES. The Puteal, forming the subject of the vignette at the headof the Preface, is explained page 179. The six following vignettes are one fourth the scale of theoriginal pictures, of which twelve, painted upon dark grounds,were found, together with thirteen pieces of less merit,adorning…

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