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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1824)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 13

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PREFACE. As early as the year 1684, some unusual circumstances in sinking a well had ex- cited the observation of those who un- knowingly cultivated the soil immediately above the theatre of the ancient city of Herculaneum. In the Istoria Universale of Bianchini, 1699, we have an account of

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