Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1821)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Pye, John, 1782-1874, Walker, John, 1759-1830, Porter, S, Walker, John, Jun, Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870, Rawle, S, Shury, James, Wise, W, Cooke, George, 1781-1834, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Le Keux, John, 1783-1846, Lewis, James, 1750 or 51-1820, Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 · London : Rodwell and Martin · leaf 24
thetransmission of light, was almost unknownat Pompeii: indeed, 200 years later, we findVopiscus numbering this luxury amongstthe extravagancies of the merchant Fir-mus, whose riches enabled him for sometime to contest the sovereignty of Egyptwith the troops of Aurehan. The relievo representing… … XIX upon this the Amphitheatre is the farthestobject to the right; while behind the leftextremity is the gate of Herculaneum.IMore to the left, on the slope of themountain beyond Torre del Annunziata,is Camaldoli della Torre, a hill of pumice.Four craters occur between it and thesummit. Nearly…
Architecture, Roman
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