Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mount Vesuvius of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia : the late discovery of their remains, the subterraneous works carried on in them, and the books, domestick utensils, and other remarkable Greek and Roman antiquities thereby happily recovered, the form and connection of the ancient characters being faithfully preserved / in a letter (originally in German) to Count Bruhl, of Saxony, from the celebrated Abbé Winckelmann ... ; illustrated with notes taken from the French translation.

Main entry:

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, jun. at number sixty-five, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXI [1771]

Description:

[2], vi, 125, [3] pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Notes:
Translation of: Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen an den hochgebohrnen Herrn, Herrn Heinrich Reichsgrafen von Brühl.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-I⁸.
Last leaf is blank.
Includes bibliographical references.
ESTC T131014
Roscoe A630

Subject:

Antiquities.
Pompeii (Extinct city) Early works to 1800.
Herculaneum (Extinct city) Early works to 1800.
Stabiae (Extinct city) Early works to 1800.
Italy Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Vesuvius (Italy) Eruption, 79 Early works to 1800.
Pompéi (Ville ancienne) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Herculanum (Ville ancienne) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Stabies (Ville ancienne) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Italie Antiquités Ouvrages avant 1800.
Vésuve (Italie) Éruption, 79 Ouvrages avant 1800.
Italy.
Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Italy Pompeii (Extinct city)
Italy Stabiae (Extinct city)
Italy Vesuvius.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Brühl, Heinrich, Graf von, 1700-1763.
Carnan, Thomas, -1788, publisher.
Newbery, Francis, 1743-1818, publisher.
Great Britain England London.

Discoveries at Herculaneum

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212895
Call No.: N7480.8.W761.A35 1771
Status: Available

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