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, Momestick Utesiles, and Other Remarkable Greek and Roman Antiquities thereby happily recovered; The Form and Connection of the Ancient Characters being faithfully preserved

Winckelman, Abbe (Johann Joachim Winckelmann)

Edité par T. Carnan and F. Newbery, London, 1771

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Winckelmann is considered by some to be the first archaeologist. This volume may be the first published account of Herculaneum in English (originally in German). In the form of a letter to Count Bruhl of Saxony, it recounts the discovery and removal of remains from the three Roman cities covered by the Vesuvian eruption, but focuses mostly upon Herculaneum. He is highly critical of the way excavation was taken on and the way the artifacts were treated after discovery. 125 pp. Only the spine remains of the previous leather binding. Loss of uper right corner of title page. Signatures of three different former owners - Maria Luisa di Bois, Edward Spaulding, 1803, and Mary E. Leonard, Mount Vernon, Ind. Text clean. Copy of Winckelmann's biography by Leppmann included.

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• Titre: 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, Momestick Utesiles, and Other Remarkable Greek and Roman Antiquities thereby happily recovered; The Form and Connection of the Ancient Characters being faithfully preserved
• Éditeur: T. Carnan and F. Newbery, London
• Date de parution: 1771
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: No Binding
• État de l'article: Poor
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket