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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Heculaneum : discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius ; with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients ; and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples

Title: Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Heculaneum : discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius ; with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients ; and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples / by Mr. Bellicard ; enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by the author.
Author: Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726-1786.
Publication: London : Wilson and Durham, 1753 [1754?]

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Additional Authors

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.

Description

vii, 236 p., [42] leaves of plates : ill. (part fold.); 21 cm.

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Note

Translated from the French.
The date of publication is apparently wrong, as the 1st French ed. was published in 1754.
The book includes several articles on Herculaneum and Mount Vesuvius by different writers. The 2d section, on the paintings and sculpture found in Herculaneum, was written by C. N. Cochin, jr.

Call Number

MTY (Bellicard, J. C. Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Heculaneum)

LCCN

09022413

OCLC

3928725

Author

Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726-1786.

Title

Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Heculaneum : discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius ; with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients ; and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples / by Mr. Bellicard ; enriched with forty-two plates, designed and engraved by the author.

Imprint

London : Wilson and Durham, 1753 [1754?]

Added Author

Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.

Research Call Number

MTY (Bellicard, J. C. Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Heculaneum)

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