A report upon the Herculaneum manuscripts : in a second letter addressed, by permission, to His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent / by John Hayter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayter, John, 1755-1818.

Contributor:

Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).

Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Manuscripts, Latin (Papyri)--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Manuscripts, Latin (Papyri).

Papyrus (The plant).

Papyrus (The plant) in art.

Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Pompeii (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

141 pages, 1 unnumbered page, V leaves of plates : illustrations (color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Richard Phillips ... by George Sidney, 1811.

Notes:

Appendix (p. [109]-141) contains the author's "Herculaneum" (part of a Latin poem); "A new edition of the first letter addressed with permission to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales" (first published under title: The Herculanean and Pompeian manuscripts, 1800); "Description of the papyrus plant"; "A brief remark upon the Herculanensia."

Illustrations: Neele sculpt. 6 prints : etching, 5 hand-col. ; full-page. One signed: Malesu fece. Subject: Papyrus plant (5); Herculanean ms.

Cited in:

Furchheim, F. Bib. Pompejana, p. 11

Zottoli, G.P. Bib. ercolanese. (Bolletino del Reale Istituto di archeologia e storia dell'arte 2 (1928): p. 47-75), 408

Contains:

Hayter, John, 1755-1818. Herculanean and Pompeian manuscripts. 1811.

New edition of the first letter addressed, with permission, to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

OCLC:

5688412