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 Winckelman, Antiquarian to the Pope, Who was unfortunately murdered at Trieste. Illustrated with notes, taken from the French translation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717-1768.

Standardized Title:

Sendschreiben von den Herculanischen Entdeckungen. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruption, 79.

Vesuvius (Italy).

Stabiae (Extinct city)--Antiquities.

Stabiae (Extinct city).

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Antiquities.

Pompeii (Extinct city).

Herculaneum (Extinct city)--Antiquities.

Herculaneum (Extinct city).

Pompeii (Extinct city)--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],vi,125,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mount Vesuvius,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, jun. at Number Sixty-Five, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXI. [1771]

Notes:

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Roscoe, A630

English Short Title Catalog, T131014.

OCLC:

642365130