Observations sur les antiquites de la ville d'Herculanum : avec quelques reflexions sur la peinture & la sculpture des anciens & une courte description de quelques antiquites des environs de Naples
An 1754 Paris book by Jerome Charles Bellicard, Charles Nicolas Cochin and Charles Antoine Jombert, recording the excavated antiquities of Herculaneum near Naples for antiquarians and art students. The engraved plates show architectural sections, floor plans of rooms and vaults, and framed wall paintings with ornamental borders, offering designers period-accurate classical panel, frieze and arch layouts.


























