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Observations sur les antiquités de la ville d'Herculanum avec quelques reflexions sur la Peinture & la Sculpture des Anciens & une courte description de quelques Antiquités des environs de Naples

Publisher Published by Charles Antoine Jombert French
1754
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  • Title: Observations sur les antiquités de la ville d'Herculanum avec quelques reflexions sur la Peinture & la Sculpture des Anciens & une courte description de quelques Antiquités des environs de Naples
  • Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
  • Artist: Jérôme Charles Bellicard (French, Paris 1726–1786 Paris)
  • Publisher: Published by Charles Antoine Jombert (French, 1712–1784) , Paris
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1754
  • Dimensions: Overall: 6 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 13/16 in. (16.8 x 10.5 x 2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1015.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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