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PREFACE. XI
In the course of the year 1825 three new
works appeared on Pompeii, of which that of
Mr. Goldicutt, of London, seems to possess a
considerable degree of splendour. One, un-
dertaken by Captain de Goro, in folio, under
the patronage of the Emperor of Austria, is
written in German, and was received with
approbation by his learned countrymen. The
other is by Signor Carlo Bonucci, the Nea-
politan architect, now, in 1827, director of
the new excavations at Herculaneum, and
nephew of Signor Bonucci, formerly the ex-
petition, passing through the hands of the Marchese Ruffo, secre-
tary of state, was immediately and most graciously acceded to by
his Majesty, and the necessary orders were issued.
It seemed, indeed, highly improbable that any thing unge-
nerous in principle could have been intended by the government,
and the learned Cavaliere Arditi, who is at the head of the an-
tiquarian department, had often interested himself in behalf of
the Author so far as to have had his authority disputed by the
underling. It is right to show where the blame really attaches,
and that low and ungenerous minds should be deprived of the
power of palming their own littlenesses upon the world as the
edicts of their betters.
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In the course of the year 1825 three new
works appeared on Pompeii, of which that of
Mr. Goldicutt, of London, seems to possess a
considerable degree of splendour. One, un-
dertaken by Captain de Goro, in folio, under
the patronage of the Emperor of Austria, is
written in German, and was received with
approbation by his learned countrymen. The
other is by Signor Carlo Bonucci, the Nea-
politan architect, now, in 1827, director of
the new excavations at Herculaneum, and
nephew of Signor Bonucci, formerly the ex-
petition, passing through the hands of the Marchese Ruffo, secre-
tary of state, was immediately and most graciously acceded to by
his Majesty, and the necessary orders were issued.
It seemed, indeed, highly improbable that any thing unge-
nerous in principle could have been intended by the government,
and the learned Cavaliere Arditi, who is at the head of the an-
tiquarian department, had often interested himself in behalf of
the Author so far as to have had his authority disputed by the
underling. It is right to show where the blame really attaches,
and that low and ungenerous minds should be deprived of the
power of palming their own littlenesses upon the world as the
edicts of their betters.
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