Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1832)

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POMPEIANA.

is full of beautiful pictures—at present, Sep-
tember, 1830, most jealously guarded from
foreign artists or amateurs. Beyond this
the street runs to a tower in the walls of
the city, and a postern once existed. Sig-
nor Bonucci, in a recent note on the sub-
ject, observes that the street was walled up
at the end near the ramparts in order to
render the fortifications useless.