Sally Grainger has gathered, in one convenient volume, her modern interpretations of 64 of the recipes in the original text. This is not Βrecipes inspired ...
Continue Reading βΒ Β Towards the end of his life, Cicero turned away from his oratorical and political career and looked instead to matters of philosophy and ...
Continue Reading βDe Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero’s last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of ...
Continue Reading βNero’s palace, the Domus Aurea (Golden House), is the most influential known building in the history of Roman architecture. It has been incompletely ...
Continue Reading βPublication-dates are carried by all plates – ranging from Mar. 1 1817 to Sep. 1 1819. The work was published serially. After travelling ...
Continue Reading βThis was the first detailed catalogue of the ancient statuary collected in the British Museum. The Museum had only recently created its Department ...
Continue Reading βExcerpt from Dactyliotheca Smithiana, Vol. 1: Gemmarum Ectypa Et Antonii Francisci Gorii Enarrationes Complectens AΓ²fiulit atm diu, (s’ funere merfit acerbo. Hifioriam ergo ...
Continue Reading βThe work describes the villa – or rather, fortress-palace – which the Emperor Diocletian built at Split (the ancient Aspalathos) on his abdication ...
Continue Reading βEarlier dates of 1726 or 1727 appear on five head- and tail-pieces. Castell’s study concentrates on two villas described in some detail in ...
Continue Reading βAll plates in “Etchings Representing The Best Examples Of Ancient Ornamental Architecture Drawn From The Originals In Rome And Other Parts Of Italy ...
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