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 →De 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 →Nero’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 →Publication-dates are carried by all plates – ranging from Mar. 1 1817 to Sep. 1 1819. The work was published serially. After travelling ...
Continue Reading →This was the first detailed catalogue of the ancient statuary collected in the British Museum. The Museum had only recently created its Department ...
Continue Reading →Excerpt from Dactyliotheca Smithiana, Vol. 1: Gemmarum Ectypa Et Antonii Francisci Gorii Enarrationes Complectens Aòfiulit atm diu, (s’ funere merfit acerbo. Hifioriam ergo ...
Continue Reading →The work describes the villa – or rather, fortress-palace – which the Emperor Diocletian built at Split (the ancient Aspalathos) on his abdication ...
Continue Reading →Earlier 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 →All plates in “Etchings Representing The Best Examples Of Ancient Ornamental Architecture Drawn From The Originals In Rome And Other Parts Of Italy ...
Continue Reading →The first edition had been published in 1747 (after lengthy preparation – Spence had assembled preparatory material during his first visit to Italy). ...
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