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Record ID 287758
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 250
Do Account of Mount Vesuvius
Borrowed: 1800/2/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1800/4/1 (Tuesday).
Mr James Skene of Rubislaw
Gender: Male. Address: 126 Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1797. Life dates: 1775-1864.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (Male, born 1717, died 1768)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia [Winckelmann]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.50.c.15.
Confidence level: Certain
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (Male, born 1717, died 1768)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Critical account of the situation and destruction by the first eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia; the late discovery of their remains; the subterraneous works carried on in them; and the books, domestick utensils, and other remarkable Greek and Roman antiquities thereby happily recovered; the form and connection of the ancient characters being faithfully preserved, in a letter, (originally in German) to Count Bruhl, of Saxony, from the celebrated Abbé Winckelman, antiquarian to the Pope, who was unfortunately murdered at Trieste.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T131014
Johann Joachim Winckelmann (Male, born 1717, died 1768)
Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Critical Account of the Situation and Destruction by the First Eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia
Borrowed: 1800/2/27 (Thursday). Returned: 1800/4/1 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Skene of Rubislaw
Author: Johann Joachim Winckelmann (Male, born 1717, died 1768), Genre: History, Genre: Natural Philosophy