A report upon the Herculaneum manuscripts : in a second letter addressed, by permission, to His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent / by the Rev. John Hayter, A.M., Chaplain in Ordinary to the Prince, and His Superintendent of those manuscripts.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Richard Phillips, No. 7, Bridge Street; by George Sidney, Northumberland Street, Strand, 1811.
Physical Description:
[4], 141, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Samuel John Neele.
Contents:
Appendix (p. [109]-141) contains the author's "Herculaneum" (part of a Latin poem); "A new edition of the first letter addressed with permission to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales" (first published under title: The Herculanean and Pompeian manuscripts, 1800); "Description of the papyrus plant"; "A brief remark upon the Herculanensia."
Subject Terms:
Herculaneum (Extinct city) | Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Ancient city) | Manuscripts, Latin (Papyri) -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Ancient city) | Papyrus (The plant) | Pompeii (Extinct city) | Phillips, Richard -- Publisher. | Sidney, George -- Printer. | Society of Writers to the Signet -- Stamp.