Abbildungen der Gemälde und Alterthümer : welche seit 1738, sowohl in der verschütteten Stadt Herkulanum, als auch in den umliegenden Gegenden an das Licht gebracht worden
A 1793 Augsburg publication by the engraver Georg Christoph Kilian, reproducing paintings and antiquities unearthed at Herculaneum and nearby sites from 1738 onward for an audience of collectors and scholars of classical art. The plates are rendered in fine outline engraving, with figures of mythological and domestic scenes printed sideways on the page, showing how Roman wall painting composed its figures, draperies and winged creatures in simple linear contours a designer can borrow for classical motifs.
