The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . Fig. 29. — The obelisk of the gardens of Sallust, as it lay after it had fallen. The sketch of Carlo Fontana, here reproduced(Fig. 29), is dated March 21, 1706, and is preserved inthe private library of Queen Victoria at Windsor.^ Itshows the way in which one of the obelisks decoratingthe Egyptian casino of the gardens of Sallust had fallen,having been broken into two pieces, one double thelength of the other. This division of parts is especiallyinteresting in the light of Mercatis statement that in 1 Volume G 1, shee
The destruction of ancient Rome : a sketch of the history of the monuments . Fig. 29. — The obelisk of the gardens of Sallust, as it lay after it had fallen. The sketch of Carlo Fontana, here reproduced(Fig. 29), is dated March 21, 1706, and is preserved inthe private library of Queen Victoria at Windsor.^ Itshows the way in which one of the obelisks decoratingthe Egyptian casino of the gardens of Sallust had fallen,having been broken into two pieces, one double thelength of the other. This division of parts is especiallyinteresting in the light of Mercatis statement that in 1 Volume G 1, sheet 249. 172 DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT ROME. fjNTlFEXMAXlMVS
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