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Excerpt from A Description of the Antiquities and Other Curiosities of Rome, Vol. 1 of 2: From Personal Observation During a Visit to Italy in the Years 1818-19; With Illustrations From Ancient and Modern Writers Still however some work was wanting, which, beside barely describing the Objects seen, might throw some light upon their history. The anti quitica, the churches, the works of art, the reli gions customs, and many other points connected with Rome, will bear to be treated of much more at length, than by merely conveying to the reader the impressions which passed at the time in the mind of the traveller who viewed them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.