Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities 1750 - 1751

This notebook, created between 1750 and 1751 by French artist Jérôme Charles Bellicard, features architectural sketches and drawings of Roman artifacts. The drawings, executed in pen and ink, showcase Bellicard's keen eye for detail as he meticulously records the architectural features of Herculaneum, a city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. This captivating notebook serves as a testament to the meticulous documentation and artistic sensibility of 18th-century antiquarianism.