Excerpt from An Historical Description of Ancient and Modern Rome, Vol. 1 of 2: Also of the Works of Art, Particularly in Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting<br><br>In this delightful field of literature, no path is more plcafant or inflruéiive than that which leads to a comprehenfive view of ancient' and moderit hiflory, not merely confined to the events and revolutions of flares, but including the great aaras of advancement in the human mind, and the irrefiltible influence of the vafl: engines of policy, which have fucceflively fubjugated the World, to a city, a lenare, an emperor, or a pontifl'.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.