Excerpt from Letters From a Young Painter Abroad to His Friends in England, Vol. 1: Adorned With Copper Plates Is, much more extenfive, par ticular, and exaet, than any that has before appeared 3 gave the firft occafion to the thought of making any of thefe letters public. In confequence of which, it was in tended to publifh only' thole which defcribe its prefent fituation and circumfta'nces, and the Antiquities found therein 5 together with the previous defcription of Mount Ve and relation of all the Eruptions which have happened, particularly that by which this City Was overwhelmed. But the favourable opi nion of Thofe, to whom fome of the other letters had been occafionally communi cated, encouraged the Editor to compile a fmall Volume, rather than apamphlet. In doing which, he has endeavoured to difpofe them m fuch a manner, as by the variety to render the whole a more agreeable entertain. 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.