Excerpt from A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and Its Vicinity: Recently Executed From Drawings Made Upon the Spot AS works of a similar nature, and on a larger plan, are already in the hands of the public, some apology, per haps, should accompany a request for attention to the following collection of views in Rome and its vicinity. On this occasion the publisher has only to observe that, executed from drawings made immediately from the oh jects, these views have the merit of peculiar accuracy; that some of them are new, as to their subjects; and that to the classic and consecrated ground, on which the mistress of the world once stood, is attached an interest which cannot easily be exhausted. 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.